A Really Good Cry Dealing with Disappointment (And When Things Don’t Go Your Way)
Dec 9, 2025
Explore the transformative power of disappointment as a teacher rather than an enemy. Discover how expectations shape our experiences and why embracing grief can lead to growth. Delve into the connection between childhood conditioning and adult perfectionism. Learn to reframe setbacks as lessons paid for with 'tuition' and understand the importance of feeling emotions deeply. Finally, unlock the key to inner peace by shifting focus from outcomes to authentic self-expression and honest communication.
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Disappointment Is A Gap, Not Just An Event
- Disappointment often stems from the gap between expectation and reality rather than external events.
- Radhi Devlukia reframes it as a choice tied to our assumptions, not just something that happens to us.
Childhood Patterns Shape Adult Responses
- Childhood conditioning shapes how we handle disappointment as adults, often driving either shrinking or perfectionism.
- Both shrinking expectations and perfectionism arise from fear and aim to control disappointment, producing similar outcomes.
Business Collapse Reframed As Tuition
- A man called his business collapse "tuition" instead of failure after losing years of work overnight.
- Radhi uses this story to show disappointment can be the price paid for wisdom and learning.
