128: How to overcome toxic positivity with Whitney Goodman

<p>Today I am joined by someone who leads with radical, honest content that challenges toxic positivity. I'm interviewing Whitney Goodman, an author and licensed psychotherapist who many feel is a breath of fresh air in this busy mental health conversation that can often promote unattainable positivity. She has a brand new book out called Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Positive Thinking and this book really explores a lot of the B.S we see online. </p><br><p>This idea that if you just think more positively, everything will become a possibility. I obviously love positive energy and I've interviewed some incredible people around the idea of manifestation but I love how Whitney brings nuance to this conversation. Whitney uses her own experiences as a therapist to show why these approaches can be extremely harmful to our mental health and alternatively suggests a more realistic and perhaps a more authentic way to move through life, heal and create an experience that's honest and still deeply fulfilling.</p><br><p><strong>For more information on Whitney:</strong></p><br><p><strong>Website</strong>: <a href="https://sitwithwhit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sitwithwhit.com/</a></p><p><strong>Instagram</strong>: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sitwithwhit/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sitwithwhit</a></p><p><strong>Book</strong>: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toxic-Positivity-Keeping-World-Obsessed/dp/B09N9TP74J " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toxic-Positivity-Keeping-World-Obsessed/dp/B09N9TP74J </a></p><br><p>---</p><br><p>Hosted by Poppy Jamie</p><p>Produced by Georgie Rutherford</p><p>Edited by George Drake</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>