I received my first college rejection letter while standing in the TSA line at Logan Airport. It was March of my senior year, and after months of crafting the perfect Common App essay and laboring ...

"I've learned that rejection is totally redirection," Nicole Laeno tells PEOPLE after learning she will not be attending her "dream school" in the fall Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends ...

“No’s” aren’t roadblocks; they are detours pointing us toward new opportunities. Setbacks can be stepping stones to something better if you change your mindset. Let’s face it: it can be discouraging ...

Instead of frequently using "no," which can lead to power struggles and feelings of rejection, parents can redirect children with understanding and empathy. By offering alternatives, setting ...

In a TikTok video, a woman named Gabriella Carr explained the year-long experiment she embarked on to deliberately be ...

I used to think making it to the final round of interviews at my dream company meant I was basically hired. Spoiler alert, I wasn’t. What followed was a brief mourning period, a few “what now?” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rejection is universal, yet the way it hits us can feel personal, almost like a wound that never quite heals. It doesn’t matter if ...