What to do when your world falls apart

After suffering cancer and two bereavements, journalist Christina Patterson lost her job. It was then that she discovered there are valuable lessons to be found even in our darkest hours

Two minutes. That’s how long it took for me to realise that my 10-year career at The Independent newspaper was over. In that time, I had interviewed Nobel prizewinners and a Prime Minister. I had written a column twice a week. I had done campaigning work that had been mentioned in parliament. And then, one day, a bald, fat man stared out of the window as he told me that he had decided to ‘freshen’ the pages up. I lost eight pounds in four days. I didn’t stop shaking for two weeks. I sent an email to a friend saying ‘I feel as if I’ve just been murdered’. I knew it sounded ridiculous, but it also felt true. I never thought losing a job would be easy, but there were so…

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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2018

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