Hi everybody. Thanks again for tuning into the women's dating and confidence podcast. Today I want to talk about rejection.

Because rejection is something that you will face most

definitely if you're dating and it's something that will come up again and again and again.

And I think a lot of people think once they get into a relationship, that's where the rejection

ends and that's kind of why they want to get

into your relationship. But actually, rejection is something that you will have to deal with, not only in the

dating phase, but also in your relationship. And so that sounds kind of grim, but I hope by the end of this podcast episode

that I will have reframed the way that you look at rejection a little bit and that it won't

sting as badly. So the first thing that's important to realize is that rejection is a natural

consequence of action. The more bold action that

you take in any area of your life, meaning action outside of your comfort zone, the more rejection

you're going to experience in that area of your life, but also the more reward that you will

experience in that area of your life. Most of us feel so averse to rejection

that we don't take any action in certain areas of our life. And as a result of that, we may experience

less rejection, but we also have the sense of stagnation. Now, what happens when we get rejected is that it's really painful and we immediately

want to blame ourselves. So let's say that you go on a date and it doesn't work out. The first thing

that your brain is going to want to do is find a reason why that happened.

Why are you in pain?

Why did he reject you?

How can we make sure that this never happens again?

And the easiest way to do that is to blame some quality of yours.

Oh, you laugh too much.

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