There’s a grief no one talks about.
It’s not the loss of a loved one.
It’s the loss of who you used to be.
The loss of the identity you built your entire life around.
The loss of the version of you that knew the answers, had the title, and could hold it all together—until the day you couldn’t.
That’s what happened to
Laverne McKinnon.
She was rising fast. Promoted every 18 months. Building hit shows like CSI and Criminal Minds. A respected executive at the top of CBS. Until the day it ended.
No warning. No plan. Just a quiet sentence behind closed doors:
“You’re a liability.”
What followed wasn’t just a career transition.
It was heartbreak.
It was collapse.
And eventually, it was healing.
But not right away.
In this episode, Laverne shares the truth most people never do:
-What grief really feels like after a professional fall.
-What self-loathing sounds like on the inside.
-And what it took to finally let go of the woman she was—so she could become who she was meant to be.
This conversation is not about getting back up.
It’s about mourning what you’ve lost.
And deciding, finally, that it’s time to stop hiding, and start healing.
You don’t have to be fired to feel this….what I call Corporate Anxiety.
You just have to be honest enough to admit:
“I don’t need this life anymore.”
If this is you, well, being here isn’t an accident or an algorithm.
It’s you.
It’s time to be up to something.
Join us here: www.normal40.com
You literally have nothing to lose…
But your time.
— Lon
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