- Money & Career, Resiliency Series
- January 28, 2021
Surviving a Lay-Off… Essential Questions to Ask Your Employer When Facing a Lay-Off
Job loss of any kind can be hard. But it’s especially hard when that loss is unexpected and due to no fault of your own. Aside from the loss of income, which is no small thing, many people also struggle with feeling displaced and devalued. Combine that with feelings of loneliness and grief for the relationships and daily routines that used to provide a sense of comfort and familiarity, and you’ve got a ready-made recipe for panic, anxiety, and depression. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. A job loss, though difficult, is not the end of the world, and can actually serve as a launchpad to the next best thing for you and your career. The key is to approach it with mindfulness, patience, self-compassion, and a bit of strategy. In this two-part series, we offer some tools and advice to weathering the storm of a lay-off. In Part One, we take a look at some of the things you want to ask for and about from your employer when and if you’re laid off…. You sit silently in the room with your boss and the HR rep. They’ve just explained that this is a business decision, nothing,...
- Magic Series
- December 1, 2020
Sweet Magic: Four Magicians Share the Wonder of Magic
We couldn’t possibly do a series on magic without consorting with actual magicians. After all, what would magic be without, well, magic? So, to round out this month’s “Magic” series, here are a few tricks from some of the best magicians in the biz. You’re welcome!
- Motivation
- January 4, 2022
New Year, Newish Me!
AmPopsy…It’s that time again!! You know what it is…it comes every year like clockwork- Happy New Year!! And much like preparing your annual tax return, it is a time for an endless supply of hope that you will receive a kind of windfall in life, quietly fearing the truth will be quite the opposite. But alas, it’s only the first week, so let’s stay hopeful and ambitious, folks!
- Money & Career
- February 7, 2021
Surviving a Lay-Off…Tackling Your Finances
Losing your job can feel like the end of life as you know it. Not only are you losing the comforts of your daily routine and the camaraderie that’s often found in workplace relationships, you are losing what is often your sole source of income. And that can strike fear in even the bravest of hearts.
- Motivation, Quotables
- November 18, 2020
Popsyisms…
The late John Lewis, Civil Rights Leader and Congressman
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