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Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy

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How to Use Positive Positivity in a Productive Way

The author of this book says not all positivity is bad and that when used correctly, it can lead to a richer social life. But then she never bothers to tell us, how do we do this kind of healthy positivity? How are we to use this positivity in a productive way? Instead, she just says, don't be toxically positive. And I have no shame about it. No. Even though there are a couple of good points in this book, I did not love it. Maybe for someone suffering from toxic positivity though, it will work. We'll see you next week at 8 p.m. ET on By the Book Pod.

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