Tag: Unemployment
Pandemic-Related Losses: How To Show A Friend You Care
A reader wonders how to respond to friends experiencing pandemic-related losses. QUESTION I have several friends right now who are going through VERY trying situations. In a few instances, I’ve sent people emails expressing my commiseration but I’m wondering what, if anything, to do next when I don’t hear back from them. Do you think […]
In the Media – How to help a friend who has lost her job (FitnessRepublic.com)
On the website FitnessRepublic.com, I write about how losing a job not only creates financial problems but also social ones.
In the Media – Is unemployment affecting your friendships? (on GoThinkBig.co.UK)
Unemployment can wreak havoc on an individual’s life and emotions. Journalist Amy Packham writes about the social challenges that often follow unemployment.
Reader Wisdom: What friends should and shouldn’t say when someone loses a job
A reader loses a job under difficult circumstances and suggests some ways that friends can be more or less supportive and helpful.
The difficulty of giving up on a friendship
It’s always painful giving up on a friendship and deciding it’s time to cut your losses.
The most wonderful time of the year? Not for everyone
Blue Christmas services are organized by many houses of worship to provide comfort to people who are grieving, coping with chronic illness, or feeling down or lonely.
Is she a good mom but a lousy friend?
QUESTION I am glad so that I found this blog! Anyway, here is the deal: I have this friend. We completely hit it off when we first met (she worked with my husband). She got laid off from my husband’s company but we both put effort into our friendship. She got pregnant and had a […]
Friendship and Money: Minimizing Losses
Given the uncertainties of the global economy and the high rates of unemployment, money seems to be on everyone’s minds these days. This is the second part of a two-part interview on Friendship and Money with MSN Money columnist Emma Johnson. Part I of this interview can be found here: She’s Fired, You’re Not. On […]
Friendship and Money: She’s fired, you’re not
Any major life change–including an unexpected job loss or other threat to economic security–can increase the risk of a once-close friendship falling apart.
Girlfriendology: What to do and say when your friend gets a pink slip
Girlfriendology is an online community based on “girlfriend inspiration, appreciation, and celebration.”
