Toxic Positivity

Ever been listening to a friend or family member who’s having a hard time and done your best to help them “look on the bright side”? Because if you were really honest with them, wouldn’t you just make them more sad and feel even more despair? Actually, you could be spreading toxic positivity without even realizing it. What’s toxic positivity? We’re excited to have Dr. Laura Gallaher on the show to tell us exactly what it is and how we can avoid it. Dr. Gallaher is an organizational psychologist, speaker, and leadership coach, who’s worked for NASA, Walt Disney, and headed her own company Gallaher Edge, which applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can achieve more together.