#426 How to Deal With Disappointment

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

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4.6 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

"This wasn't supposed to happen!"

Have you ever felt life throw you a curveball so big it knocked you flat? It’s that gut-punch moment when plans unravel, your candidate didn't win, dreams dissolve, and you’re left wondering, “Now what?” In this episode, I’ll take you through the tools and mindset shifts needed to transform disappointment into personal growth. We’ll talk about the power of radical acceptance, why it’s okay to feel all the feels, and how to find the hidden opportunities in setbacks.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro: Life’s Unexpected Curveballs

01:22 Embracing Disappointment: Feel All the Emotions

05:46 Finding the Lesson in Loss

15:23 Radical Acceptance and Moving Forward

18:36 Steer Clear of Destructive Reactions

21:16 What Does This Make Possible?

24:15 Conclusion and Free Resources

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0:00.0	Whenever we experience a disappointment, we have lost something.
0:05.5	We have lost the outcome that we wanted to experience.
0:10.8	And everything that went along with that, right?
0:13.6	It feels like that was taken away.
0:23.6	Oh, the way I planned.
0:40.3	How often have all of us said that to ourselves when life throws us a massive curveball?
0:48.3	Not just any curveball, the kind that knocks you off your feet and leaves you wondering, now what?
0:55.0	And this can come in so many different flavors, right?
0:59.0	It could be the job that slipped through your fingers after months of trying,
1:03.0	a relationship that ended before it really began,
1:07.0	you're candidated not winning the election, right, or even something bigger,
1:13.1	like the future you imagined for your life, just evaporating.
1:25.8	So we all go through this kind of disappointment, you know, this heart-wrenching gut-punch
1:32.7	moment when things do not turn out the way you wanted them to.
1:38.3	But here's the truth.
1:40.4	What you do next, that moment right after life floors you can change everything.
1:48.4	It can transform the trajectory of your life and also launch your growth in a way that
1:56.3	nothing else can. These difficult moments have immense power.
2:02.9	And on today's episode, I'm going to show you how to harness it.
2:07.8	I'm Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and this is the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.
2:13.4	Today, we are diving into the fine and underappreciated art of how to deal with disappointment.
2:24.8	How to take yourself up when life knocks you down and how to keep moving forward.
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