Rejection Resilience: How Alice Draper Makes Publicity Accessible

In this episode of Unleashing Your Great Work, Amanda sits down with Alice Draper, founder of Hustling Writers and host of the award-winning podcast My Rejection Story. Alice is on a mission to make publicity accessible by helping creators and entrepreneurs build what she calls rejection resilience.

Alice shares her personal story of caregiving during the pandemic, facing loss, and discovering that life becomes richer when we stop self-rejecting. She explains how rejection shows up in our brains as real pain, why building a “rejection muscle” is essential, and how community makes the process of visibility more sustainable.

You’ll learn:

• Why we regret the risks we never take more than the ones that didn’t work out
• How to build rejection resilience through small, low-stakes experiments
• Why publicity is less about hustle and more about collaboration
• The surprising “fake assistant” hack to pitch with less fear
• How partnerships and platform-specific collaborations can grow your reach

If you’ve been holding back from pitching, posting, or putting yourself out there, this conversation will give you both courage and concrete strategies.

RESOURCES:

Download the first chapter of Great Work Free: http://greatworkfreechapter.com

Connect with Alice on LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-m-draper/

Connect with Alice on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/alicedraper/

Alice’s pitch templates: http://hustlingwriters.com/template

My Rejection Story podcast: https://pod.link/1765721680

BIO:

Alice is the founder of the podcast booking company, Hustling Writers and the host of the award-winning podcast "My Rejection Story". She is on a mission to make publicity accessible by reframing rejection. Alice has secured her clients on countless podcasts, including most of the top 0.5% shows.

Some of her favorite things include strong coffee, affordable travel hacks, and deep connections. She detests small talk, waking up early, and unnecessary jargon.