The Dark Side of Toxic Positivity: Embracing All Emotions for a Healthier Life Toxic positivity is a mindset that prevents us from healing and living well by forcing us to put on a happy face even when it’s not appropriate. While optimism has its benefits, toxic positivity can undermine our health-related quality of life by...
Understanding Trauma and Why “Sucking It Up” No Longer Serves Us “If we could begin to see much illness itself not as a cruel twist of fate or some nefarious mystery but rather as an expected and therefore normal consequence of abnormal, unnatural circumstances, it would have revolutionary implications for how we approach everything...
“Pull it together. Suck it up. Why am I like this? What was I thinking? Do more. Stress less. Shake it off. Move on. If I can just get through this week, day, year… Fake it till you make it. Never let them see you sweat.” If you are anything like me and millions of...
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