EP187. Toxic Positivity, with Author and Psychotherapist, Whitney Goodman
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
EP187. Psychotherapist and author of "Toxic Positivity", Whitney Goodman, tells us why it is so important to acknowledge not only happiness, but all emotions that make up the experience of being human. Renee shares some toxic comments she has received online and gets Whitney's take on why they’re harmful and rooted in toxic positivity.
RENEE REINA
Instagram: @themomroompodcast | @reneereina_
TikTok: @reneereina_
Youtube: Renee Reina- The Mom Room Podcast
WHITNEY GOODMAN
Instagram: @sitwithwhit
TikTok: @sitwithwhit
Book: Toxic Positivity: Keeping it real in a world obsessed with being happy, by Whitney Goodman
SPONSORS
PureHealth.
Dooney & Bourke.
Coterie.
Betterhelp.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show. |
| 0:21.4 | There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible |
| 0:27.9 | to know what's real and what's BS. |
| 0:30.7 | On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food, |
| 0:35.3 | their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the |
| 0:38.6 | fundamental secret to good health. Listen to bite back wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:44.9 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. Welcome to the mom room room podcast. My name is Renee Rina and I am definitely the mom |
| 1:08.1 | friend you have always wanted. Welcome. Listen, do you ever see a book |
| 1:15.5 | that's on a topic that you love and that you think about all the time? And you're like, wow, |
| 1:22.5 | somebody wrote an entire book on this topic. I have to talk to them. Does anybody else think that or is that just me? |
| 1:31.0 | Being a mom that creates content on social media has really opened my eyes to toxic positivity. |
| 1:39.7 | It's not something I ever really thought about before. And then, you know, the whole thing around |
| 1:47.1 | motherhood is like, it's just made to be this magical, and it is, don't get me wrong. But that's all |
| 1:54.4 | we are shown. At least, like it's changing now. And I talk about that a little bit in this |
| 1:59.8 | episode, how it is changing. But, you know, it's like now and I talk about that a little bit in this episode how it is changing |
| 2:01.4 | but you know it's like you should be enjoying everything and it's so blissful and hashtag blessed |
| 2:07.9 | and pregnancy is beautiful and labor and delivery is the best day of your life and it's just |
| 2:12.6 | the whole culture around pregnancy and childbirth and postpartum and motherhood is really, |
| 2:21.7 | you know, it doesn't allow moms to talk about struggles or if they do, they feel like they're |
| 2:28.1 | the only ones and so everyone just stays quiet and only shares the positive. Yeah. And then |
| 2:33.9 | there's the struggle Olympics, which is like, |
| 2:36.3 | you can't complain unless you absolutely have it the worst. And people leave comments like, well, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Renee Reina & Podcast Nation, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Renee Reina & Podcast Nation and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

