How to Productively Engage with Feedback

Receiving feedback can feel painful, overwhelming, or downright unfair, but learning how to process criticism is one of the most powerful skills you can build in school, work, and creative life. In this episode, we break down exactly how to handle feedback without spiraling, shutting down, or losing your confidence.Whether you're dealing with a graded paper, a performance evaluation, peer review, or a tough comment from a professor or boss, this episode will show you how to turn critique into growth.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why feedback hurts (and why that emotional sting is completely normal)How to separate your identity from your work so criticism feels less personalA simple 3-step method for processing and applying feedback without panicHow to filter out bad, unfair, or vague feedbackWays to apply feedback without losing your voice or bending to every opinionYou’ll also hear a real story about getting tough, uncomfortable feedback—and what it taught me about resilience, clarity, and creative confidence.