About The Colors of Failure: Finding Meaning in Life’s Struggles

Failure is an uncomfortable, isolating experience. It's something we try to avoid, brush off, or minimize. But what if failure wasn't something to be fixed or erased? What if it was a key part of being human? A rich, complex experience that holds lessons — if we're brave enough to sit with it.

Here at The Colors of Failure, we are reimagining what it means to fail. This isn't a "self-help" space or a quick-fix solution to make failure more palatable. It's a place to feel, explore, and unpack the emotions that failure stirs within us. It's about understanding failure's role in our lives, in all its messy, emotional, and beautiful complexity.

We have failed more times than we care to admit. But every time we do, we discover something new about ourselves. Through studying failure's role in human evolution and early societies, we've come to see it as more than just personal experience. It's a fundamental part of how we've developed as a species and as societies. But understanding failure's bigger picture doesn't make our individual experiences any less real or challenging - it just helps us see them in a new light.

This is where we can explore those failures together — not as moments to be ashamed of, but as gateways to deeper understanding, growth, and connection. I believe we don't need to "overcome" failure. We need to sit with it and talk about it so we can learn from it and make meaning from it. So join us and others who are ready to do the same. Let's explore the colors of failure — the highs, the lows, and everything in between.

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Every failure has its own unique shade. Drs Alex and Ashley blend scientific inquiry with human experience to explore failure's full spectrum. Join us as we examine how these varied hues of failure have shaped our psychology and our resilience.

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I’m a psychologist working to change the narrative of failure. Bringing you my clinical insights and experiences, with a focus on communal resilience through sharing interviews on failure.
Licensed psychologist & mom of 4