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Radio Headspace

It’s Okay If You’re Not Okay

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Rosie breaks down toxic positivity and examines how it can shut down real feelings when we’re grieving or struggling. She explores the difference between true optimism and emotional bypassing, and offers language and practices for holding pain honestly while still believing in your capacity to heal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey friends, it's Dora here. Let's be real. Bedtime can feel like a constant battle.

0:09.5

The tantrums, the stalling, the screen fatigue, it's a lot. That's why we created Wiggle to Wind Down,

0:15.7

a brand new kid's sleep podcast from Headspace and Cocoa Mellon.

0:26.8

Each episode helps your little one move, breathe, and settle into a soothing bedtime story so they can relax and you can finally exhale.

0:31.8

Search for Wiggle to Wind Down wherever you get your podcast and make bedtime a little easier

0:37.4

for everyone.

0:53.2

Hey friends, it's Rosie here.

0:55.8

Welcome to Radio Headspace.

1:00.1

The other day a friend was visiting from out of town.

1:03.5

We were sitting on the couch catching up when one of those horrific news stories came on.

1:09.0

Violence, tragedy, the kind that makes your chest tighten and

1:13.1

your mind spiral.

1:15.2

I turned to her, visibly disturbed, and she said, just stay positive.

1:21.9

I felt my whole body tighten, not because she didn't care, but because in that moment it felt like my reaction,

1:30.4

my very human reaction, was being shut down.

1:36.5

So let's talk about something that might sound sweet on the surface but can feel pretty

1:41.3

sharp underneath.

1:43.3

Toxic positivity.

1:45.6

You've probably heard the term.

1:47.9

Maybe you've even felt it without having a name for it.

1:51.7

It's the pressure to stay positive no matter what.

1:55.7

It's the kind of messages that sound good on a greeting card,

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