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Why does somebody not being interested HAVE to be about your worth?

By On February 18, 2013 · 194 Comments

If you invite me to your party this Friday and I decline the invitation, at what point have I made a value judgment about you? I explore the possible reasons why I may have declined in a new video

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Give Yourself The Gift of Self-Compassion: Stop Judging You & The Rejection Will Subside

By On December 21, 2012 · 241 Comments

A few months back when I began to come to terms with the fallout with my father after my wedding, someone told me that raking over and reliving a rejection again and again is like repeatedly going back to look at your own vomit. Yuck! – [...]

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Change The Meaning, Change The Feeling

By On October 5, 2012 · 233 Comments

Throughout my life I’ve had various experiences that have impacted me and triggered some judgement of me (by me) and then later down the line, those experiences have had less of a hold on me. In retrospect I learned that the meaning of these difficult [...]

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Is The ‘Rejection’ Really About You? (Yep, Still Working On Letting Go)

By On October 1, 2012 · 225 Comments

Many of the issues we have with our self-esteem or why we stay in a dubious relationship or why we struggle to move past something, are tied into where we feel that we’ve been dismissed, knocked back, or turned down as if we’re not ‘up to standard’. The problem is though, it’s [...]

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Are You Trying To Prevent ‘Unfavourable Outcomes’ & Missing Out On Life Or Ending Up In More Pain?

By On July 3, 2012 · 187 Comments

One of the things I’ve noticed in life is that we spend a lot of time ‘preventing’ what we feel are the potential for ‘unfavourable outcomes’. What we then discover in hindsight, is that while while working hard to prevent what we’re afraid of happening, feeling, and facing, we exclude ourselves from [...]

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