I think positivity has a time, a place, a purpose.

I just think we've become so obsessed with it to a degree that it's starting to hurt us more than help us.

Hello, and welcome to the Psychology Podcast.

Today, we welcome Whitney Goodman to the show.

Whitney is the radically honest psychotherapist

behind the hugely popular Instagram account, Sit With Wit.

She's the owner of the Collaborative Counseling Center, a private therapy practice in Miami.

Whitney has her own column in Psychology Today and has been featured in the New York Times Teen Vogue,

a New York magazine in style, Good Morning America, and other publications.

Her most recent book is called Toxic Positivity,

Heeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy.

In this episode, I talked to Whitney Goodman about Toxic Positivity.

A happy outlook in life is a strength,

but when taken too far, it can backfire and work against us.

Positivity stops becoming helpful and we deny the realities of hardship and trauma.

Whitney believes positivity is not the panacea to her problems,

and that it needs to be applied at the right time and with the right purpose.

She shares with us ways and how to be supportive

without being dismissive of her own well-being and the well-being of others.

We also touch on the topics of authenticity, gratitude, hope, relationships, and work.

It was really fun chatting with Whitney,

and I really appreciated her authentic style

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