Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Positionality -- Creativity and the Shoulders of Giants -- Critical Hope and Loss -- Storied Lives and Critical Becoming: Who Is This About? -- Times They Will Change -- ch. 1 What Is Critical Hope? -- Origins -- What Makes It Critical? -- It All Works Out -- ch. 2 Seven Principles of Critical Hope -- 1. Hope Is Necessary, but Hope Alone Is Not Enough -- 2. Critical Hope Is Not Something You Have; It Is Something You Practice -- 3. Critical Hope Is Messy, Uncomfortable, and Full of Contradictions -- 4. Critical Hope Is Intimately Entangled with the Body and the Land -- 5. Critical Hope Requires Bearing Witness to Social and Historical Trauma -- 6. Critical Hope Requires Interruptions and Invitations -- 7. Anger and Grief Have a Seat at the Table -- ch. 3 Grappling with Hope: Four Types of Transformative Struggles -- Grappling -- Fracture -- Fire -- Fossilization -- Fatigue -- ch. 4 Neurobiology of Critical Hope -- Hope and Motivation -- How We Create Safety -- Guide to Cultivating Psychological Safety -- Looking Ahead -- ch. 5 Stories of Critical Hope -- Parenting, Reverence, and Early Childhood Education -- Community Development in Rural Uganda -- Healthcare in Addiction and Trauma -- Food and Social Entrepreneurship -- Music and the Power of Voice -- Advocacy in the Disability Community -- Activism, Social Movements, and Affirmative Fearlessness -- ch. 6 Conclusion -- Limits of Critical Hope -- Bandit Paths -- We Make the Road by Walking.