Brian lost his job about six months ago. He’s been looking for work in his field but had to take manual labor jobs to get by. He tells me what he’s learned during this period of unemployment in this series recorded at St. Mark’s Coffee in Denver.
I’m talking with people at St. Mark’s Coffee in Denver about how they lost a job. Texanna says she changed her hairstyle and Ann Taylor didn’t approve. From a series of coffeehouse conversations on different themes recorded in Denver.
Deniz quit her job after struggling for more than a year to solve a complex problem in her work. She never figured it out. And she feels VERY badly about leaving the job. From a series of conversations I hosted and produced on a theme of losing a job, this one recorded at St. Mark’s Coffee in Denver.
From a series of conversations I hosted and produced at coffeehouses around Denver, here is Nathan’s answer to the question why did you lose a job. He tells me he had to quit working at a gym because he got into a messy relationship with a woman there.
I asked Matt at St. Mark’s Coffee in Denver what his therapist(s) told him he should do. Matt can’t remember, in part because he was too busy talking about music and movies instead of remembering the therapeutic advice he received. Here’s Matt’s story.
From a series of conversations on different themes that I hosted and produced at Denver-area coffeehouses, here is Kim’s story. She said her therapist told her in a couples counseling session that she should trust her instincts and separate from her husband. This, even though the therapist was a Christian counselor and he knew that step would likely lead to divorce.
From a series of conversations I hosted and produced in Denver-area coffeehouses, here is Tony’s story. His therapist said he should go to rehab for drug and alcohol addiction. It worked for a little while.
Jackie sat down with me at St. Mark’s Coffee in Denver to tell me that she received “bad advice” from a therapist years ago. The therapist said Jackie’s plan to go to medical school wouldn’t turn out well. Here why in this ongoing series of conversations on different themes.
Daniel has struggled with anxiety for years. After his wife’s cancer diagnosis, their daughter Lydia began to develop her own issues around fear. Answering the question I posed about what his therapist told him he should do, Daniel tells me one of the coping mechanisms Lydia came up with.
For this series, I asked folks at St. Mark’s Coffee in Denver what their therapist told them they should do. Art says his told him to run, not walk, away from Denver.