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Megan Salole

Repair is Hope’s Home

Repair is Hope’s Home

On bullying, belonging and learning to cross the threshold

Mar 7, 2026

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4 min read

Between the Spa and the Op Shop

Between the Spa and the Op Shop

A personal reckoning with consumption, empire, and what makes a life feel aligned and hopeful

Feb 28, 2026

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7 min read

Falling through the clouds of false hope and toxic positivity

Falling through the clouds of false hope and toxic positivity

landing softly on the ground of real hope.

Feb 21, 2026

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5 min read

Chapter 1  - ​​The Polycrisis Is a Nervous System Event

Chapter 1 - ​​The Polycrisis Is a Nervous System Event

A peek into the Hope Book as it takes shape

Feb 14, 2026

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11 min read

Hope Needs a Break

Hope Needs a Break

But it is back with a passion!

Feb 6, 2026

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6 min read

Energy Is the Real Currency

Energy Is the Real Currency

Once you see it, the economy stops looking complicated and starts looking transformable.

Nov 21, 2025

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5 min read

All Hands on Deck for the Solutions Economy

All Hands on Deck for the Solutions Economy

Put our collective ingenuity to work designing an economy that solves, not extracts.

Nov 15, 2025

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7 min read

Hope goes Ringside: Optimists vs Pessimists

Hope goes Ringside: Optimists vs Pessimists

An epic showdown between bright sides and doomsayers – and the quiet contender that changes the game: hope.

Nov 8, 2025

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5 min read

Hope lives beyond the perception of now.

Hope lives beyond the perception of now.

The new world is already forming, it’s asking us to live it forward into being. But first, we have to unlearn what keeps us bound to the old.

Nov 1, 2025

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5 min read

Hope is Fractal

Hope is Fractal

Problems (and by extension, solutions) repeat at scale. The patterns of harm, healing, and hope echo from the smallest moment of care to the largest systems we live within.

Oct 25, 2025

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5 min read

No Plan B - A Hope Masterclass from the Ghetto

No Plan B - A Hope Masterclass from the Ghetto

Teaching us to become better agents of hope.

Oct 18, 2025

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6 min read

We’re probably all infected – but there’s a cure

We’re probably all infected – but there’s a cure

How to spot the neoliberal spin, ditch the doubt, and reclaim your imagination.

Oct 10, 2025

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9 min read

Deep diving

Deep diving

It’s time to dive deep beneath the surface.

Sep 27, 2025

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3 min read

The Story Is the Cure

The Story Is the Cure

Rewrite the future. Reconnect all the parts. Get great brain chemistry FTW.

Sep 19, 2025

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4 min read

What IF...

What IF...

Cracking the code on the Hope Dispatch meant gathering up all our story sparks and setting the world ablaze with hope?

Sep 13, 2025

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4 min read

Flourishing Together: Hope and Intentionality in the Age of AI

Flourishing Together: Hope and Intentionality in the Age of AI

What if the true paradigm shift isn’t the technology, but in us?

Sep 6, 2025

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2 min read

Shit is messy. Hope’s time is now.

Shit is messy. Hope’s time is now.

Backlash happens when progress threatens the system.

Aug 30, 2025

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5 min read

Dare to Dream a Justice System That Actually Heals

Dare to Dream a Justice System That Actually Heals

What Norway can teach us about healing, rehabilitation, and daring to dream bigger

Aug 23, 2025

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4 min read

Trust is Going Going...Gong?

Trust is Going Going...Gong?

Trust is disappearing... can it be saved?

Aug 16, 2025

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5 min read

I Almost Didn’t Have a Child. Here’s Why I Did.

I Almost Didn’t Have a Child. Here’s Why I Did.

Being visionary isn’t about seeing the future. It’s about seeing through the present.

Aug 8, 2025

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8 min read

You too, can be a visionary

You too, can be a visionary

Being visionary isn’t about seeing the future. It’s about seeing through the present.

Aug 1, 2025

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3 min read

Hope Needs a Nervous System

Hope Needs a Nervous System

It’s come knocking for yours.

Jul 25, 2025

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4 min read

Hope is lighting a fire

Hope is lighting a fire

Light a candle, a campfire, a bonfire. Whatever is within your means.

Jul 18, 2025

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5 min read

Hope, Gin, and the Art of Jarmie Resistance

Hope, Gin, and the Art of Jarmie Resistance

Doing what you can, where you are with what you have.

Jul 11, 2025

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3 min read

The 5 Frontiers of Hope

The 5 Frontiers of Hope

How to stay tender, weird, and powerful while the old world unravels

Jul 5, 2025

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5 min read

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