hope

Since hope appears to come from a physical place in the brain, scientists are hoping to figure out how it shields the rest of the brain from negativity. Really. 

Capitalism has hijacked our emotions and rewired us for instant gratification—but we can reclaim our lives by practicing deep hope.

Here’s what Israel Guillen learned about life by studying 8 hours a day during his 22-year prison sentence.

Have you heard the one about the U.S. Open and Yom Kippur? You’re about to.

Some anxieties are essential, and for millennia they kept our ancestors alive. But there’s another type of anxiety that we can actually do away with—and it’s defeated via hope.

Pregnancy is proving to be a crucial time to study the effects of hope and optimism within a relationship.

Can you have hope in the face of death? For believers this is somewhat easier, but non-theists require a different set of philosophical tools.

America today has normalized crimes, both physical and spiritual, says Cornel West—and being indifferent to that is the worst of all evils.

Once upon a time, hope meant confronting suffering, not avoiding it. Have overly sugary connotations about hope diminished its true grit?

You have to be a little envious of those who have faith—they have a motivational force behind them that is near impossible to beat. What if there was a secular equivalent, wonders philosophy professor Sam Newlands.

Many people will try to give you hope or sell it to you, says Richard M. Cohen, who was diagnosed with MS at 25, and has battled two bouts of cancer, but hope is an internal discovery.

Life is a temporary, cosmic accident and the universe may very well be meaningless. That’s depressing — or is it?

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told an audience we should not be “putting too much faith or fear elected officials.” This includes Donald Trump.