Optimism turns out to be quite an important factor in helping people to grow following a trauma, but if you're anything like me it might be difficult to be optimistic in the context of an MS diagnosis. Happily, there might be a couple of good ideas in the literature for how we plant the seed of optimism in the garden of our mental health; first, we consider the Best Possible Self intervention, and then we start to consider Mindfulness. 

References for this episode (there are too many for the dooblydoo): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xfL2gEoy_90Wuuc0TTAgBg7c9xh6q1i6XPOBiWe02gk/edit?usp=sharing