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My Rejection Story — 78 episodes
Navigating Transgender Family Rejection & Romantic Rejection, with Kenny Ethan Jones
Late-Diagnosis ADHD & Rejection Sensitivity as a Black Woman, with Dari Crawford
Anne-Laure LeCunff: Overcoming Negativity Bias Through Tiny Experiments
How Abandonment Issues Can Contribute to Fear of Rejection, with Dr. Carol Chu-Peralto
Listener Favorite: Guy Winch on How to Heal From Romantic Rejection
Listener Favorite: Arielle Estoria on The Human Need for Belonging & Unfolding
How to Deal with Book Publishing Rejection, & Tips for Landing the Book Deal with Allison Lane
What is Family Estrangement? (Brooklyn Beckham Mess & More)
Why Are We So Afraid of Rejection? A Survival-Based Exploration from an Evolution Expert
Tracy Otsuka: How to Overcome Learned Helplessness with ADHD
Why Death is the Ultimate Motivator, with Jodi Wellman
Why Rejection Hurts So Much — And How To Recover
Loneliness in Dubai, Making Friends as an Adult, and Life as an Expat, featuring Afshan Nasseri
How to Negotiate with a Narcissist in Divorce, featuring Lisa Johnson
Narcissism Doctor: What Happens When You Reject A Narcissist (featuring Dr. Sterlin Mosely)
Whitney Goodman: How To Deal With Toxic Positivity
Eva Langston: "My Novel Died On Submission" — Publisher Rejection, Landing a Book Agent, & Fostering a Writing Community
From Lawyer to Dancer & Speaker: Kim Bolourtchi on Strategic Unruliness
Top ADHD Creators: Why is Self-Promotion So Hard with ADHD?
Tara Jaye Frank: Leaving A Marriage, Learning Through Publisher’s Rejection, & The Helper’s Dilemma
Jamie Varon on Delayed Gratification versus Instant Gratification & How To Detach From Results
Arielle Estoria on The Human Need for Belonging & Unfolding
Marques Ogden on Life After NFL, Identity Loss, Losing a $25M Construction Biz, & More
Dr. Amanda Crowell: The “Great Work” Psychologist & How Defensive Failure Is Getting In The Way
Alice Draper: How to Cope With Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
Jessica Zweig: "It Was More Painful To Stay!" Walking Away From A Successful Business To Find Alignment
Meredith Carder: ADHD Masking Burnout & When Masking Can Help
Christine Platt: Reinvention, Collective Covid-19 Grief, & Redefining Selfishness
Alice Draper: Messy Activism, Jenna Kutcher Speaking Up, & More
Katie Horwitch: "Lonely Is Love with Nowhere to Go" — Navigating Identity, Eating Disorders, & More
Guy Winch On The Science Of Why You NEED To Unfollow Your Ex
Jesse J. Anderson: "I Would Blow Up" — RSD & ADHD in Life, Marriage, & Friendships
Alice Draper: I Am Still Terrified Of Friendship Rejection. Here's How I Cope.
Marina Iakovleva: "Buzzfeed Stole My Idea And Went Viral", Growing To 675K+ Subscribers, Dating Abroad, + More
Tracy Otsuka: "ADHDers feel more emotion" & the Brain Science of Rejection
Jason Silver: Crashing A Startup & The Science of Enjoyment at Work
Alice Draper: Uncertainty Is a Portal, Not a Punishment
MY BEST FRIEND: On Burnout, People-Pleasing, Suicide And Reinvention
Jodi Wellman: Death Is the Best Motivator You’re Not Using
Nicole Kalil: I Was Promoted And I Was Miserable. I Had to Rethink Everything.
Confidence Expert: “Poop Soup” and the Pain of Not Knowing What's Next
Iman Hariri-Kia: On Rewriting the Shame Teen Magazines Sold Us
Alice Draper: Regret Minimization during Uncertain Times
Whitney Goodman: Toxic Positivity and the Pain of Being Misunderstood Online
Alice Draper: Visibility is Vulnerable. Here’s How I Deal With It
Success Mentor: Women’s Rejection Sensitivity Is Wired Into Survival
Hannah Brencher: Friendship Rejections &The Dark Side of Oversharing Online
Listener Favorite: Jason VanRuler on Rejection in Relationships
Jamie Varon: The Fork In The Road—Do You Trust Yourself or Let Rejection Define You?
Chrissy King: Thinness Is Back! How To Stop Rejecting Our Bodies
Alice Draper: When Life Rejects Your Plans
Psychologist Guy Winch: How To Heal A Broken Heart
ADHD Expert: Meredith Carder On RSD and Why ADHDers Struggle With Rejection
Grant Faulkner: The Brain Science of Rejection & How to Beat the Odds
Book Deal Veteran: The Long Game—Secrets To Thriving Before And AFTER The Book Deal
Generational Healer: Breaking the Chains of Family Conditioning
The 5 BEST Rejection Insights From 2024's Interviews (Mashup)
Listener Favorite: "The NYT Trashed My Book!" Geraldine DeRuiter on Rejection
Alice Draper: The 100 Rejection Challenge That Changed My Life
Non-Obvious Thinker: The ONE Question That Will Transform Networking, Book Publishing Secrets & More
Alice Draper: I Feel Like An Imposter! Winning A Podcast Award Reflections
Hybrid Publisher: Our Authors Keep 90% Of Royalties. This Is NOT Normal In Traditional Publishing
The Literary Agent: "To land a nonfiction book deal you need 1 of these 3 things"
Ayodeji Awosika: “I studied 3-star Amazon reviews!” Reaching millions through self-publishing
Alice Draper: "Rejection threatens our ability to survive."
Alice Draper: "Losing my father to dementia is the worst and best thing that happened to me"
Tina Wells: “No one looked like me when I started my business in 1996”
Kimberly Brown: "It is never too late to change careers"
Jason VanRuler: "I didn't know how to have a secure relationship"
Elizabeth Fremantle: "Getting expelled from school at 15 drove my ambition"
Jill Mansell: “I'm on book 37, and I still get anxious”
Haley Jakobson: “I got 40+ rejections for Old Enough”
Paulette Perhach: “I feel like a hypocrite for being the F*ck-Off Fund girl”
Neil Patel: “Rejection doesn’t need to sting”
Nokuhle Kumalo: “I’m A Realistic Delulu Person”
Gay Hendricks: “No editor cared about my book, and I’d spent the quarter of a million dollars advance”
Geraldine DeRuiter: “I’m a rejection-avoidant bestselling author”
INTRODUCING "My Rejection Story" with Alice Draper. Coming September 3