
How to Be Okay with Rejection: You Don’t Need to People-Please
Posted in Perspective and Growth
Why It Hurts to Be Disliked We grow up being programmed to believe that being liked is a necessity. Society tells us—sometimes gently, sometimes not—that universal approval is the goal. We’re taught to please, to perform, to soften our edges in exchange for acceptance. We are never taught how to deal with, let alone be