Sue Patton Thoele

Embracing and Transforming Pain

Hope and Expectation

Regaining Inherent Hope

Finding Balance and Ballast

Consciously Courting Hope

Erosion of Hope: Sandpapered Senses

Erosion of Hope: Uncertainty

Erosion of Hope: Negativity Bias

Erosion of Hope: Personal Pain

Why the Erosion of Hope?

Growing Hope

Stopping to Look, Listen, and Feel

Cultivating Compassionate Awareness

Benefits of Mindfulness

Positive Experiences Are Best Registered in the Brain through Conscious Attention

The Brain/Mind Emphasizes Negative Experiences

Mindfully Inviting a Quality Through Breathing

Feminine Qualities

Sensitivity, Awareness, and Me

A Word About Women