What Works | Small Business Podcast With Tara Mcmullin

“Positive thinking” comes in many forms: New Thought, the prosperity gospel, manifestation teaching, self-help guides, and more. It’s hard to argue with thinking positive thoughts! But when positive thoughts become a substitute for curiosity and inquiry about real challenges, positive thinking can lead us away from real solutions. In this episode, I explore my own encounters with the world of positive thinking and how facing reality has actually given me more hope.  Footnotes: More about Mary Baker Eddy More about Ernest Holmes and The Science of Mind More about Norman Vincent Peale* The Power of Positive Thinking Mary Kay Ash on YouTube Confidence Culture by Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill Rhonda Byrne on YouTube “Farm-To-Table: Reciprocity in Every Seam” (Christy Dawn ad) “Manifestation, eugenics, and flower oil” by Meg Conley Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell At The Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit   Essay versions of each episode are availabl