Program Description: "Is it possible to be downsized, get a pink slip, hunt for a job, go through rejection, and keep your spirit intact?" This is the question Carol Orsborn faced when she, like so many others, was forced to reassess her values, her courage, and her faith during one of life's difficult times. Riding the ebbs and flows of fortune, emotions, and faith, she paid careful attention to the ways she retreated in defeat, and what inspired her to regain her optimism and her belief in herself. Through it all she discovered a new understanding of her spirituality, and found that life's twists and turns provided surprising opportunities to create new ways of expressing her truest self. In this intimate and uplifting discussion she discloses that "one of my main discoveries is that all the things I was doing were really not about me saving my soul. But it was ultimately about my soul saving me. And that is the relationship to God and spirituality that is my abiding lesson." (Hosted by Justine Willis Toms)
Carol Orsborn holds a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, and is a leading global authority on issues related to women of the boomer generation. She serves as senior strategist for VibrantNation.com, a peer-to-peer information sharing sight dedicated to women over fifty. Dr. Orsborn is the author of sixteen books translated into fourteen languages, including The Art of Resilience: 100 Paths to Wisdom and Strength in an Uncertain World (Three Rivers Press 1997) and The Year I Saved My (downsized) Soul: A Boomer Woman’s Search for Meaning…and a Job (Vibrant Nation Books 2009). To learn more about the work of Carol Orsborn go to www.VibrantNation.com.
Topics explored in this dialogue:
What you can do when positive thinking doesn't work
How you can grieve and function at the same time
Why you need two different kinds of community to support you
How faith can save you—even when you don’t have any
How you can find the balance between going with the flow and focusing your power
