Hello and welcome. It's episode number 31, the hilarious humanitarian's podcast. I'm Francis

Etchervira, licensed marriage and family therapist. And I'm Deanna Silverman, licensed clinical

social worker. It's nice to be back. Hello, and thank you for those tuning in. If you are listening and you haven't done

so already, please go ahead and give us a rating. We like those five stars and subscribe if you're not

already. I just realized Deanna that I had not downloaded our last episode. We were both on vacation,

so. We were, and we're going to talk about that and how it plays into today's topic, which is about how being positive 100% of the time

is actually delusional, impossible, and we'll make you crazy.

So we'll get into that.

But before we get started, do want to go ahead and give our good old disclaimer. This podcast is for informational purposes

only, does not constitute medical advice. It is not a substitute for professional medical

advice diagnosis or treatment. If you're looking for resources in your community, we recommend

that you call 2-1-1 because that is a good start to find all kinds of resources in the area

where you live if you are listening in the United States. So we're going to be talking about how

being positive all the time can be unhealthy. We've got some articles on the topic that we'll share

with you. Feel good news. Self care. All of that is on the way in episode number 31.

So, Deanna, I think a good place to start is how something like

the hilarious humanitarian podcast wants to talk about not being positive.

Yeah. So, as we were discussing what topic we wanted to cover for you guys, I had met with my neighbor this morning because we were on vacation.

We went to Seattle to visit a few of our friends.

And I went on a walk this morning with my neighbor and she was asking me, how was your

trip?

And I tend to lean on a lot of just like sarcasm and it's just my personality, I think.

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