Ep. 98: Toxic Positivity

Happy Day, Friend! 

On this week’s podcast episode I’m talking about toxic positivity. 

Toxic positivity is a form of communication that can invalidate the complexity of our emotional terrain. As I discuss in this episode, it’s the tendency to invalidate difficult emotions such as anger, fear, frustration, sadness, and grief. 

I wanted to spend some time on this topic because while I’m a big advocate of having a positive growth mindset and feel the research is clear that it’s important to our overall success, it’s not at the expense of naming, managing, and processing difficult emotions. 

We must have the skillset to cultivate a positive mindset and outlook, and walk through difficult emotions and challenges if we desire to reach our goals, have healthy relationships, and experience authentic joy in our lives. It’s key to building resilience, and whole success. 

In this episode I define what toxic positivity is, how to recognize it in our communication and others’ communication, and I’m sharing some pro-active tips to transform any toxic positivity communication tendencies into a style that honors the complexity of our emotional landscape, thus contributing to our overall success and well-being. 

When we honor the complexity of our emotional landscape and lean into difficult emotions, we create more opportunity and possibility for connection and creativity in our lives. 

References

I referenced the work of Susan David, Ph.D. and her book Emotional Agility, and for more information you can click here. 

I also referenced the TEDx Youth talk by Abria Joseph about Removing Negative Self-Talk, and for more information about that talk you can click here. 

If you’re interested in my book, Today’s Gonna Be Awesomesauce, that I referenced as well, click here, or see the links below.

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XO ~ Athea 

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