How Hopelessness Happens and How to Overcome It!

In this edition of Fresh Hope Today Pastor Brad, host of Fresh Hope Today, offers his theory as to how hopelessness happens when someone has a mental health diagnosis.  He believes that it is directly connected to lack of self-confidence which comes about with presistent mental health challenge.  He offers solid suggestions as to how to build back-up your self-confidnece, begin to plan a future which all result in overoming the hopelessness with hope.

Pastor Brad Hoefs, host of Fresh Hope Today, is the founder of Fresh Hope Ministries, a network of Christian mental health support groups for those who have a diagnosis and their loved ones. In other words, Fresh Hope is a Christian mental health support group.

Brad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1995. He is a weekly blogger for www.bphope.us (Bipolar Magazine). He is also a certified peer specialist and has been doing pastoral counseling since 1985.

Brad is also the author of Fresh Hope: Living Well in Spite of a Mental Health Diagnosis, which is a available on Amazon or at: www.FreshHopeBook.com

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