(Photo: Gabriella Carr/TikTok/@gracefullygabbie) We are conditioned early on to believe that being rejected means we aren’t ...

The next time you face rejection, turn discomfort into opportunity. Reach out, reflect, and rise. Rejection is a word no one likes to hear, especially after the investment of time, effort, and hope in ...

I’m the type of person who apologizes to inanimate objects when I bump into them. I overthink every text. I rehearse how I’ll ask a question in a store, then bail and Google it instead. In short, ...

Maureen Evelyn's life changed forever when she applied to Harvard. It's not because she got in. Her goal was actually the opposite − she wanted to get rejected in order to build confidence. "When I ...

Early in her career, USA Today best-selling author Emma Grey felt like rejection would break her. Today, she’s made rejection something to reach for. The fear of rejection is evolutionary—we are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. A delayed response, a subtle shift in tone or a passing comment ...

Dating involves balancing two opposing psychological forces. On the one hand, you have to lower your defenses enough to ‘be yourself’ and allow your personality to come through. On the other hand, the ...