Jennifer Love Hewitt’s popular television show, Ghost Whisperer was recently canceled. Although I couldn’t say how she is handling the news, I think it is fair to assume that she is likely disappointed. After all, the television show that she starred in for the past five years is coming to an end.
We all experience disappointment in our lives. Whether we are celebrities, millionaires or the “average Jane”. Here is a coaching tip to help you deal with life’s disappointments when they occur.
When something disappointing happens:
1.) Allow yourself to be disappointed. it’s okay to feel this way. Instead of pushing the disappointed feelings away, make it okay for them to simply be there.
2.) Embrace your truth! Don’t make up false limiting beliefs about yourself based upon the situation. You really can feel good about yourself and feel sad about something that didn’t work out the way you wanted.
3.) Shift out of expectations. When we expect something to go one way or another, it more likely leads to disappointment. See how you can allow yourself to accept “what is” instead of struggling to make it be a certain way.
4.) Finally, see the disappointment as a doorway to something new and perhaps better! Jennifer Love Hewitt may no longer have the Ghost Whisperer, yet something fantastic is surely being designed for her that she will now have room for.
Comment on this question:
How do you handle disappointment?
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Funny enough, I’ve just discovered the Ghost Whisperer show. I’ve been watching re-runs on a couple of different channels. Why did they cancel it? I love this show! It’s the right mix of everything I look for in a good TV show – suspense, humor, fantasy and love. Although, I have to admit, I’m not sure how her husband lost his memory and I did have to suspend some disbelief when I realized that Melinda (her character wasn’t telling her husband that he was married to her). Big gap there that I’ll have to catch up on. I wonder if that story line is what contributed to the cancellation?
There’s a lesson here about taking risks with our audience. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m sure Jennifer will land on her feet with a new show soon.
I’m glad re-runs are still available. My friend, Lisa, told me about the show because her husband and two teen-age sons never miss it.
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Love that show. Sorry to see it go. I always say when one door closes a better door will open. When it comes to disappointment you always have to keep a positive attitude.
Debbie
Disappointment is like Kubler Ross’s five stages of grief. It starts with denial and ends in acceptance.
The ones in between are the hard ones. Like Anger and Bargaining.
Great article and love the points made. I often think; if I don’t expect anything then maybe I won’t be disappointed. It’s the expectations that lead to disappointment. To look at things for what they are….it is what it is….We will all suffer disappointments but how do we handle the disappointments in life??? Sometimes we look at the door that has been closed for so long we forget to look at the window that was opened.
It is absolutely true! People will overcome every disappointment that’s happening on their lives once they read this article. That’s life, your not always on the top, sometime you have to go down.
Anyway, getting yourself in online marketing might be your line. It might the reason for your failure in some things. Just like what was stated here, see it as if new door of opportunity opens for you.
Hi,
the 4 points are just perfect … nothing to add.
The background and condition is in my opinion: accepting fully what is happening. It has happened either way, no matter if you complain or not.
Then, out of this state of acceptance, you might take action – or not.
Greetings from Germany
Thomas
Really good points! Funny thing is this: diappointment in German means “Enttäuschung”. And it`s made up of two words: End and illusion. If you look at it that way, its something positive: The end of an illusion. Most of the time, as you already pointed out, people get dis-appointed because of false or too high expectations. Usually this happens at dating, job carreers and sports … all those things which are highly emotinonally topics. really nice post, short and to the point
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