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Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
By Barbara Ehrenreich
This episode uncovers how the pervasive societal pressure for positive thinking can undermine genuine problem-solving and emotional processing, revealing its often-unseen downsides.
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What it is about
positive thinking, societal pressure, optimism bias
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Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of positive thinking, societal pressure, optimism bias and better judgment in how they apply it.
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Barbara Ehrenreich brings a credible and useful lens to positive thinking, societal pressure, optimism bias, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.
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