Shane J. Lopez

So Snyder's Hope Theory and, you know, there are others.

Like, I kind of consider him the, you know, the godfather of hope theory, and Shane Lopez and Brene Brown.

There's so many other great, you know, thinkers and researchers that have continued this work that I, too, have drawn inspiration from.

But what Snyder said in his work is that, you know, real hope requires three things.

Rather, hope is grounded in reality.

This isn't just positive thinking.

In her book, Jenn quotes hope psychologist Shane Lopez, who says that hope means seeing the reality of our circumstances while believing things can be better.

And Jenn takes it further, saying that hope is choosing to act as though our efforts matter, because in that choice itself, we create meaning.