How can I work through my fear of rejection?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

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🗓️ 1 November 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In this episode of the podcast I work with Sariah and address the question, “How can I work through my fear of rejection?” Sariah grew up in an abusive environment, and she sees the impact of that in her daily life and relationships. She tells me that she feels her fear of rejection crop up especially around her family.Sariah shares that she is working really hard to be accepted in a family that is not very functional, and that she essentially has to betray herself to gain their accepta...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to
0:23.2	prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your faith. I'm your host,
0:29.2	Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women
0:34.5	all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.3	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them with tools to find healing.
0:45.0	I'm so excited to welcome Soraya to the podcast today. Welcome, Soraya.
0:50.9	Hey, thanks. It's great to be here. So happy to have you. What is your question for me today?
0:58.6	So something I have wanted to get your opinion on is rejection sensitivity and the fear of rejection. I'd love to see what your thoughts are on that.
1:13.8	Okay.
1:14.3	So tell me how does this apply to your life?
1:17.6	So it's definitely something I've struggled with.
1:21.8	I grew up in an abusive environment.
1:28.4	And so that's something that I've struggled with,
1:32.2	but I'm working on.
1:33.9	So I have my own thoughts and opinions on it,
1:37.2	but I work in healthcare.
1:40.6	I love the why behind things.
1:49.6	So, yeah, I don't, I'm not sure what else to say with that. Yeah. So how does this show up in your life now? I've been working on it
1:57.7	pretty actively lately.
2:11.1	And I actually have a friend who has helped me with this a lot to wear.
2:23.0	So then when I have those insecurity moments or if it's been a particularly challenging day or she doesn't get back to me super quick on a text or a question or whatever. I know that relationship is good
2:30.6	and I know if it's not just going to talk to me about it.
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