Why Confidence Is Built Through Experience, Not Thinking | Dr. Tom, Rejection Rehab Ep. 30
Confidence isn’t something you think your way into.It’s something you build through experience.In this week’s Rejecti...
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Rejection only defines y...
Rejection only defines you if you let it
A podcast about facing fear, hearing “no,” and building confidence that actually lasts. Hosted by Dr. Tom
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I’m Dr. Tom, a physician and Emmy Award-winning producer who’s spent years studying how fear and rejection shape our lives.
This show is my way of helping you build real confidence by facing what scares you, head on.
Confidence grows where comfort ends
Why Some Rejection Builds Confidence and Some Destroys It | Dr. Tom, Rejection Rehab Ep. 29
Why does some rejection make you stronger, while other rejection completely knocks the wind out of you?In this week’s...
From Freelance Rejection to Viral Success: Johno Verity, the Pink-Hatted London Cycling Historian (Dawn of History) | Rejection Rehab Ep. 28
What happens when you stop worrying about being seen and start showing up anyway?In this week’s Rejection Rehab, EMMY...
Why Romantic Rejection Hurts the Most — Dr. Tom on the Psychology of Rejection Sensitivity | Rejection Rehab Ep. 27
Rejection hurts —but it hurts most in romantic relationships.Not a job interview.Not a stranger.But someone you care...
“It’s Always a No Unless You Ask” — Daily Rejection Founder Herman Jagpal on 365 Days of Rejection Therapy | Rejection Rehab Ep. 26
He started with a paperclip.Now he’s trading his way up to a house.But the real story isn’t about the paperclip — it...
Your Brain Is Lying to You About Rejection — Dr. Tom on the New Neuroscience That Explains Why | Rejection Rehab Ep. 25
Rejection doesn’t mean they don’t want you.Your brain just thinks it does.In this week’s Rejection Section, EMMY winn...
Ozempic & Wegovy, Weight Loss & the Doctor Who Pulled Gloves Out of a Stomach — Dr. Austin Chiang on Rejection & Confidence | Rejection Rehab Ep. 24
He’s a triple board-certified gastroenterologist, Chief Medical Officer for Medtronic Endoscopy, bestselling author...
Dr. Tom’s 2-Minute Science Backed Technique to Protect Your Brain After Rejection | Rejection Rehab Ep. 23
You can’t control rejection — but you can control your mental state afterward.And science says it only takes two minu...
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You are often one “no” away from a breakthrough
Why Rejection Rehab Exists
I’m Dr. Tom, a physician and Emmy Award-winning producer, and I created Rejection Rehab after seeing the same pattern repeat itself over and over. Brilliant, capable people holding back. Not because they lack talent, intelligence, or ambition, but because fear of rejection quietly runs the show.
In medicine, in storytelling, and in life, I’ve watched how the fear of hearing “no” shapes careers, relationships, and self-worth more than almost anything else. People play it safe, stay quiet, or walk away from things they want, not because they should, but because rejection feels personal, final, and defining.
Rejection Rehab was created to challenge that idea, and to change the way we relate to rejection at every level.
How Rejection Builds Real Confidence
Rejection Rehab is a podcast about reframing rejection as a normal, unavoidable part of growth. Each episode combines real human stories with insights from psychology and neuroscience to explain what rejection does to the brain, and how to respond to it without losing confidence.
I speak with founders, creatives, athletes, doctors, and everyday people who have faced rejection in meaningful ways. Some were turned down publicly. Others failed privately. What they share is a willingness to stay in the arena and keep moving forward when confidence wavers.
This show isn’t about ignoring the pain of rejection or pushing empty positivity. It’s about learning how to recover faster, use rejection as feedback, and build confidence that doesn’t depend on approval or external validation.
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