33. Toxic Positivity: The Dark Side of the Positivity Movement

Today is all about toxic positivity. If you’re tired of people telling you to “manifest” your joy, to “just look at the bright side,” or if you’ve fallen victim to the positive psychology movement telling you to ignore your anxious, depressed, and negative thoughts causing you to feel more anxious, depressed and negative, then this message is for you.

Toxic positivity is a strategy used to suppress, cover-up, or otherwise silence your valid human experience. 

In this episode, we dissect:

• What toxic positivity is and what it's not
• The top 10 indicators of toxic positivity
  
• The 3 key reason why it is so problematic 
• What we can do to combat toxic positivity

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