BEST OF: Toxic Positivity
What Fresh Hell Podcast is going on tour across the Northeast US this fall! Join us for a live version of the podcast and bring all your mom friends. We can\u2019t wait to go back on the road!\xa0https://bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour\n\u201cGod never gives you more than you can handle.\u201d \u201cLook on the bright side.\u201d \u201cIt could be worse.\u201d These are examples of toxic positivity. They're platitudes we\u2019ve all heard and we all know are (to say the least) less than helpful.\nSo why do people feel the need to put a good spin on things when disaster strikes, and how do we break out of that habit? We talk about our own experiences with toxic positivity, what we\u2019ve learned from them, and what we\u2019re still working on.\nIn this episode, we discuss:\n\nHow overvaluing positives functions as a survival mechanism\n\nWhy toxic positivity actually makes us less happy\n\nHow to counter toxic positivity and how to stay graceful towards people who offer us outlooks we may not want or need\n\n\nHere are links to some of the articles we discuss in this episode:\n\nBrock Bastian and Ashley Humphrey for\xa0The Conversation:\xa0\u201cHow to avoid \u2018toxic positivity\u2019 and take the less direct route to happiness\u201d\n\n\nAllyson Chiu for\xa0The Washington Post\xa0:\xa0Time to ditch \u2018toxic positivity,\u2019 experts say: \u2018It\u2019s okay not to be okay\u2019\n\n\nElizabeth Bernstein for\xa0The Wall Street Journal\xa0:\xa0Toxic Positivity Is Very Real, and Very Annoying\n\n\n\nLinks to other episodes that mention toxic positivity:\n\nFresh Take: Kate Bowler on the Truths We Need To Hear\n\nFresh Take: Taylor Harris on Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown\n\n\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\nmom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips,\xa0mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid\u2019s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, toxic positivity\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices