Does rejection make us stronger creatives? Can advertising teach you resilience when it comes to rejection in your personal life? And can creativity help you better reject people you don't like... like the band Nickelback? Listen to a hilarious conversation with creative directors Rae and Craig and find out what rejection has taught them in their personal and professional lives.

Episode 7 - Creativity

Did you know that December 11 is the busiest day of the year for rejection? I took it upon myself to find out what it is about Christmas that breaks up our relationships. To get to the bottom of this, I spoke to two amazing therapists and the CEO of Relate, UK’s only charity that offers relationship counselling.

Episode 8 - Christmas Special

On the Rejected podcast’s first anniversary, we discover how its first episode helped two people find closure after their break-up 6 years ago, followed by a conversation with comedian Rosie Wilby about break-ups, monogamy and better endings.

Haven't listened to the first episode yet? Here it is.
https://www.therejectedpodcast.com/listen/episode1-just-friends

Here's the song from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend that I referenced. Also, if you're not familiar with this show already, stop everything you're doing and go binge it now. I mean it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl30RJPDUv8

Listen to Rosie's podcast The Break-up Monologues
https://www.acast.com/thebreakupmonologues

Or watch her TEDx talk based on her book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2XjIx8s0Vg

If you'd like a copy of her book, check out the giveaway I talk about at the end.

And please give Paula a round of applause for the awesome illustrations she created for this show <3 She's also a kick-ass DJ so check out her sets here on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/paularusu
 
Music:
The song is My place by Mickey Blue (licensed)
The theme song is She's a Rejecter by Of Montreal

Have a bangin' Valentine's Day,

Maria XX

Episode 9 - Better Endings

Season 1 of Rejected ends with a classic story of rejection, with a big political twist: a man decides to divorce his wife in order to be with the woman he loves, and ends up punished for it by the Communist Party. That man is my father, and this is his story.

Music:
Gipsy by Carl-Friedrich von Steegen (licensed)
Kevin MacLeod - Dances and Dames (licensed)
The theme song is She's a Rejecter by Of Montreal