#421 How to Overcome Rejection (And Turn It Into The BEST Thing That Ever Happened To You - Really!))
Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
4.6 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Friend, partner, or job said "thanks but no thanks"? Well, the joke's on them: If you know how to mine the gold in this opportunity it could wind up being the best thing that’s ever happened to YOU.
And... Rejection sucks. Whether it’s from a friend, a romantic partner, or a job you really wanted, it can leave you feeling bruised and wondering, “Is it just me?” Guess what? It’s not just you, and it’s not the end of the world (promise!). 🌟 In fact, rejection can be the key to unlocking your most resilient, powerful self. Yeah, I said it!
Join me as I break down the very real emotions behind rejection and share how you can use it as a springboard for serious personal growth. We’ll cover how rejection shows up in your personal, professional, and social life—and how to cope, heal, and come out stronger on the other side. Ready to transform those “no’s” into growth? Let’s do this! 🙌
What We’ll Cover:
00:00 - Rejection Feels Awful, But... Why rejection hits so hard and why it’s universal.
02:42 - Resilience & Growth: Your New Best Friends - Turning setbacks into setups for your future self.
12:47 - Friendship Rejection: Why Does This Hurt So Much? Handling the emotional sting of being ghosted or left out by friends.
20:28 - Heartbreak Hotel: Dealing with Romantic Rejection Why getting dumped can hurt on a primal level and how to come out of it stronger.
43:42 - Career Flops: Professional Rejection and What to Do Next Didn’t get the job? Fired? Here’s how to bounce back like a boss. 💼
51:45 - Your Rejection Recovery Plan: Next Steps Actionable strategies to heal and grow from any kind of rejection.
🔥 Bonus: Want to chat about your own experiences with rejection? Jump into this week’s live stream where we’ll be swapping stories, getting advice, and supporting each other! 🗓️ Submit your questions in advance right here. Want to start doing the work we're discussing today? Book a free consultation for coaching at GrowingSelf.com.
xoxo,
#RejectionRecovery #EmotionalResilience #LoveHappinessSuccess #PersonalGrowth
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Rejection. It takes many forms and we all have to deal with rejection. And rejection can be |
| 0:10.0 | multidimensional. We can be personally rejected, professionally rejected, so many different |
| 0:16.8 | types of rejection. And I think we can all agree that it is awful. That's why I wanted to talk |
| 0:22.7 | about this today on love, happiness, and success. If you have been feeling bruised emotionally |
| 0:28.5 | and are looking for some direction on how to overcome rejection, figure out how to cope with |
| 0:34.6 | it, and hopefully even grow from the experience today's episode is for you. |
| 1:01.5 | Setting the mood for us today is a super cool song by Ibidio Sound Machine Pull the Rope. |
| 1:14.0 | And I chose this for us because, you know, today's topic is a hard one, but the big message that I want you to hear and take away and get out of today's podcast is that because of these experiences when you know what to do, you can turn it into a |
| 1:21.6 | transformational growth process for yourself that actually increases your resilience, increases your self-awareness, |
| 1:31.1 | increases your capacity to have better relationships and better outcomes in the future. |
| 1:36.9 | That is how we pull our own rope. |
| 1:39.7 | But you got to do the work. |
| 1:42.1 | And today we're talking about what that looks like and how. You should also do the work. And today we're talking about what that looks like and how. |
| 1:46.5 | You should also do the work of tracking down Ambivio Sound Machine because this is really |
| 1:51.8 | cool stuff. |
| 1:53.1 | Go to their Bandcamp page, see what they're up to, check out their tour dates. |
| 1:58.6 | They're currently on the loose. |
| 2:00.5 | Learn all about them, Ambbibio soundmachine. |
| 2:03.2 | Bancamp.com. And welcome to love, happiness, and success. I am your host, Dr. Lisa Marie |
| 2:08.9 | Bobby professionally. I am a licensed psychologist. I'm also a licensed marriage or family therapist. |
| 2:14.8 | I am a very proud board certified coach. I'm also an AAMFT |
| 2:19.9 | approved supervisor of other therapists and I am the founder of growing self-counseling and coaching. |
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