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Podcast: In Your Right Mind with Monique Rhodes
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Why "Think Positive" Is the Worst Advice You've Ever Been Given

Category: Health
Duration: 00:12:33
Publish Date: 2026-04-29 11:00:00
Description:

"Think positive" is the most common advice in self-help. It's also one of the most damaging. In this episode, Monique breaks down the science of why forcing positivity actually makes things worse, what toxic positivity really does to us, and what to do instead. Drawing on her own journey and decades of happiness research, this is the conversation you wish someone had had with you years ago.

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