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.
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.
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.”
Girlfriends with Pink Slips
The support of female friends can help a woman get over the traumatic emotional and financial losses associated with being fired or let go. What can friends do? Read my latest post on The Huffington Post.
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