In exclusive interviews, bestselling authors like Tina Wells, Kristen Butler, Jason VanRuler, and Neil Patel share how they navigated the toughest periods of their personal and professional lives, and how this shaped the success they now experience today.Studies show that the stories we tell ourselves about rejection influence whether these failures fuel our ambition and propel us forward, or stifle our growth and hold us back.If your rejection story is holding you back, it is time for a reframe.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIn exclusive interviews, bestselling authors like Tina Wells, Kristen Butler, Jason VanRuler, and Neil Patel share how they navigated the toughest periods of their personal and professional lives, and how this shaped the success they now experience today.
My Rejection Story is hosted by Alice Draper. The show has published 95 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Dr. Jessica Zucker on The Psychology of Grief and Self-Rejection: Life After a 16-Week Miscarriage" (7 October 2026, 57 minutes), "The Privilege of being White-Passing, Lena Derhally on Rejection and her Christian Palestinian Identity" (1 October 2026, 53 minutes), and "Why Situationships Matter: Love Addiction, No-Contact & Letting Go, Dr. Cortney Warren" (16 September 2026, 53 minutes).
My Rejection Story publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 95 episodes.
Booking probability for My Rejection Story is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. My Rejection Story requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. My Rejection Story's contact route on record: verified email.
Alice Draper hosts My Rejection Story, an arts show with 95 episodes published.
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My Rejection Story
What if coping with rejection is less about surviving the loss and more about surviving what you decide the loss says about you? Alice is joined by Dr. Jessica Zucker, Los Angeles psychologist in women's reproductive...
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This episode discusses genocide, war, racism, death threats. Listener discretion advised. What if the rejection that cuts deepest isn't a stranger's hatred — but the silence of the people who swore they loved you? Alice...
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What if the person you can't stop craving after a breakup isn't a lost love — but a drug you're still detoxing from? Alice is joined by Dr. Cortney Warren — board-certified clinical psychologist, TEDx speaker, and the...
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What if the deepest rejection isn't one loud "no," but the quiet ones that pile up until you stop noticing them? Alice is joined by Tiffany Yu — CEO and founder of Diversability, three-time TEDx speaker, and author of...
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What if the loneliest rejection isn't losing a partner but losing a friend? Alice Draper is joined by Dr. Kimberly Horn, internationally recognized research psychologist, public health scientist who spent nearly 30...
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What if the plan you're clinging to for safety is the very thing keeping you stuck? Alice is joined by Anne-Laure Le Cunff — neuroscientist, founder of the newsletter Ness Labs, and author of Tiny Experiments — who was...
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What if the first person to reject you and the hardest one to recover from, was you? Alice is joined by Selena Rezvani, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, leadership and confidence speaker, and creator of the viral...
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This episode discusses ADHD, rejection sensitivity, and mental health. It is educational and not a substitute for professional care. What if being "too nice" was never a personality flaw — but your nervous system doing...
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What if saying "no worries" a thousand times was never politeness, but a survival strategy your brain built to dodge rejection? Alice wants the answer to be yes: is people pleasing a sign of ADHD? First she reframes...
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<p>What if the kindest thing you can do for someone is reject them clearly, and the cruelest thing is to keep them hoping?</p><p>In this solo episode, recorded from a Poddster booth at the 1 Billion Followers Summit in...
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What if the kindest thing you can do for someone is reject them clearly, and the cruelest thing is to keep them hoping? In this solo episode, recorded from a Poddster booth at the 1 Billion Followers Summit in the UAE...
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<p>What if the spirit of self-sabotage isn't weakness at all, but a quiet strategy to make sure a loss never truly feels yours?</p><p> Alice is joined by Steve Magness — performance scientist, coach to Olympians and...
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What if the spirit of self-sabotage isn't weakness at all, but a quiet strategy to make sure a loss never truly feels yours? Alice is joined by Steve Magness — performance scientist, coach to Olympians and military...
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What if the first person to reject your book isn't a publisher — it's you? Alice is joined by Stacy Ennis — number-one bestselling author, founder of the Nonfiction Book School, and a writer who launched her career by...
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<p>What if the first person to reject your book isn't a publisher — it's you?</p><p>Alice is joined by Stacy Ennis — number-one bestselling author, founder of the Nonfiction Book School, and a writer who launched her...
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<p>What if the rejection that shapes you most isn't the one the world hands you — it's the one you learn to hand yourself?</p><p>Alice is joined by Sabrina Pace-Humphreys — British ultra runner, author of *Black Sheep*...
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<p>What if the rejection you're dreading isn't the editorial rejection — it's the pitch you never bothered to fix? </p><p>In this solo episode of My Rejection Story, Alice goes from her earliest days as a student...
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<p>Why does ADHD make rejection feel like physical pain in your chest? Why can a sharp comment, a missed look, or a workplace layoff trigger something that feels far older and deeper than the moment at hand?</p><p>Alice...
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<p>What if the worst rejection isn’t the one someone gives you — it’s the one you give yourself?</p><p>Alice is joined by Jude Sack — magician since age four, Yale cognitive neuroscience grad, and the guy who flewacross...
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<p>Why does one rejection have the power to override dozens of wins? Why does your brain cling to the time you were told you're not good enough — and quietly use that story to limit what you try next?</p><p>In this...
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