Those "think positively" people - Little problems that lead to explosive reactions - What is a toxic person?

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni: Emotional Abuse and Relationship Expert

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Positive thinking leads to denial which creates negative emotions in your body eventually leading to depression. What?? Sounds like a great first topic. Little spats in a relationship that lead to massive blowups have an origin. The unspoken words are what cause those big explosions. It's time to connect emotionally rather than logically to diffuse the emotional bombs before they explode. What is toxic? Do we call people toxic just to avoid our own personal growth? A listener challenges me on the topic.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the overwhelmed brain.
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0:16.0	Are you annoyed by affirmations?
0:18.2	Are you tired of that same old rehashed personal growth advice that all seems to boil down to,
0:24.8	think positively and all your problems will go away.
0:28.4	If affirmations feel like lies and positive thinking feels like denial, then I want you to get ready.
0:35.4	The overwhelmed brain is here to help you create. I am your host personal empowerment coach Paul
0:56.6	Coliani. I am here to help you increase your emotional intelligence, strengthen
1:00.8	your self-worth and self-esteem and empower you so that you can make decisions
1:05.6	that are right for you.
1:07.4	Everything I talk about on this show is my personal opinion and is meant for informational
1:11.1	and educational purposes only.
1:13.1	Always consult your physician
1:14.5	before making any changes to your medical treatment.
1:18.0	All right, I'm gonna start the show with an email
1:20.0	from someone who said, she dated the woman several months back and she made it a point to let
1:24.9	me know she was two years sober and into her AA slash NA thing. I think Alcoholics anonymous and maybe narcotics anonymous. I thought to myself, oh cool, finally, someone who likes to work on themselves as much as I like to work on myself. But man, I was in for a real awakening. She turned out to be like your funny guy.
1:45.4	Just think positive and all your problems will go away.
1:50.0	If you did a podcast on that sort of person,
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