So your job has been eliminated.  Or you just received notice you’ll be furloughed.  Or the business you’ve worked so hard on just isn’t going to survive.

And you’re thinking, “How am I going to make it?  I’ve got a mortgage and car payment.  The kids need braces.”

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Panic sets in.  The cold sweats, staring at the ceiling as you lay in bed awake in the middle of the night.  Your stomach knotting up, your neck feeling like it’s going to tear the muscles. [Read more…]

A friend recently sent out a group email that she had been laid off due to downsizing and if anyone knew of a job in that field to please let her know.

She needs to work to help pay the family bills and put their daughters through college.

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Yet, I also know she hated her job. 

When Jennifer and I would have dinner with her and her husband she always seemed exhausted.  She’s creative in interior design and had her own business at one time which she loved but it didn’t pay enough. [Read more…]