How to Find Hope in a Hopeless World

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Life is full of so many contrasts, and one scroll down your Instagram feed will show you that easily. This summer, you have probably seen your friends and families enjoying their lives, celebrities living lavishly and taking exciting trips… and then you have probably also seen a genocide happening - the worst suffering that children have experienced in recent times. How can we live our lives when faced with such contrasts? In today’s episode, Rachel shares her feelings and thoughts about the current state of the world. She opens up about whether or not she feels hopeful or hopeless when it comes to the future, and how it is so important for us to never take our situation for granted. If you have the privilege and luxury of a safe life, then you have the duty to not just make the most of your life, but to also stand up for those not as fortunate. There is still hope for the world if we can come together and work for something better. Tune in for an episode that will leave you with a little bit more hope in this hopeless world. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the podcast, I talk about the contrasts in life and how in the midst of a warm,
0:08.7	sunny, beautiful summer, we are living through some very, very dark times. I share my feelings
0:16.7	and my thoughts about the current state of the world,
0:25.3	whether or not I feel hopeful or hopeless when it comes to our future.
0:31.5	And at the end of the podcast, I share how I know there is still hope for humanity.
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1:05.7	Let's dive in.
1:09.3	Hi friends.
1:20.4	Hi, my darlings, my loves. How are we doing today? I hope you have had a really beautiful month of July. I hope this summer so far has been not just everything you expected it to be or what you wanted it to be,
1:30.7	but really what you needed. And I find those little pockets of actually getting what we, what we
1:38.6	need, being able to receive what we need. They often come in the most unexpected way, right? They often come through us
1:48.4	not having the experience that we thought we would have or finding ourselves in a different
1:53.6	kind of energy than what we wanted or plants falling apart or, you know, it's in the unexpected
2:00.7	that we get to actually settle into
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