My Rejection Story

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”