Sisterhood: Connecting Through Meaningful Conversations

Episode 54: A Conversation About How To Be Positive Without Being Toxic with The Entrepreneurs Therapist, Shulamit Ber Levtov


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“The spiritual part of being human is feeling all the feels. It’s not unspiritual to have emotions.”

If you feel like your emotions are constantly being bypassed, or that you are a pressure cooker with emotions that are needing to be released, this episode will be so supportive. I wanted to have a conversation about toxic positivity, so I brought in the expert. 

Shulamit Ber Levtov is The Entrepreneurs Therapist. For more than 2 decades Shula has been working in the field of mental health and personal growth, and has helped hundreds of women (and men) recover their resilience after experiencing stress and trauma.  She's been an entrepreneur for more than 27 years, and in 2017, founded an award-winning holistic stress and trauma clinic in Kemptville, Ontario. She  has an MA in Counselling and Spirituality and she is a registered social worker. She is also certified in Focusing, Nonviolent Communication, the Tapas Acupressure Technique and Kripalu Yoga. She is a certified clinical trauma professional who is also trained in assessing and teaching resilience skills. 

In this conversation, Shula shares what we can do to be truly positive, without it being toxic.

We talk about:

  • What toxic positivity is.
  • How we use toxic positivity methods on ourselves.
  • What we can do and say instead.
  • How to feel your feelings in a healthy and supportive way.
  • How we can support someone else’s feelings in a healthy and supportive way.
  • Understanding what a negativity bias is.
  • How feeling your feelings is the way to true positivity.
  • A funny metaphor about your emotions and poop :-)
  • How we can show ourselves self-compassion.
  • And so much more!


    Connect With Shula

    You can find all her magic over at her website: www.shula.ca

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    Workshops & Resources Mentioned In The Episode

    For additional support, these are some more resources mentioned in the episode.

    How To Be Positive Without Being Toxic: Realistic Optimism: https://www.shula.ca/toxic-positivity-realistic-optimist/

    Feeling negative emotion? Here are 3 steps to take: https://www.shula.ca/negative-thoughts-emotions-women-entrepreneurs/

    Self-Compassion Break: https://self-compassion.org/exercise-2-self-compassion-break/

    https://taramcmullin.com/parents-deserve-more-than-positive-thinking-6d26436638c9

    Dr. Kristin Neff: https://self-compassion.org

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