130: The Problem With Positivity- It's OK to not always be OK

The Confidence Project Podcast · May 7, 2019 · 39m

This was a hard one to break down! On the one hand, I don't want anyone to walk around being rooted in negativity and victim-mindset. At the end of the day, we still have to take responsibility for our lives. This is not the antithesis to that, but rather, another tool in order to help you take responsibility.

Sometimes that responsibility means taking ownership of healing. And if you're running around preaching or thinking POSITIVE VIBES ONLY, then you are cutting yourself off from actual emotions, from connection, from support, and even from the acknowledgement that there's work to do…