Welcome to On Attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience dating, love and relationships.

I'm your host, relationship coach and attachment expert, Stephanie Rigg, and I'm really glad you're here.

How much? and I'm really glad you're here. Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of On Attachment.

Today I'm going to be talking all about the fear of rejection, which is something that we all

would have experience with at some point in our lives. Now, I think the first thing that I

really want to say about the fear of rejection is to normalize that rejection happens to everyone

at some point and it is perfectly normal and natural to be nervous about

and to feel hurt by rejection if and when it happens in your life. We as humans are wired for

connection and to seek belonging and as much as we can talk about removing the need

for external validation, that's probably something that you've seen bouncing around on Instagram

and elsewhere in the personal development space, the reality is that we all require a level

of external validation from time to time, and that's okay. And so rejection can feel

really scary and upsetting and hurtful and even humiliating, embarrassing. These are perfectly

normal emotional responses to a very normal experience, which is part of life. So rejection in and of itself and the fear of rejection

in and of itself, I wouldn't say is cause for concern or alarm. With that being said,

I think we could all agree that some people experience rejection in a more acute way than others and that if allowed to get out of control

or without the tools to really manage and process that fear, it can have a really adverse impact

on your life and your relationships and really the way that you show up.

So I'm hoping that in today's episode, we'll be able to unpack some of the layers that underpin a fear of rejection, some of which might resonate with you, and also give you some reframs

and some tools to help you navigate those fears with a little more confidence

and trust in your resilience and your capacity to experience rejection without the world

crumbling and falling apart because that can be how it feels sometimes.

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