I was fired at the pinnacle of my career, on my 39th birthday. And in the year that followed, I learned that there are many psychological phases of being ‘let go.’
There’s always more money to be made.
I think women have a hard time not apologizing their way into negotiations. We tend to back in to these conversations in a self-deprecating and ultimately self-defeating way.
I suffered from a mild case of postpartum depression after my second child and the physical challenge of maintaining an overnight shift at CBS, a marriage, and two in diapers made the symptoms worse and everyone in the house paid the price.
We have to unclutter our brains from worries that maybe people don’t like us. Women tend to worry about popularity; it doesn’t matter if they like you. They need to respect you. They need to show that respect for you in your pay check. And that needs to be okay.
Being unemployed has so many real and palpable ramifications but there are also psychological side effects which you can only understand if youve truly lived through it.
A bad boyfriend is someone you give everything to – you live with him, cook for him, sleep with him – thinking he is going to marry you and then he doesn’t. When you are giving your all to a job and not getting credit, your job is a bad boyfriend.
Often I feel like I can run forever. If someone told me I had to run for 10 hours, I probably could.
I try my best to be extremely disciplined about my diet.
After being let go from CBS and looking for a year for work, I will never catch myself complaining about being too busy.
I’ve worked with Ed Bradley, Dan Rather and lots of different local news anchors.
Don’t apologize for asking for what you deserve.
We have to stop judging people who are struggling with their weight.
I’d been fired by CBS News in a semipublic way, and as the months went by, there was a perception that I was damaged goods.
A fundamental lesson on being fired: Never lie about it. People will know what you’re saying is a cover-up for how you really feel – embarrassed, discouraged, and afraid.
My family was always active, and our thing was family walks. Not walks around the block, but more like eight-mile hikes up mountains.
I am not afraid to say my relationship with my man is important, even vital, to who I am as a person.
Women play into each other’s weaknesses.
Knowing your value means owning your success. Owning your success means acknowledging your achievements. By acknowledging achievements you build confidence.
We come from a mindset that suggests diets are temporary tortures we must endure,” says Debb. And when we’re done, “then we have permission to backslide into old habits, as if we were entitled to a reward for our sacrifice.
I worked initially on the assignment desk, and I did my share of “beat checks.” I can still tell you the phone numbers for the Hartford police, the Connecticut State Police, the Bristol, Manchester, Avon, and New London departments, and many, many more.