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When Therapy Feels Like Performance: Escaping Toxic Positivity | The Healing Room
In this episode of The Healing Room, host Mikayla Thompson explores the exhausting phenomenon of toxic positivity within therapeutic and wellness spaces. This conversation is essential for anyone who has ever felt pressured to perform happiness during therapy, coaching sessions, or support groups. When practitioners dismiss genuine pain with phrases like 'choose joy' or 'everything happens for a reason,' they inadvertently create an environment where clients must sanitize their emotions to be accepted. This episode dismantles the idea that healing requires constant optimism, arguing instead…
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