Casey Gwinn - Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life

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HOPE Rising

Countless of our veterans returning from armed struggles overseas have experienced severe injuries; physical, emotional and psychological. For many, their return begins a long downward spiral of despair and a loss of hope. Some turn to drugs and alcohol for release. For far too many, suicide is the only relief. Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman argue that returning hope to the lives of those who have served our nation should be our goal. I stand with them and endorse the message of this seminal book.

Lt. General Jack Klimp (Ret.), United States Marine Corps

Hope Rising will be an important source of help to those seeking to find ways to reduce the impact of adverse childhood experiences in order to live thriving, hope-filled lives. Dr. Chan Hellman and Casey Gwinn are the first researchers and authors to connect higher Hope Scores with reducing the impact of violence, trauma, and abuse. The potential benefit of implementing the science of hope throughout society is enormous if we truly want to meet the needs of the currently unrecognized multitudes of trauma-exposed adults and children.

Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, Coauthor of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study

Hope Rising has a powerful message for anyone who has struggled with finding motivation to pursue their goals and dreams in life. So many great and successful people have found their success in high levels of hope and others have lost their way in the absence of hope. Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman have given us a pathway to center our lives around hope and strategies to increase our own hope so we can be the fathers and men that we are called to be. Every reader will find inspiration, encouragement and radical hope within these pages.

Ted Bunch, Co-Founder, A CALL TO MEN

I have seen the miracle of hope in my oncology practice over and over again. Hope prolongs life. Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman have written a book that translates the complex research into understandable concepts accessible to everyone. Cancer treatment has come so far and we are making more progress every day, but patients who choose hope will always be part of our success.

Dr. Marin Xavier, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Cancer Center

Hope Rising is a tremendous contribution to the national discussion about how to help survivors of violence, trauma, and abuse overcome the potentially devastating impacts that have such profound lifelong consequences. Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman have made a powerful argument that the science of hope can help everyone to navigate trauma, abuse, and even the day to day adversities of life.

Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing

Hope Rising is not just a book about the power of hope, it is a compassionate and scientific roadmap for building resilience and healing. If youre looking for an uplifting handbook on finding hope, look no further!

Ken Druck, Ph.D., Author of The Real Rules of Life: Balancing Lifes Terms with Your Own and Courageous Aging: Your Best Years Ever Reimagined

Hope Rising is a great book! Written in an engaging style, it should be a must-read for judges, attorneys, and others in the criminal and civil justice systems of this country. It changes our understanding of the essential role of hope in our justice system goals. If we focus on increasing the level of hope in the life of every trauma-exposed child in this country, we can save tens of millions of taxpayer dollars now spent on incarceration and correction. Those dollars can be re-purposed toward addressing the real needs of those living their lives with the toxic combination of rage and despair. Hope Rising provides the road map that gets us there.

The Honorable Ronald B. Adrine, Presiding Judge, Cleveland Municipal Court (Ret.)

Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman have done a superb job of revealing the transformative power of hope that resides within trauma, violence, and abuse. Though we all know on some level that hope is vital to our lives, they have given us the science to affirm our beliefs. In the process, they give us all a roadmap toward different, and better, lives.

Gavin de Becker,New York Times Best Selling Author of The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

Hope Rising is the most practical book imaginable on the power of hope. Casey Gwinns experience as a prosecutor and storyteller and Chan Hellmans research expertise have combined to create a great book. They break down years of research into concepts that we can all apply to our lives whether our adversity comes from childhood or adulthood. We all need the reminder that hope is real and attainable no matter what we have experienced in life. I strongly recommend it to anyone who wants to feel the power of rising hope in their lives.

The Honorable Nancy OMalley, Alameda County District Attorney

Hope Rising is a must read for anyone interested in happiness, spirituality, or well-being. Our broken world needs the power of hope now more than ever. The trauma and adversity that we all experience is the great destroyer of our God-given ability to hope. Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman give us the strategies to restore the power to make our dreams a reality.

Chaplain (Colonel) William Bill Green Jr., US Army

Hope Rising is the kind of book that every elected official and policy maker in the country should read when thinking about how we should measure success in working with and funding programs for those in need. Having faced significant adversity in my own life, I truly understand the power of hope. And now that we know there is genuine science behind it, I have no doubt that it can be used to help reduce populations in prison and juvenile-justice facilities across this country.

California State President Pro Tem Toni Atkins

I have seen the hope and resilience in domestic violence survivors and Hope Rising will help us better understand the science of hope and how rising hope can change the lives of those who struggle with discouragement, heartbreak, trauma, or even just the challenges of everyday life for those survivors and others. Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman make the complex research accessible and understandable to everyone that wants to learn how to apply the science and see the power of rising hope in their lives and the lives of those they love.

Ruth Glenn, President & CEO, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

HOPE

Rising

How the
Science of HOPE
Can Change
Your Life

Casey Gwinn, J.D.
& Chan Hellman, Ph.D.

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HOPE Rising

How the Science of HOPECan Change Your Life

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