What Does Hope Do

Part One: Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences: How the HOPE Framework changes lives The absence of the good stuff can be more damaging than the presence of the bad stuff. That's the finding at the heart of the HOPE framework — Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences — and honestly, when I first heard it, I was skeptical. Positive experiences? That's the solution? But then I talked to Amanda Winn of the HOPE National Resource Center at Tufts University. And I kind of stopped breathing for a minute. This is part one of two — and it might be the most hopeful conversation we've had on this podcast yet. For more information about HOPE: https://positiveexperience.org/ There's a great podcast, too: https://positiveexperience.org/podcast/ Link to the New York Times article featuring Dr Robert Sege (gift article): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/headway/childhood-trauma-recovery-healing-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m1A.b9j4.KTU8uFaZauRS&smid=url-share Quick note: we discuss ACE scores. ACEs, adverse childhood experiences, are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years). For more information about ACEs: https://www.cdc.gov/aces/about/index.html#cdc_behavioral_basics_quick-quick-facts-and-stats   And for more information about The Glass Child: www.theglasschild.com Help us help you by joining the conversation: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17WvZCrTNQ/