We Can Problem-Solve, We Can Set Goals, We Can Take Action

Figure 2: Where is the exit in this ugly loop? Problem-solve, set a goal, take an action, hope (with audacity), speak up (be presumptuous), use your power, ask for help, move - do something different, dare, whatever it takes, whatever works for you.

Cited in: A theory-based nursing intervention to instill hope in homeless veterans, Tollett, Jane; PhD, RN; Thomas, Sandra; PhD, RN in Advances in Nursing Science, 18(2):76-90, December 1995.

Figure 2 . Miller's Theory of the Powerlessness-Hopelessness Cycle. Coping with Chronic Illness: Overcoming Powerlessness. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Penn: FA Davis; 1992. Copyright (C) 1992, FA Davis, Philadelphia, Penn.