I was reading the news this morning, and it struck me just how much of the conversation around layoffs is about numbers. Big, loud numbers. Layoff percentages, stock […]
Job Loss After 50
The Lie We Tell Ourselves: 'I'll Have Something By Then'
There's a particular form of magical thinking that kicks in the moment we lose our jobs. We do the math on our severance or savings, divide by monthly […]
Job Loss & Retirement / Mental Health After 50
Why LinkedIn Feels Like a Parallel Universe These Days
I opened LinkedIn this morning and was immediately greeted by someone celebrating their "incredible journey" from redundancy to "dream role" in just six weeks. Complete with a photo […]
Job Loss After 50
The Perfect Storm: What 46,000 Job Cuts Tell Us About Working After 50
I've been watching the news this week, and honestly, it's been a bit unnerving. When you see headlines about layoffs, you might think it's just the usual January […]
Job Loss & Retirement
Is Clicking Space Twice Costing You a Job?
Here's something that might keep you up tonight: the way you hit your spacebar could be flagging you as "too old" before a human ever sees your resume. […]
Job Loss & Retirement
The 'Overqualified' Trap: How to Flip the Script Without Deleting Your Decade of Experience
You've spent decades building expertise. You've led teams, navigated crises, and accumulated the kind of wisdom that only comes from actually doing the work. And now some 28-year-old […]
Job Loss & Retirement
The 56% Bombshell: Building Your 'Involuntary Retirement' Escape Hatch
Here’s a number that’s been bouncing around social media lately, and it hit me like a brick: 56% of workers who enter their 50s in long-term, full-time jobs […]
Job Loss & Retirement / Job Loss After 50 / Mental Health After 50 / Reinvention & Second Act / Relationships
Finding Your Way Back Home: A Personal Journey of Rediscovery After 50
I wrote a book. There, I said it. And honestly, I still can't quite believe those words are coming out of my mouth. Coming Home After 50: A […]
Job Loss & Retirement / Reinvention & Second Act
Navigating Job Loss After 50: Lessons from NFL Comebacks on Building Financial Resilience
Monday morning coffee in hand, and I’m still buzzing from those playoff games this weekend. Did you catch those NFL playoff games? Talk about comeback grit, down by […]