Something that I love about this idea of being gentle with yourself or just having compassion is like sitting with your friend who's going through a hard time and being comfortable with that is doing that same thing with yourself of kind of being like, that same thing with yourself, of kind of being like,

okay, I'm feeling these less than ideal things today,

maybe for a reason I understand, maybe not,

but that in either case finding that place of neutral of

okay this is all right, nothing's wrong with me, I'm feeling this thing, but I'm also not digging myself

further into it, trying to avoid ruminating and getting caught in those cycles,

but then I'm also not being like, oh I have to get myself out of this or I'm

failing somehow.

Welcome to the multi-ammery podcast. I'm Jace.

I'm Emily.

And I'm Dedicher.

We believe in looking to the future of relationships,

not maintaining the status quo of the past.

So whether you're monogamous, polyamorous, swinging,

casually dating, or if you just do relationships differently,

we see you and we're here for you. Forcimeter for myself to fit.

On this episode of the Multiannaryy podcast we're talking about toxic

positivity. We've all had that friend or partner who seemingly was above

it all just always going with the flow and was optimistic no matter what life threw at them.

Maybe we've even been in that position personally sometimes.

However, too much positivity can actually result in a lack of support or not giving other people what they need in the moment.

Today we're going to be discussing some ways that toxic positivity can show up in our lives in relationships,

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