Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

How not to take rejection and disappointment so personally in your personal and professional relationships

Gangsta-Speak From the White House

Jan 27, 2020

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Seems to be an onslaught of Gangster-talk that sounds like threats to personal security. And it’s coming out of the White House. Terms like “get rid of her” and “take her out” are repeatedly uttered by President Trump on the…
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Categories: Adam Schiff, Bullying, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump and Trump White House, Fear, gangsta, gangster, Get rid of her, Loyalty/Betrayal, Mafia, Off him, Politics, President Zelensky, Psychologial Projection, Take her out, the Mob, The President, Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
Happy New Decade – Inviting New Possibilities

Dec 31, 2019

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Awaiting the arrival of a New Decade –– full of possibility and promise.
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Categories: Current Affairs, inspire possibility, Mark Susnow, New Decade, New Year 2020, Permission, permission to be violent and agressive, possibility, promise, The Possibility Paradigm, volatile, aggressive, threatening,scary behavior
Taking a Cue From UNO: No Politics Allowed!

Nov 27, 2019

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Let’s take a cue from UNO at Thanksgiving: Let’s feel safe and secure at family gatherings – no politics. and no disrespect.
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Categories: Bullying, Disrespect, disrespect, Family, family gatherings, Politics, Psychologial Projection, Rejection, Relationships, Respect, respect, Safe and Secure, Stress, Taking Personally, Thanksgiving, time out, UNO
Please Don’t Say “Get Over It”

Oct 31, 2019

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney telling us to “Get over it,” regarding the phone call between President Trump and President Zelenskyeally of the Ukraine made me cringe. Too many times I’ve heard someone say this to me regarding painful experiences…
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Categories: Abandonment, Betrayal, Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Current Affairs, DC-3, DC-3, Fear, Get over it, Grief, Loyalty/Betrayal, Politics, power blackout, President Trump, President Zelensky, Ukraine
The Self-sabotage Team: Trump, Schiff and Giuliani

Sep 30, 2019

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Elayne Savage, PhD

President Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Schiff and Rudy Giuliani seem to have joined the same self-sabotaging team: Open-Mouth-Insert-Foot. Self-sabotage happens when self-doubt creeps in. And Self-sabotage is self-rejecting behavior.
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Categories: Ambivalence, Ambivalence, Current Affairs, Donald Trump, Donald Trump and Trump White House, Politics, President Zelensky, Rep. Adam Schiff, Self-rejection, self-rejection, self-sabotage, Self-sabotage
Giving Permission – A Double-Edged Sword

Aug 31, 2019

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The idea of “Giving Permission” has both light and dark ramifications. “Permission” from a mentor or consultant can lead to positive personal and professional changes. “Permission” to act out anger or hate or violent thoughts can have devastating results. Do…
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Categories: Acceptance/Self-Acceptance, Anger, Anger/Aggression, Blind spots, Blindspots, Boris Johnson, Cesar Sayoc, Current Affairs, dog whistles, Donald Trump, Donald Trump and Trump White House, Donald Trump Jr, Encouragement/Success. Double-edged Sword, Give Permission, Joe Biden, Kim Campbell, Mass Shootings, Mass Shootings, Me-Too Movement, Parliament, Perfectionism, Permission, Politics, Procrastination, Wants and Needs