Ever feel like your emotions are running the show—slamming doors, hijacking your day, and dragging you into the dark side? You’re not alone. But here’s the Jedi trick: when you name what you're feeling, your brain literally shifts gears. This blog explores how affect labelling (yep, that’s the science bit) helps you regulate big emotions, respond instead of react, and get back in the driver’s seat. Star Wars wisdom included.

Hope isn’t about blind positivity or pretending everything will be okay.

Hope is movement.
It’s the quiet decision to try again — even when things feel heavy, uncertain, or lost.

When we lose hope, we don’t just feel sad.
We stop moving — emotionally, physically, spiritually.
We disconnect from the future we once imagined. This is despair.

Hope Theory Worksheet 

Rick Snyder’s Hope Theory describes hope as made up of three key components:

1.    Vision: a north star, a future where I’m living a life aligned to my values

2.    Pathway thinking

3.    Agency thinking