439: Hope Isn’t Just a Feeling – It’s a Habit [Here’s How to Build It] An interview with Psychologist, Behavioral Researcher, and Author Dr. Julia Garcia

26 Nov 439: Hope Isn’t Just a Feeling – It’s a Habit [Here’s How to Build It] An interview with Psychologist, Behavioral Researcher, and Author Dr. Julia Garcia

In this episode, Mitch sits down with the brilliant and bold Dr. Julia Garcia – a psychologist, behavioral researcher, and the author of the powerful new book, The 5 Habits of Hope. 

With 20+ years of experience working with students, educators, CEOs, and entire communities to create space for hope, Dr. J brings the science and the soul – blending tactical tools with raw honesty and deep life experience.

This isn’t toxic positivity. This is real, grounded, authentic hope. And it couldn’t be more timely.

As we head into the holidays – a season that can stir up a lot of different emotions – this conversation offers practical tools and a fresh perspective to help us navigate burnout, disappointment, and disconnection… and choose hope anyway.

You’ll leave this episode with powerful strategies to reconnect to your values, build healthier relationships, and actually feel more like yourself again. 

It’s inspiring, it’s practical, and honestly… it’s healing. Oh… and make sure you stay until the very end… because Dr. J drops one of the most specific moments in DREAM THINK DO history!  So… let’s go!

WHAT WE COVER:

• The difference between real hope and toxic positivity – and why one heals and the other harms
  
• Why Dr. J says “there’s no hope without honesty”
• How anger, shame, and anxiety aren’t the enemies – but essential clues on your emotional dashboard
  
• Why hope is less of a feeling… and more of a habit
  
• Why emotional risk is one of the most powerful habits you can practice – especially during the holidays
  
• A simple but powerful mindset shift when it comes to helping others: Hope doesn’t solve problems, it creates space for problems to be solved.
• What to do when you’re spiraling… and it involves one word.
  
• Why givers struggle to receive – and what that means for the holidays (and your well-being)
  
• The real reason alignment matters – and how to notice when you’re out of it
  
• And… we close with one of my favorite moments on DREAM THINK DO…don’t miss it!

More ways to connect:

Dr. Julia Garcia (aka Dr. J) is helping thousands of people across the country to move through pain, trauma, and burnout, and reconnect with their values, emotions, and each other.

Her new book, The 5 Habits of Hope, offers a research-backed, deeply compassionate roadmap for building authentic hope – especially in hard seasons. It’s beautifully designed, wildly practical, and (as Mitch says) “a book that arrives exactly when you need it most.”

Learn more at: DrJuliaGarcia.com
Grab her book: The 5 Habits of Hope

Your challenge this week

As Dr. J says, “It’s not about NEVER feeling hopeless again. The win is that when you do, you don’t stay there as long.”

This holiday season… choose one habit of hope to start practicing. Maybe it’s taking an emotional risk. Maybe it’s receiving. Maybe it’s just pausing long enough to name what you’re feeling.

Whatever it is – take the first step. Dream bigger. Think better. And do more of what you were put on the planet to do. 

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