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You're listening to women at work.

You're listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review.

I'm Amy Gallo.

I'm Amy Bernstein.

And I'm Emily Kahlfeld.

So far this season, our conversations have been centered on women who have jobs, but because

of the pandemic, there are many, many women who don't. Women who aren't sure when their

industries will reopen or when clients will want their business again.

Three women who've lost work opened up to us about how they've been doing the past several months,

how they're processing the loss, not just of income but also their sense of identity

waiting for clarity questioning and rethinking their future.

We're starting with Veronica who lives in a suburb of Boston.

She began her career as a web designer,

then switched to massage therapy where she found more fulfillment.

In March, the small business where she'd been working closed and she's been unemployed since then.

You know, at first I was grateful to get a break because massage therapy is a very physical job.

But then I started realizing how not seeing people, not

talking to people, not being in physical contact with people, was really

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