Lay-off Stress

While having lunch with an old friend a few months ago, we commiserated over the stress of life in its various forms. My friend, a long-time public health nurse and program manager, was highly stressed by the fact that she was soon going to have to tell several hard working members of the department that the budget-based decisions were going to dissolve the highly effective team they had worked so hard to form. She was concerned about those who would lose their job and also about those who would not. She was losing sleep and constantly worried about what was… Continue reading →