Episode 6: Laid Off In Midlife. Now What?

Getting laid off hits differently in midlife. You’ve spent decades building experience, skills, relationships, and a career, only to suddenly find yourself wondering: Now what? Karen and Paula talk about the reality of losing a job in midlife, what it does to your confidence, and the challenge of figuring out what comes next when you thought you already had that part of life figured out. Hose Water, Hot Flashes & Bad Decisions Real conversations about Gen X, midlife, careers, menopause, relationships, and all the stuff nobody warned us about. New episodes every Thursday. TODAY'S GUESTS Kara Miller is the founder of My Home COO, a household operations company that brings the same structure and support to people's personal lives that they rely on at work. She spent more than 25 years in corporate operations and strategy, before an unexpected career transition in midlife left her asking the question a lot of us know too well: what now? She has an MBA from UT Austin's McCombs School of Business and is a mom of three. Website: myhomecoo.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/karamiller K. LaFleur-Anders is the founder and CEO of Coffee Milk Media, a social enterprise using storytelling to drive wellbeing and social impact across page, stage, and screen. Her work includes The Pause, the hour-long PBS special on menopause, and the Voice & Vision anthology. She started the company after being laid off from a corporate job. coffeemilkmedia.com | linkedin.com/in/k-lafleur-anders | @coffeemilkmedia