Someone tells you "everything happens for a reason" on a day when everything feels wrong. And somehow, you feel worse.

Now you're not just dealing with your original problem. You're feeling guilty for not being positive enough about it.

In Episode 7 of The Gentle Badass, we're talking about toxic positivity: why it doesn't work, why it actually makes things harder, and what to do instead.

The alternative isn't pessimism. It's something I call positive realism: the practice of telling yourself the full truth, and choosing hope anyway.

In this episode:

• What toxic positivity actually is underneath the good intentions
• Why forcing a positive spin on a real feeling is a form of self-abandonment
• The difference between optimism that holds and optimism that's just denial in disguise
• A simple two-part formula you can use this week when things get hard

The formula: The truth. And. The hope.

"This is really painful AND I trust myself to get through it."
"I'm exhausted AND I'm allowed to rest."
"I have no idea what I'm doing AND I'm figuring it out as I go."

Notice the word is "and," not "but." But cancels out the first half. And lets both things be true at once.

That little word is where the whole shift lives.

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Do no harm. Take no shit.

— Myrsini