Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

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

When Toxic Behavior Trickles Down

Aug 31, 2017

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Elayne Savage, PhD

#Trump White House models toxic attitude, character and temperament that trickle down and permeate family and workplace relationships. This is ‘Isomorphism’ –– where patterns morph and repeat from one setting to another.
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Categories: bullying, Current Affairs, disrespect, Donald Trump, Donald Trump and Trump White House, Family, isomorphism, Isomorphism/parallel Process/social contagion, Lashing Out, Look What You Made Me Do, lying, Lying and Liars, Oval Office, parallel process, Personal Attacks, polarization, Politics, Rejection, Rejection, social contagion, Trump White House, Workplace, workplace problems
A Big Dose of Public Shame and Humiliation

Jul 30, 2017

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The chaotic Trump White House is dishing out public shame, humiliation, insults and ridicule to anyone who cannot meet the President’s loyalty demands – and the President has been encouraging them to fight it out . . .
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Categories: Anthony Scaramucci, betrayal, Betrayal, Bullying, Chaos, Dean Heller, Donald Trump, Donald Trump and Trump White House, Harassment, harassment, humiliation, Humiliation, injustice, insults, Jeff Sessions, justice, loyalty, mortification, Politics, public shame, Reince Priebus, Rejection, Ridicule, Sean Spicer, Shame, Steve Bannon, Tom Price, Unpredictability, volitility, inconsistancy, chaos
So Who Will Clean Up Trump’s Big Mess?

Jun 13, 2017

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Donald Trump appears stuck in a toddler’s world of Magical Thinking – Confusion Between Fact and Fantasy, Truth and Fiction. This poop smearing mage is a symbol of the chaos he creates.
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Categories: a craving for attention and adoration, arrogance, Bullying, crisis. chaos, Current Affairs, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump and Trump White House, entitlement, feces, grandiosity, Lying and Liars, narcissism, Politics, poop smearing, Psychologial Projection, Rejection, Self-esteem, self-esteem, Self-rejection, self-rejection, selfishness, shit-kicker, specialness, Taking Personally, Unpredictability, volitility, inconsistancy, chaos
Does Air Rage Reflect These Outrageous Times?

May 29, 2017

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Have you noticed how many instances of air rage are in the news recently? Actions that trigger overreactions are usually metaphors for situations we feel especially sensitive about – often childhood injustices.
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Categories: Air Rage, air rage, Anger, Anxiety, disrespect, diss, Donald Trump, Donald Trump and Trump White House, rage, taking personally, Taking Personally
I Totally Lost It!

Apr 29, 2017

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Elayne Savage, PhD

There seems to be something in the air about disrespect, out of control and explosive anger. Folks are emotionally and physically beating up on each other .
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Categories: anger, Anger, Current Affairs, disrespect, fainting at the sight of blood, lashing out, over-reacting, Respect, respect, taking personally, Taking Personally
Overly Sensitive? Thin Skin? Tips for Protecting Yourself

Mar 31, 2017

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Being overly sensitive and having thin skin often results in blaming others, puffing ourselves up by bulling and lashing out.
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Categories: Anxiety, Bullying, bullying, Current Affairs, Deflections, denial, Distractions, Donald Trump, Donald Trump and Trump White House, lashing out, Politics, psychological projection, Shame, Taking Personally, thin skin, Trump White House, Unpredictability, volitility, inconsistancy, chaos