I’m 57, and 10 months ago at the age of 56, I lost my job. It’s been a long 10 months. I’ve been building this channel, writing, connecting […]
Job Loss & Retirement / Job Loss After 50
Were You Pushed Out After 50? Here’s the Thing Nobody Warned Me About.
There is a statistic that stopped me when I first saw it. According to analysis cited by Harvard's Kennedy School, about 24 percent of people over 50 who […]
Job Loss After 50
At 57, I Was Targeted Because of My Age. The Conversation Nobody’s Having.
It took me a long time to decide whether to make this video. Not because I wasn’t sure it was true. Because I wasn’t sure the world was […]
Job Loss & Retirement / Job Loss After 50
The Moment I Realised My Money Had a Deadline
Something new starting next week. Every Monday, I’m going to be reading your comments on camera and responding to them directly. The stories you’ve been sharing in the […]
Job Loss & Retirement
The Luxury of Nowhere to Be: Reclaiming the Weekend from the ‘Productivity’ Trap
It's Saturday morning. You're on your second coffee. No meetings. No commute. No alarm that went off at 6:17 a.m. And yet, you're already mentally building a list. […]
Reinvention & Second Act
Abraham Lincoln: The Master of the Pivot
When we think of Abraham Lincoln, we see the towering figure in the memorial or the face on the five-dollar bill. We see the president who saved the […]
Job Loss & Retirement
The Quiet Truth About Singles Awareness Day After 50
Everyone knows February 14. It's loud, it's marketed, and if you believe the commercials, it's the one day a year that's supposed to prove whether your love life […]
Job Loss & Retirement
The Navigator vs. The GPS: Why Experience is the Best Shortcut
There's a specific kind of panic that sets in for the younger generation when the blue dot on their phone screen starts spinning. Without the GPS, the world […]
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
When the Title Vanishes and the Mirror Feels Unfamiliar
Sunday evenings used to have a particular weight to them. That familiar mix of weekend's end and Monday's approach, the mental shift from personal time back to professional […]