Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
When you’ve been struggling for a long time, hope can start to feel like a trap. If you don’t hope that change is possible, you don’t have to try. You don’t have to risk failure. You don’t have to face disappointment.
But the cost of avoiding hope is staying exactly where you are. Growth requires uncertainty. It’s scary, but it’s also the only way forward.
Listen to the February 3rd episode of Being Well, where I share key lessons from 400 episodes of the podcast, giving you a crash course in personal growth and development.
Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=d16PFQZRc9w&t=1s
Subscribe to Being Well on:
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/being-well-with-dr-rick-hanson/id1120885936
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5d87ZU1XY0fpdYNSEwXLVQ
Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth.
I'm not a clinician, and what I say on this channel should not be taken as medical advice.
You can follow me here:
🎤 apple.co/38ufGG0
🌍 forresthanson.com
📸 instagram.com/f.hanson
When you’ve been struggling for a long time, hope can start to feel like a trap. If you don’t hope that change is possible, you don’t have to try. You don’t have to risk failure. You don’t have to face disappointment.
But the cost of avoiding hope is staying exactly where you are. Growth requires uncertainty. It’s scary, but it’s also the only way forward.
Listen to the February 3rd episode of Being Well, where I share key lessons from 400 episodes of the podcast, giving you a crash course in personal growth and development.
Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=d16PFQZRc9w&t=1s
Subscribe to Being Well on:
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/being-well-with-dr-rick-hanson/id1120885936
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5d87ZU1XY0fpdYNSEwXLVQ
Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth.
I'm not a clinician, and what I say on this channel should not be taken as medical advice.
You can follow me here:
🎤 apple.co/38ufGG0
🌍 forresthanson.com
📸 instagram.com/f.hanson
