ICYMI: The Difference Between Constructive Complaining and Toxic Complaining, with psychotherapist Whitney Goodman
Episode 144: ICYMI: The Difference Between Constructive Complaining and Toxic Complaining, with psychotherapist Whitney Goodman
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Show Notes
Welcome to today’s ICYMI, where we kick off the week with a quick game-changing tip from one of our guests that you might have missed.
Everybody likes a good venting session, but nobody likes a complainer. So when is it okay to complain? Can complaining be healthy, or is it always a negative thing? Today’s expert, Whitney Goodman, gives us the quick and dirty scoop on why casual complaining is a normal communal exchange, and what to watch out for if it crosses into the dreaded “draining complaining” that can keep us stuck in a negative loop.
Whitney Goodman is a psychotherapist, author of the book Toxic Positivity, a columnist for Psychology Today and appears regularly in publications like The New York Times and Teen Vogue.
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