I was coaching the members of my Financial Alchemy Academy yesterday.

One of my members is going a major life transition, and she was judging herself for her naturally occuring feelings of grief and unhappiness.

Somewhere along the way, in all her years of personal development, she picked up the message (like most of us do), that she was supposed to be happy all the time. No matter what.

There was something wrong with her for being human…

Haven’t we all felt this way?

I call this the Tyranny of Positive Thinking.

Is positive thinking the answer? Not always. (more…)