Beware toxic positivity: It’s okay not to be okay

Live Brave with Dr Margie Warrell

We live in a culture that can take positivity to excess – overgeneralizing to 'be positive' in all situations. Yet forcing ourselves to choose happy in difficult situations denies our full human experience, keeping us from processing the harder emotions that are part and parcel of living a full, wholehearted life. In this podcast, I explain why the emotions we don’t own will own us and how sometimes feeling bad is the best thing you can do for yourself.

Read my Forbes column here: https://bit.ly/2URuisf

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