with Senamile ZunguIn this episode, Alice sits down with her best friend Senamile Zungu for the most personal conversation ever recorded on My Rejection Story. Sena opens up about what it took to unravel—and survive—after years of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and pushing through pain.From two psychiatric hospitalizations to setting boundaries that cost her relationships, this is the story of what happens when a woman chooses herself for the very first time.Together, Alice and Sena reflect on friendship, anger, grief, and the violent pressure to be everything to everyone. It’s a raw and unfiltered conversation about burnout, identity loss, and what it takes to reinvent your life from scratch.This episode is about loving someone through the ugliest seasons of their life—and holding onto yourself when the world tells you to disappear.In This Episode, We Cover:Why burnout was just the symptom—and how much deeper the wound wentWhat people-pleasing costs you (and who you have to grieve to stop doing it)What it’s like to survive a suicide attempt and still feel like a burdenThe rage that comes when you finally stop self-abandoningWhy boundaries feel like betrayal—even when they’re saving your lifeHow it feels to lose family, faith, and career—and still want to try againWhat it means to be witnessed in your full, messy, human selfThis episode is about loving someone through the ugliest seasons of their life—and holding onto yourself when the world tells you to disappear.Links & Resources:🎧 Listen to Sena’s podcast, Colour-fullhttps://pod.link/1736137543📘 Read: When The Body Says No by Dr. Gabor Matéhttps://www.amazon.com/When-Body-Says-Understanding-Stress-Disease/dp/0470923350📱 Follow Senamile on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sena_zungu/💼 Connect with Senamile on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/senamile-zungu-a8375627a/Chapters:00:00 The Friendship Behind the Mic06:11 What Burnout Really Looked Like10:42 Surviving Hospitalization—and the Shame That Follows15:33 People-Pleasing and the Loss of Self21:58 Rage, Religion, and Rejection26:40 What Happens When You Start Saying No32:14 Grieving Who You Used to Be36:59 The Rebuild: Boundaries, Healing, and a New Kind of Success41:46 How to Love Someone Who’s Falling Apart47:18 Being Seen and Loved in the Middle of the Mess

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