Love Is Medicine

Hope has the power to improve your expectations, mood and your body's susceptibility to illness. Having hope in your life can help you better understand the world around you, and provide you with the tools to adapt to circumstances as they change. Even if the outcome that we expect isn't what happens, isn't it worthwhile to live in the joyful anticipation of something good rather than spend time worrying about something that hasn't happened yet? By understanding the biological, intellectual, wishful and transcendent stages of hope, you can reset your overall expectations and have faith in hope itself again. The felt experience of hope impacts every part of your being from your environment to your mindset and physical symptoms. Once the connection between our body, mind and heart and their relation to hope becomes clear, you can harness the power within yourself to make the changes you wish to see for yourself and the world. How has hope helped you navigate difficult times in your life? What strategies do you