Hello there. Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Friday.
It's Eve here.
Thanks for joining me today.
It's a lovely way to end the week with you.
I remember when I lost my first job.
It was just after college.
and i gave everything to it i remember thinking how could this happen to me did i not work hard enough you know i was young and perhaps a little naive in the business world and it took a while to appreciate that unfortunately things like this do happen and tough decisions have to be made it wasn't personal but the emotional roller coaster that followed was intense at first it was total shock That feeling of,
did that really just happen?
And then a lot of fear.
How will I manage?
How will I pay my bills?
Then a lot of anger.
How could they do this to me?
Followed by a lot of self-doubt and then grief.
Because losing a job is a loss.
I think about that time when someone tells me they've lost their job.
And I think about what I would say to my younger self, knowing what I know now.
Firstly, I would say, it's okay to feel what you're feeling.
In fact, see if you can embrace the emotions with kindness instead of judgment.
You don't have to push them away.