When Your Job Breaks Your Heart

Professional heartbreak is the loss of something work-related that feels as personally wounding as grief or heartbreak in your personal life. It might involve the death of a dream, like owning your business. Sometimes it’s when your identity seems to escape you through a layoff or a job loss. And sometimes it happens when you don’t get something that you really, really want. This interview with author and podcast host Morra Aarons-Mele delves into why a professional heartbreak can be so devastating, offering stories of people who have gone through them and suggestions for those who may be experiencing one now.