Hopebeat Weekly: September 10, 2024
Want to Write Your Shine Hope Story?
In this issue of the Hopebeat Weekly, we’re diving deep into stories, strategies, and science behind hope— and how you can write your own Shine Hope Story. It only takes a spark of hope to start a movement. Join us and let’s activate hope together.
Introducing the Shine Hope Story™ Course
We all have moments of hopelessness, but knowing how to activate hope makes all the difference. So today, we introduce to you the Shine Hope Story course. (And it is only $10!)
This mini-course offers a short, easy-to-follow video, and a fillable template to guide you step-by-step on how to craft a powerful narrative showcasing your journey. My Shine Hope Story™ helps you reflect on challenges you’ve faced and how you overcame them using hope skills—turning your experience into a tool to inspire and equip others.
By sharing and writing your Shine Hope Story, you normalize experiences of hopelessness and empower yourself and others with skills to navigate future challenges to hope.
We all have a story to tell—start yours today. Take the My Shine Hope Story Course.
A Shine Hope Story of Finding Hope Again after Losing Daughter
We’ve just released episode #36 of The Hope Matrix Podcast featuring Rick Marchetti, a bereaved father who found hope after losing his daughter. In this heartfelt episode, Rick shares how hope guided his healing. Listen to the full episode and read Rick’s Shine Hope Story here.
It is World Suicide Prevention Day
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day—a day that holds deep personal meaning for me. My own journey began with the tragic loss of my father to suicide when I was 18 and my battles with depression and anxiety. Learning how to hope became the foundation of my work with The Shine Hope Company and iFred. You can read more about my story here.
Research shows hope isn’t just an abstract concept; it’s a teachable skill and a protective factor against anxiety and depression. As we honor World Suicide Prevention Day, let’s activate hope and create a supportive environment for those who are struggling. Share our resources for Hope.
Featured Reels
Cool Reads:
The Book of Hope – In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines–a global pandemic, the worsening climate crisis, political upheaval–it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed. In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world’s most famous living naturalist and Doug Abrams, internationally-bestselling author and one of our Hopeful Mindsets on the College Campus Experts, explore–through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue–one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. Read more.
Team Updates:
Learn to write your My Shine Hope Story™ and share your journey to inspire others to activate hope in their lives. For inquiries, you may contact Ms. Avery Peel, our Community Hope Specialist. You can also get to know more about Ms. Avery and read her Shine Hope Story here.
Keep Shining Hope,
Kathryn
Kathryn Goetzke, MBA
CEO & Chief Hope Officer, The Shine Hope Company
Author of The Biggest Little Book About Hope
Founder of International Foundation for Research and Education on Hope (iFred)
Creator of Hopeful Cities, and Hopeful Minds
Creator of Hopeful Mindsets Overview, Hopeful Mindsets in the Workplace Overview, and Hopeful Mindsets on the College Campus Course
Podcast host of The Hope Matrix
Chief Mood Officer, The Mood Factory (taking a break, for hope!)
