EPISODE 137 | How to Turn Rejection Into Success: Dona Amelia on Resilience, Growth, and Empowerment

This episode features Dona Amelia, a keynote speaker and executive coach, who shares her journey from growing up in poverty in Indonesia to building Asia’s largest executive peer network, guided by her D.O.N.A. framework—Dreams, Opportunity, Never Give Up, and Action. Through stories of resilience, authenticity, and high-impact communication, she reframes rejection as growth, explores the shift from scarcity to abundance, and offers practical tools for building trust, empathy, and genuine human connection.

CREDITS: Original intro and outro music by Ryan Sauls. Episode creation and graphics by Brandi Fleck. Editing by Natasha Rivera. Sound effects from zapslat.com. Bio and photos provided by Dona Amelia.

 
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