Building Hope. Stage I: "Form the Bowl"

This video begins to answer the questions I've been getting on the building blocks of hope. We'll cover the basic elements of the first of the "Five Stages of the Bowl," what we call, "Forming the Bowl." The "Bowl" represents the environment we create that elicits the natural strengths of the child, their dignity, in a way that is respectful and that allows the child to trust that they are safe. This "Bowl" then "holds" the creative work. The inquisitiveness, creativity and natural motivation that result when we "Form the Bowl" are what we are after. These resilience-building factors are a firm foundation for hope to naturally arise.
John Woodall, MD was the Convener of the Resilient Responses to Social Crisis Interfaculty Working Group at Harvard University's Mind Brain Behavior Interfaculty Initiative. He is the Founder and Director of the Unity Project. www.johnwoodall.net and www.unityproject.org

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I love your work. Your viewpoints are dead on if your goal is truly to eliminate the mindset of hopelessness in youth. This is excellent! I am glad I stumbled upon this.

Darryl Griffin, Executive Director - YMCA of Middle TN Urban Services Youth Development Center

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Essential.  thanks.