How Rejection Has Made Me a Better Author
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Release Date: 12/13/2024
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info_outlineIn this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Lydia Kang discuss:
Dr. Lydia Kang’s journey as an author and how she balances her writing with her work as a physician. They talk about how to receive negative feedback and how rejection can be a stepping stool to deep growth. In this episode, they touch on:
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How to filter feedback to assure it is useful to you
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How to craft criticism in a way that people respond and grow from it
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The beauty of sharing your rejections and failures with another person
“When you put yourself in big places and try bigger things, you are going to experience more failure and rejection. It is normal and more common that people understand in our shiny world of posting all the positive things on social media.” Dr. Lydia Kang
Dr. Lydia Kang is an author of young adult fiction, adult fiction and non-fiction, and poetry. She graduated from Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine, completing her residency and chief residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. She is a practicing physician and associate professor of Internal Medicine who has gained a reputation for helping fellow writers achieve medical accuracy in fiction. Her poetry and non-fiction have been published in JAMA, The Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and Great Weather for Media. She believes in science and knocking on wood, and currently lives in Omaha with her husband and three children.
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