Hello friends, it's Rosie. Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Thursday.

Have you ever felt like you should have been invited to something but you weren't?

I know I have, I mean, I've had plenty of late nights with friends, but now my priorities

are different. I wake up early to meditate, write, teach, and much, much more. And even though

I'm done at 6pm, that doesn't mean I want to be excluded from gatherings at 7, 8, and

gasp. 9. I want people to want me at a party.

Being left out is something most of us have experienced, whether it's the clicks at school

or in the company break room. So today, let's talk about the emotions that come up when

we feel left out and how we can be at peace, even when we don't get an invite.

The last time I felt left out, my friend was talking about a party that she was throwing.

She was describing all of the different treats and the catering and all the fun decor that

she was getting ready to put up in her house. And as she's telling me the story, all I kept

thinking was, when was this party and why was an I invited? And I actually asked her,

it sounds like a great party, where's my invite? And she just laughed, like it was a joke,

and said that the party didn't start till about 7.30 and she knew that obviously I wouldn't

go because I go to bed by 8 p.m. So after the conversation, I just started to feel really

sad. But given the fact that I really love my friend, I decided to give her a call. And

as I was telling her how hearing about this really fun party and having her say in a passive

way that I wouldn't come, so she didn't even bother to invite me, really hurt my feelings.

And right then, she responded, I feel really sad when you always tell me no. And we both

had this moment of realizing that we hadn't communicated how we felt. And so we started

to have this really great conversation where we started to feel more seen. And we just

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