Laid Off or Let Go: The 30 Day Comeback Plan

Live Executive Strategy Session

Laid Off or Let Go: The 30 Day Comeback Plan
Grieving the Job You Thought You’d Retire From · 1 Hour Live

Join this live class for leaders who were laid off or let go from a job they gave years to, because you can’t strategize your way out of a loss you haven’t faced, and you can’t heal by applying to jobs at midnight.

You gave the company your loyalty, your best years and your weekends. You thought you would retire there. Then a meeting, a call or an email ended it, and with it went your title, your routine, your team and the version of yourself that job held.

What nobody tells you is that this is grief. It shows up as shock, anger, shame and panic, and it follows you into the search. You apply out of fear, accept less than you’re worth, sound bitter in interviews without realizing it, and avoid the people who could help you because you don’t want to explain what happened.

Underneath all of it is a story you’ve started telling yourself. I wasn’t good enough. I should have seen it coming. I’m too old to start over. Nobody will pay me what I was making. That story doesn’t stay private. It shows up in how you speak, how you price yourself, and how you walk into every room.

This live class is designed to help you name what you lost, face what you’re feeling, rewrite the story you’re telling yourself, tell your exit story without reliving it, and leave with a 30 day plan to get back into the market as the leader you still are.

One Live Session Only · [DATE] at [TIME] CST. This class runs once. When it’s over, it’s over.

WHAT WE COVER

• The Grief Nobody Names
  Losing a long-term job is a loss of identity, status, routine, relationships and the future you planned. We’ll name the emotions that come with it: shock, anger, shame, fear, embarrassment, and sometimes relief you feel guilty about. Learn why it hits senior leaders hardest, and why “just start applying” doesn’t work until you face what you’re feeling.

• The Story You’re Telling Yourself
  After a layoff or termination, your mind writes a story to explain it: you weren’t good enough, you trusted the wrong people, you’re too old, too expensive, or too far behind. We’ll identify the story you’re carrying, separate what actually happened from what you’ve concluded about yourself, and rewrite the story you take into your search.

• Laid Off vs. Let Go: Different Wounds, Different Stories
  A layoff and a termination land differently. One can feel like betrayal, the other like shame. We’ll look at what each one does to your confidence and how each needs to be handled differently in your search.

• How Your Emotions Leak Into Your Search
  Applying from panic, underpricing yourself, sounding bitter or defensive in interviews, and avoiding your network out of embarrassment. Learn to spot where your feelings are making decisions for you, and how to take the wheel back.

• Telling Your Exit Story Without Reliving It
  How to answer “why did you leave?” in a clean, honest, forward-looking way, whether you were laid off or let go, so the question stops costing you the room.

• Rebuilding Your Identity Beyond the Title
  Your title was where you worked, not who you are. We’ll separate your value from the company that held it, so you can introduce yourself with confidence again.

• The 30 Day Comeback Plan
  A week-by-week plan to move from loss to re-entry: stabilize and face what happened, take inventory of what you bring, reconnect with your network, and step back into the market with a clear direction.

WHO IS THIS FOR

• You were laid off or let go from a role you held for years.

• You thought you would retire from that company, or at least leave on your own terms.

• You feel shock, anger, shame or panic, and it’s shaping how you search.

• You keep replaying what happened and asking what you could have done differently.

• You’ve started believing things about yourself that you never believed before.

• You dread being asked why you left.

• You’ve been avoiding your network because you don’t want to explain what happened.

• You’re applying to everything, or you can’t make yourself apply at all.

• You’re starting to wonder whether you’ll ever get back to the level you were at.

BONUS

The Exit Story Scripts: What to Say When They Ask Why You Left
Word-for-word versions for every place the question comes up:

• The Layoff Version for interviews

• The Let Go Version for interviews

• The LinkedIn Version for your profile and announcement

• The Network Version for reaching out to former colleagues and contacts

WHO THIS IS NOT FOR

• You want to stay angry at your former employer rather than move forward.

• You want a quick résumé fix without dealing with what’s underneath.

• You are in crisis or struggling with depression. A licensed mental health professional is the right first step, and this class can support you once you’re ready.

FEATURES

• Live Q&A With Daniella
  Bring your specific situation and get direct feedback in real time.

• The Story Rewrite
  Separate the facts of what happened from the story you’ve built around them, and leave with a version of your story that moves you forward.

• The 30 Day Comeback Plan
  A week-by-week plan to take you from loss to re-entry, with clear actions for each week.

• The Exit Story Framework
  How to structure your answer to “why did you leave?” so it’s honest, brief and points forward.

• Current Market Context
  How layoffs and restructures are reshaping hiring right now, and what that means for your re-entry.

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