Is It Possible To Be Too Positive?

Modern Gen X Woman

You must think positively. Look at the bright side. The glass is half full. The grass is always greener. There is always a rainbow after rain. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Put on your rose-colored glasses. See the good in people. Look for the silver lining. It could always be worse.

We are told positivity makes a tremendous difference in our outcomes. I agree, 100%. As a self-proclaimed optimist, I can absolutely lean towards seeing the morsel of positivity in the darkest situations.
While we think it’s the way to live and get exactly what we want in life, is it possible to be too positive?

In this episode, we’re exploring toxic positivity, what it means and the dangers that come along with it.

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In this episode, we’re talking about…

• Toxic positivity, what it is, and how it can harm us
• Why overgeneralizing a difficult situation results in avoidance, suppressing, denying or minimizing our emotions and can invalidate the human experience
• Uncovering how we use positive expressions to cover the shame we’re really feeling about a circumstance
• Why dismissing feelings starts a slippery slope of denying what we really feel
• Addressing how we have been brainwashed to believe we aren’t allowed to feel negative
• Why it can add to feeling lonely and disconnected from others

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