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Aug 2022
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Toxic Positivity and The Harm It Causes ...

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media
About this episode

How many times did your mother tell you not to swim for half an hour after you eat or not to scratch a bug bite or don’t touch someone who has poison ivy because you can catch it? There is a lot of that summertime advice flying around. This episode begins by looking at whether this advice is true or not. https://www.silive.com/healthfit/2012/07/summer_myths_debunked.html

There is something called toxic positivity. It is the idea that we should always look on the bright side, be happy, everything happens for a reason, don’t worry, you’ll be fine – you know what I mean. Often we say these things to comfort people but it may have the opposite effect. Joining me to discuss toxic positivity and the damage it can do is Whitney Goodman a licensed marriage and family therapist and author of the book, Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed With Being Happy (https://amzn.to/3cwrhcf). 

You have your chronological age and then there is your biological age. You can’t do anything about your chronological age, but it does appear you can roll back the years on your biological age according to Morgan Levine. She is an assistant professor of pathology at Yale University School of Medicine and author of the book, True Age: Cutting-Edge Research to Help Turn Back the Clock (https://amzn.to/3zaRepw).. Listen as she reveals what to do to stay young for as long as possible.

Smelling roses can have quite an impact on you and it is all good!. That scent can affect your memory, your dreams and your happiness. Listen as I explain. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1059329/How-sweet-dreams--simply-smell-roses.html and https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070305/full/news070305-10.html

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