# EP 291: Rejection, Redirection & Recovery ~ What My 12-Year-Old Taught Me About Worth & Letting Go

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Published: 2026-06-23T04:39:00+00:00
Episode link: https://herbestself.podbean.com/e/ep-291-rejection-redirection-recovery-what-my-12-year-old-taught-me-about-worth-letting-go/
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Yesterday my heart broke a little — and then my son handed me a piece of wisdom I'm still carrying. He'd worked so hard for a spot on a travel baseball team. He was sure he had it. And then the no came, and I watched my 12-year old question his worth in a way I know all too well. But after all the tears and the what-ifs were out, he looked at me and said something I'll never forget. This episode is about the two choices life hands every one of us, every single day: to see problems, or to see possibilities. Because the difference between a heavy heart and a peaceful one is almost never the circumstance. It's the looking glass. If you've ever stood in front of a closed door and heard maybe I'm just not enough — this one's for you. What this episode is really about The moment my son felt "not good enough" — and the surprising thing he understood Why feeling your hard feelings first is part of the healing, not a detour around it The two looking glasses: problems or possibilities, fear or faith, complaining or gratitude How the same closed door can mean "something's wrong with me" or "something's being protected in me" Why your worth was never up for the team, the number, or anyone's yes A few lines from the episode "You are chosen. You are loved. And I know this is hard." "Mom… God must have been protecting me from something He knows that I don't." "The difference between a heavy heart and a peaceful one is perspective." "Same event. Two completely different lives lived from it." "The closed door doesn't always mean something is wrong with you. Sometimes it means something is being protected for you." A gentle invitation If you're in a season where every looking glass seems to show you a problem — where you can't quite find the possibility on your own — you don't have to f…

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