144 // Rejection and Mindfulness

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to episode 144 of The Mindful Kind podcast!
In this episode, you'll discover 3 tips to cope you cope with rejection mindfully and some interesting research about rejection.

For example, a study by Kirsten Weir in 2012 found that rejection causes the brain's pain receptors to respond as though the body has been physically injured.

Here are the 3 tips for coping with rejection mindfully:

Acknowledge how you're feeling non-judgementally and give yourself space to process those feelings
Slow the spiral of negative thoughts by using mindfulness techniques, such as doing a body scan or mindful breathing
Learn from rejection in meaningful and positive ways

It can also be important to remember that you're not alone in feeling rejection - many of us have been there and will experience it again in the future! If you need extra support, you might like to speak with a trusted friend, chat with a counsellor or psychologist, or call a Helpline.

Thank you so much for listening and I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.
0:07.3	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey
0:12.0	and inspire you to create your own.
0:14.6	Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness, from my
0:19.8	personal experiences to useful tools and
0:22.9	different mindful techniques.
0:32.4	Hello and welcome to episode 144 of the Mindful Kind podcast.
0:37.3	In this episode, I'll be sharing some of my
0:39.6	top tips for coping with rejection in mindful ways. The truth is, many of us are bound to feel
0:45.5	rejected at some stage in life, rejected by a partner or a potential partner, rejected by a friend
0:51.6	or family member, rejected by a potential employer. There are quite a few
0:56.1	different ways that rejection can show up and it can be really difficult to deal with. You might start
1:01.7	wondering if you did something wrong or if you aren't good enough, you might feel angry, disappointed,
1:08.0	embarrassed or upset. Your confidence and sense of self-worth might feel a little
1:13.3	shaky. However, you might be feeling and whatever you might be thinking, mindfulness can be an
1:18.6	incredible practice to help you acknowledge the situation, process your feelings, let go of
1:24.2	judgmental self-talk, build resilience and continue moving forward. There is another
1:29.3	really interesting aspect to the relationship between mindfulness and rejection. Mindfulness can help
1:35.2	you deal with rejection in various ways, but something else which can be important to know is that
1:40.2	mindfulness is a trait which can actually help you feel less distressed by rejection in the
1:46.0	first place. In a study published in June 2018, researchers found that participants who were
1:52.7	more mindful reported less distress one hour after an incident of rejection than participants
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