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We’ve all tried to cheer someone up, but have you or a friend said something positive with no meaning behind it? Maryellen expresses how toxic positivity has grown in the past year from COVID and how it’s an inauthentic way of expressing our true emotions by minimizing them and acting fake. This can also be a form of gaslighting, questioning people’s thoughts and sense of reality by manipulation. Maryellen shows us examples of toxic positivity and how ignoring our emotions can damage not only ourselves but loved ones around us and gives us 5 ways to deal with this toxicity.
1. Recognize the toxic positivity
2. Remember basic facts about feelings such as they’re meant to be felt and are dichotomous
3. Don’t feed into it, follow Maryellen’s rule of thumb: only offer advice when asked
4. Go off social media
5. Know that we are all Okay-ish
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Episode 19 - Feeling and Showing Gratitude: Continuing the discussion of family, Maryellen explores the idea of gratitude and why posing genuine feelings is necessary in family relationships, as well as giving you 3 tips on what not to do when thinking of gratitude.
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Episode 40 - Defense Mechanisms: In this episode, Maryellen dives into 6 defensive mechanisms and how each one is a form of coping and hiding our emotions through denial, repression, projection, displacement, regression, and rationalization.
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Host’s Contact Info
https://maryellendance.com/
@maryellendance
About the HOST
Maryellen Dance is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based out of upstate New York. She focuses on providing skills using cognitive behavioral therapy, often using mindfulness techniques that are vital to personal growth. With a passion for psychology and propensity to ask questions, Maryellen entered this field to educate, learn and share what it means to be “Okay-ish.”
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We’ve all tried to cheer someone up, but have you or a friend said something positive with no meaning behind it? Maryellen expresses how toxic positivity has grown in the past year from COVID and how it’s an inauthentic way of expressing our true emotions by minimizing them and acting fake. This can also be a form of gaslighting, questioning people’s thoughts and sense of reality by manipulation. Maryellen shows us examples of toxic positivity and how ignoring our emotions can damage not only ourselves but loved ones around us and gives us 5 ways to deal with this toxicity.
1. Recognize the toxic positivity
2. Remember basic facts about feelings such as they’re meant to be felt and are dichotomous
3. Don’t feed into it, follow Maryellen’s rule of thumb: only offer advice when asked
4. Go off social media
5. Know that we are all Okay-ish
Like what you hear? Leave a review and give us a follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, or any of your other favorite platforms!
Related episodes
Episode 11: Understanding and Overcoming Trendy Therapy Terms: Focusing on pop culture, Maryellen shows what a positive mindset actually looks like compared to the trendy hashtags on social media. This episode educates those on how coaches and therapists are different and how psychology is a part of mindset and motivation.
Episode 19 - Feeling and Showing Gratitude: Continuing the discussion of family, Maryellen explores the idea of gratitude and why posing genuine feelings is necessary in family relationships, as well as giving you 3 tips on what not to do when thinking of gratitude.
Episode 21: Is This Manifesting Thing Worth It?: Entering 2021, Maryellen breaks down the term manifesting and explains what the law of attraction is (not scientific based) and how there’s good and bad positive thinking. This is an episode all about the chain reaction of thoughts, actions, and feelings.
Episode 40 - Defense Mechanisms: In this episode, Maryellen dives into 6 defensive mechanisms and how each one is a form of coping and hiding our emotions through denial, repression, projection, displacement, regression, and rationalization.
Follow or Find us at:
The show:
https://daydreamernetwork.com/okay-ish-2/
https://okayishpodcast.com/
The network:
@daydreamernetwork
https://daydreamernetwork.com
Host’s Contact Info
https://maryellendance.com/
@maryellendance
About the HOST
Maryellen Dance is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based out of upstate New York. She focuses on providing skills using cognitive behavioral therapy, often using mindfulness techniques that are vital to personal growth. With a passion for psychology and propensity to ask questions, Maryellen entered this field to educate, learn and share what it means to be “Okay-ish.”