How can you stay optimistic despite what’s happening in your life? Your mental state guides your life, which means staying optimistic can have a powerful impact on what happens to you.  But, how can you stay optimistic despite what’s happening in your life?  Lisa Lockwood is known as a “reinvention expert,” and she’s had to channel intense optimism to continually create opportunities for herself and in her life.  She shares her story about what optimism is, what it isn’t, and how being optimistic can coexist with being realistic.  Erica and Lisa also discuss how you can incorporate practices into your lives that can help you cultivate optimism, like expressing gratitude on a daily basis.