The Mindful Way to Handle Sudden Job Loss

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

When a job ends suddenly, it’s more than a career change — it’s an emotional earthquake. Shock is often our body’s way of protecting us, buying us time to process what just happened. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora shares the story of someone navigating the first disorienting moments after a layoff, and explains how mindfulness can help you ground yourself when everything feels unreal. If you’re feeling frozen or numb right now, you’re not broken — you’re healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.8	Hey there, welcome to Radio Headspace. I'm Dora, and I'm so glad that you're here.
1:16.3	Recently, a community member reached out to me by email, describing how they had suddenly lost their job.
1:23.4	She had received an unexpected email from HR, which led to an abrupt termination of her role due to company restructuring.
1:32.3	In an instant, the job that she had worked so hard for was gone.
1:37.8	She was left feeling stunned, disoriented, and frozen.
1:42.8	Caught between disbelief and uncertainty about the future, she asked simply,
1:48.5	how do I even begin to move through this? What she was experiencing was shock, and while the word
1:57.5	shock might make us think of trauma or emergency situations like going into medical shock,
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