Tips from the Queen of Rejection®

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

Chasing Childhood Memories – Another Chapter

Jan 29, 2009

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Finding old friends and remembering childhood experiences recalls a safer, more secure time. A comforting feeling in the uncertainty of today’s complexities, insecurities and disequilibrium.
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Categories: Acceptance, childhood friends, Connection, Family, first boyfriend, Friendships, friendships, Hope, Milton Berle, Relationships, Security, Television, Texaco Star Theater, Trust, TV dinners, Washington DC, Yom Kippur
Chasing Childhood Memories

Dec 23, 2008

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Childhood memories return of Christmas Eve Mass with a special family. And how Google led me to them.
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Categories: Acceptance, Childhood memories, Christmas Eve Mass, DC, Family, fear of rejection, Friendships, Rejection, rejection fear, Relationships, Washington
Reinventing Thanksgiving – New Perspectives on Appreciation and Gratitude

Nov 20, 2008

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Thanksgiving takes on new meaning this year. The daily dose of doom and gloom opens the door to new possibilities for appreciation and gratitude.
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Categories: appreciation, economic downturn, Family, family gatherings, Gift -giving, gratitude, Mike Robbins, Rejection, Relationships, Sally Strackbein, take personally, Thanksgiving
Accusations, Projections and Rejections – More Lessons from the 2008 Election Campaign

Oct 28, 2008

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The 2008 Election Campaign spews forth accusations and psychological projection. Here’s how this daily dose of finger pointing affects our relationships.
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Categories: 2008 Election Campaign, Accusations, anxiety, Anxiety, anxious, Blind Spots, Blind spots, coping mechanism, Current Affairs, defense mechanism, Finger-pointing, Political Campaign, Political Campaigning, Politics, Presidential Election, Psychologial Projection, Psychological Projections, Rejection, Rejections, relationships, Relationships, Saturday Night Live, self-acceptance, self-rejection, SNL, take personally
On a Fast Moving Merry-Go-Round — Taking the 2008 Election Campaign Personally

Sep 26, 2008

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The negativity of this political campaign is throwing folks off-kilter. Every day we get another dose of gaslighting, rejection: lies, evasions, deception, attacks and disrespect. It’s affecting personal, professional and marketplace interactions.
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Categories: 2008 Election Campaign, Allen Roland, Bullying, candidates, deceit, deception, disappointments, Disappointments, disdain, disrespect, Distractions, Gaslighting, hurt feelings, Isomorphism/parallel Process/social contagion, lies, mystification, mystification, personal attack, Political Campaigning, Politics, Politics, R.D. Laing, Rejection, Relationships, social contagion.gaslighting, taking personally, threats, Unpredictability, volitility, inconsistancy, chaos
“Well, Bully, Bully for You” – In Politics, The Workplace, With Peers

Aug 29, 2008

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Bully behavior is all around you. In politics, the workplace and peer relationships. 10 tips for understanding and handling bullies.
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Categories: bully, Bullying, bullying behavior, code of the streets, dissing, Personal Boundaries, Politics, Rejection, Rejection, relationships, Relationships, respect, Workplace