The Upside Of Your Dark Side

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The upside of your dark side.

Instead of telling you how to avoid anger guilt and procrastination it asks how those things add to our life. The upside of your dark side offers one of the most important messages of recent psychological science. In the upside of your dark side two pioneering researchers in the field of psychology show that while mindfulness kindness and positivity can take us far they cannot take us all the way. The authors provide a highly refreshing alternative to the idea that one must pursue happiness at all costs.

The upside of your dark side explores what positive side effects our bad feelings and worst behaviors have because there s something good in everything. Emotions such as anger anxiety guilt and sadness might feel uncomfortable but it turns out that they are also incredibly useful. Sometimes they can even hold us back. Sometimes they can even hold us back.

In the upside of your dark side two pioneering researchers in the field of psychology show that while mindfulness kindness and positivity can take us far they cannot take us all the way. There s a hopeful message too the upside of our dark side. That you don t need to avoid discomfort or distress to have a meaningful and joyful life.