What is Project Hope Exchange?
The first of its kind, worldwide digital database of anonymous audio messages of hope (ranging from physical health, mental health and life challenges). Project Hope Exchange is a joint initiative of Life Vest Inside and Adversity to Advocacy.
Through Project Hope Exchange we collect, aggregate and share 30-second audio messages from individuals who have survived some kind of adversity to others who are currently facing that same adversity. And at the heart of our exchange are real human voices.
Our Impact to Date
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Sample Message of Hope
Jessica
Heart Attack
My name is Jessica and I survived a massive heart attack at age 16, a heart transplant, a leg amputation and two bouts of cancer.
Instead of seeing what happened to me as a tragedy, I realized how lucky I was to survive against all odds. And it made me want to do as much with my life as I possibly could.
Life is not about what happens to you—it’s what you do with what happens to you that makes the difference. Never give up hope.
The Experts Speak
"Project Hope Exchange works because we have parts of our brain and nervous system linked to dopamine and oxytocin circuits that are activated when we give and serve. So when we give hope to others … we derive very deep pleasure–pleasure that is as strong as when we receive hope, ourselves."
Dacher Keltner, Ph.D.
Author, “Born to be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life”
"Quite simply, Project Hope Exchange does what it intends: it delivers hope. Not so long ago, conventional and clinical wisdom dictated the we all keep negative events and related negative emotions tucked away where no one could see or hear them. We now know that communication, sharing, openness, and support are vital for everyone involved. Adversity CAN be overcome, but it takes disclosure, discussion, and reciprocal communication to change our formerly closed ways of doing business. Project Hope Exchange can lead all society away from despair."
Stephen Hinshaw, Ph.D.
Professor and Former Chair, U.C. Berkeley Department of Psychology
"According to science... attuning to others and lending support–as Project Hope Exchange facilitates–leads to better health, well-being and social functioning."
Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Ph.D.
Science Director at Greater Good Science Center
“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.”
~Dr Martin Luther King Junior
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