Processing Rejection – Developing Belonging from Within | Danielle Damrell & Sherita Harkness | Episode 109

In this episode, Danielle Damrell and Sherita Harkness help listeners process the emotional impact of rejection, explore how rejection influences our sense of worth, and introduce creative processing as a way to reclaim identity and cultivate internal belonging.

 

YOU are Created Worthy.

 

The Episode Rundown: 

✨ Why Rejection Hurts

✨ The Lie that We’re Not Enough 

✨ Navigating External Validation vs. Internal Peace

✨ Consequences of Unprocessed Rejection

✨ Grounding Yourself in Belonging 

✨ Danielle and Sherita’s Personal Insights on Rejection

✨ Creative Processing Exercise 

✨ An Actionable Challenge for Listeners 

+ SO MUCH MORE!

 

Creative Processing Defined: Activating your creative mind to process a certain intention.

 

CREATIVE PROCESSING CHALLENGE: REJECTION

 

Set this intention before engaging in the exercise:

• The purpose of [JOURNALING OR CREATING HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CREATE] is to process [REJECTION] and awaken my sense of belonging.

• When you pair intention with creativity, you begin to break shame-based patterns and reconnect with truth. 

 

Step 1: Acknowledge the Wound

• Rejection doesn’t always come from strangers—it can come from family, friends, churches, jobs, and even past versions of yourself.

• Ask: Where in my story have I experienced rejection?

• Journaling Strategy: Write about a rejection that still lingers.

• What message did it send about your worth?

• Is that message true?

 

 

Step 2: Rewrite the Narrative

• You cannot always prevent rejection, but you can interrupt the false belief it leaves behind.

• Truth: Belonging isn’t granted by others—it’s developed within.

• Journaling Strategy: 

• Write a new affirmation or truth statement that reclaims your worth.

• Example: “Even when others don’t choose me, I am chosen and created on purpose.”

 

 

Step 3: Rebuild Belonging from Within

• Belonging starts with being at home with yourself.

• Practices that build internal belonging:

• Creative expression

• Speaking life over yourself

• Boundaries that protect your peace

• Reminders of your God-given identity

• Journaling Strategy: <