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Have you ever been asked to think of your layoff, cancer, or foreclosure as an “opportunity”?

Here's a book that explodes the myths of 'positive thinking.]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/903-the-perils-of-positive-thinking/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/906-how-positive-thinking-has-undermined-america http://www.apologeticsindex.org/906-how-positive-thinking-has-undermined-america#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:13:09 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=906
"The promotion of positive thinking has become a minor industry in its own right, producing an endless flow of books, DVDs, and other products; providing employment for tens of thousands of "life coaches," "executive coaches," and motivational speakers, as well as for the growing cadre of professional psychologists who seek to train them.

America has historically offered space for all sorts of sects, cults, faith healers, and purveyors of snake oil, and those that are profitable, like positive thinking, tend to flourish."

Read the introduction to Barbara Ehrenreich's new book: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/906-how-positive-thinking-has-undermined-america/feed 0