PositiveThe Washington PostGoodman’s writing is straightforward and firm but full of empathy and gentle guidance, exactly what you’d want from any therapist, Instagram or no ... Goodman convincingly demonstrates that toxic positivity isn’t new. In fact, she shows that it’s long been woven into almost every aspect of American culture from this country’s earliest days and is, in many ways, our national religion ... Goodman does a good job of zooming out to bigger overarching truths, countering beliefs about how much control we actually have when it comes to living a 100 percent positive life ... This is the rare self-help book where readers might recognize themselves as both victim and perpetrator ... More than a self-help book, this is a society-help book. It’s ambitious but based on the simple idea of being, as Goodman describes herself, \'radically honest\' with each other.
