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Now We Talk About Something Called “Toxic Resiliency?”

We love the BS work terms, don’t we?

Ted Bauer
4 min readAug 9, 2023

I had a hard time getting my head around this “toxic resiliency” concept. I was introduced to it here:

In one place in that article, the term is defined as “the pressure of having to bounce back repeatedly as you’re trying to navigate a stressful or noxious work environment and you don’t feel empowered to ask for help.”

OK. So the first place my brain went is “being a woman,” especially if your dude (if you chose to marry) is just some slave to his career who never realizes when the OJ is out. Then, if you’re in a two-income situation, you’re carrying loads both at home and at work.

That leads to this:

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Ted Bauer
Ted Bauer

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I write about a lot of different topics, from work to masculinity to relationships and social dynamics, I.e. modern friendship. Pleasure to be here.

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