Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how dire or difficult a situation is, people should maintain a positive mindset. I had no idea what this meant for the longest time. It sounded negative.

Staying super positive and upbeat at work can be a great way to enhance productivity and happiness for most employees. However, as the old adage goes, sometimes too much of something can become a ...

While we're all for positive thinking, it's essential to recognize that this powerful tool has its limits. Focusing on positivity can be helpful in providing perspective. However, when we attempt to ...

After a cancer diagnosis, toxic positivity can be unhelpful, though forced joy may bring light to a difficult situation, a survivor and advocate said. In the aftermath of a cancer diagnosis, there is ...

As soon as January hits, the classic "New Year, New Me" phrase is blasted all over social media and sprinkled throughout everyday conversations. Now that's not inherently a bad thing, but it tends to ...

A new study published in Applied Corpus Linguistics addresses the fine line between helpful and potentially hurtful comments on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. Psychologist and ...

When I was in college I went to a concert thrown by a commune that lived in the middle of a desert. While the band was playing, I observed five children, probably between three and seven years old, ...

In Homer’s “Odyssey,” Odysseus finds himself having to navigate a ship down a strait that sits between two sea monsters: Scylla, a six-headed carnivore perched on the cliffs who likes to snap up ...