May 13, 2014
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SHOW NOTES: In our HELP! SITUATION SPOTLIGHT™ series, we shine the light on challenges that community members have shared with me. This episode is, “REJECTION. How do I handle it?”
The dream job that you desperately desired and did not get. The new
romantic relationship that you knew was “the one” that dissipated
into a cruel void of emptiness. The “forever” friendship that ended
abruptly. REJECTION.
In all of its forms it is searingly painful and brings to the
surface the most powerful emotional responses
possible. Why
did they get the job/work assignment/ promotion and not you?
Why are they dating them and not you? What is wrong with you? What
could (or should) you have done differently?
Rejection has the potential to trigger deeper issues within
ourselves and bring historical abandonments and rejections
(parents, past jobs, past personal relationships, etc.) roaring to
life to wreak havoc in our minds and our behavior. We could enter
into the downward and destructive spiral of telling ourselves, “You
are never good enough.” We will not.
How do we “handle” rejection? We don’t. We acknowledge it.
We refuse to “accept” it and we leave it where it
is. We
do not [...]
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