If you've been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or a little unsure of where hope lives for you right now,

today's conversation is for you because I am joined by a very special guest, Dr. Diane Dreher.

She's a positive psychology coach, but more importantly, she's a researcher on the topic of

hope and also how nature affects your

well-being. She's also the author of Pathways to Inner Peace. And she's someone who beautifully

bridges the science, spirituality, and storytelling of our nervous system and how nature affects us.

And she reminds us that tending to hope is an active practice,

and nature can be the tool to unlock it. I want 2026 to be the most grounded, most creative,

most peaceful, most joyful year for us. And I hope this conversation gets us one step towards it.

Thank you. and I hope this conversation gets us one step towards it. Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants podcast, where we not only learn how to care for

plants successfully, but how to simply and affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more

joy in our lives by doing so. I'm Maria,

former plant killer turned happy plant lady, author of Growing Joy, The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating

Happiness, speaker, podcaster, and most importantly, your new best plant friend. On Growing

Joy with Plants, you'll find conversations about house plant care, gardening tutorials, and wellness

through the lens

of plants.

Plant care is self-care on growing joy.

Hey, plant friends, it's Maria. If you're new here, I'm the host and your new best plant

friend. If you're a returning listener,

welcome home. I'm so happy to have you with us. I just wanted to give you a quick reminder

before we dive into this episode with Diane that we have already done part one of our two-part

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