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🗓️ 9 September 2021
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Hello and welcome to episode 297 of The Mindful Kind podcast.
In this episode, you'll learn about toxic positivity and how you can protect yourself from it. Please keep in mind that toxic positivity can be a complicated issue and there might not always be a "black and white" solution.
Here are some strategies for protecting yourself from toxic positivity:
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Mindful Kind podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the |
0:08.9 | Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at Rachelcable.com. Each week this podcast will bring |
0:15.4 | meaningful tips, tools and strategies so you can manage stress and live more mindfully in the modern world. |
0:24.1 | Hello and welcome to episode 297 of the Mindful Kind podcast. |
0:29.7 | On this episode, I'll be talking about toxic positivity and how you can help protect yourself |
0:34.4 | from the potentially negative impact of it. |
0:38.7 | I think there can be a really fine line sometimes between kindness, hopefulness and optimism versus toxic positivity. It can be |
0:46.0 | easy to cross the line yourself and other people might cross it with you too. So first of all, |
0:51.4 | let me explain the concept of toxic positivity. |
0:55.4 | Let's say you've had a long day at work, you're tired, you're stressed, you walk in the front |
1:00.4 | door of your home, place your bag down on the floor, sit down on the couch and take a few |
1:04.6 | deep breaths. Your feelings must be really clear to see because your partner or housemate or |
1:10.0 | family member walks past and says |
1:12.8 | cheer up sunshine life's not that bad and you feel a sudden rush of rage and sadness and shame |
1:20.0 | rage because you're tired and stressed and the last thing you needed was that remark thrown your way |
1:25.2 | sadness because you don't feel supported, and shame |
1:28.7 | because someone you love has seen your real feelings and judged you for them and told you to |
1:34.0 | just be happier. |
1:35.8 | Toxic positivity might seem harmless sometimes, and sometimes maybe it is, but it can also |
1:41.5 | be surprisingly damaging, especially when you're already feeling vulnerable. |
1:46.0 | According to clinical psychologist Dr. Jamie Zuckerman, toxic positivity is the assumption, |
1:52.2 | either by oneself or others, that despite a person's emotional pain or difficult situation, |
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