Having Hope vs. Building Hope

The Save The Marriage Podcast by Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D.

Jun 3, 202622:28Health

Most people wait for hope to show up. They treat it like weather — something that either arrives or doesn't, something outside their control. And when it doesn't show up, they take that as a sign. Maybe it's over. Maybe...

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