Tag: Positivity

From Doubt to Determination: A Quest for Positivity

Life is a journey filled with choices, some small and inconsequential, and others that can alter the course of our entire story. In the pages that follow, I invite you to step into my world — a world where one pivotal decision changed everything. In my previous blog post, “The Transfo...

Unlocking the Power of Positivity: Why 85% of Negative Thoughts Stay Unrealized

80% of the thoughts we have in a day are negative. 20% are positive and a whopping 95% are repetitive. (National Foundation of Science U.S) Whereas another research (by Cornell University) says 85% of all the negative things we fear don’t even happen.. Yet society deems the person who mu...

The Subtle Positivity of “NO”

NO is a word in our English language that in my opinion holds an unfair negative connotation. People generally associate NO with something that they either cannot have, or something that they cannot do. While this can be the case most of the time, there can be a positive power in the word NO. In thi...

When did faith and optimism become ‘toxic positivity’ in a support group?

Posted on the bulletin in the waiting area of my physical therapist’s office was an invitation to a support group for persons with chronic illnesses and/or disabilities. 2023 brought me several diagnoses, including Ankylosing Spondylitis and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. My “support” ...

The Body Positivity Movement Isn’t for Thin Women

Fatphobia has been normalized to the point of invisibility. The body positivity movement is a direct response to that. It’s a pervasive part of our culture we’ve all missed. Impeccably hidden in plain sight. Without a solid understanding of body positivity’s origin, and pur...