HOW TO Block Stressful Times

from Tearing Your Relationship Apart

BY STACEY MARTINO

It was 2009 and Paul and I were in the middle of the financial crisis that hit so many people between 2008 and 2010. We were both consultants at the time( me in tax and him in tech) and in 2008, there was a consultant-freeze that affected most corporations.

In one week, Paul and I had most of our contracts frozen and we were effectively“ out of work”. It was a tough time, for sure, but not the toughest challenge we’ ve navigated together.