131. (S8E15) Toxic Positivity & the Downside of Always Looking Up with Whitney Goodman

Whitney Goodman is the radically honest psychotherapist behind the Instagram account @sitwithwit, and the owner of The Collaborative Counseling Center, a private therapy practice in Miami, Florida. Her new book, Toxic Positivity, talks about the downside of our cultural obsession with being happy – and how to better embrace and balance all of life’s emotions. Whitney explores the difference between optimism and toxic positivity, and how to live your life without pretending to be happy but still finding happiness.