November 9, 2025 • 19 mins
In this season 8 premiere of Allison’s Corner, Allison talks about getting laid off — what really happened, how it felt, and what life has looked like since. No sugarcoating, no silver lining, just the truth about navigating a season she didn’t plan for. It’s about sitting in the in-between, figuring things out in real time, and being honest about the messiness that comes with change. In this episode we talk about:
So, if you’ve ever had to rebuild your confidence after a loss — or you’re in a season where everything feels uncertain — this one’s for you. We’re talking honesty, healing, and a whole lot of real life reflection.
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- What the layoff taught her about identity and self-worth
- Letting go of timelines and expectations
- Finding direction when the plan falls apart
- The weird freedom that comes with starting over
So, if you’ve ever had to rebuild your confidence after a loss — or you’re in a season where everything feels uncertain — this one’s for you. We’re talking honesty, healing, and a whole lot of real life reflection.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Hey, and welcome to Alison's Corner. This is my little
corner of the Internet where we dive into wellness, personal growth, relationships,
and just other topics best suited for you. I'm your host, Alison,
bringing you fresh perspectives, inspiring conversations, and a little something
(00:29):
to spark your day. Be sure to follow along with
Allison's Corner on Instagram, subscribe to our newsletter, and watch
us on YouTube at Allison's Corner Pod. Here you'll find
more insights and community updates of what we have going
on on Allison's Corner. Now, without further ado, here is
(00:50):
today's episode. Hey y'all, welcome back to another episode of
Alison's Corner. If you're new here, I am your host, Alison,
and this is my little corner of the Internet where
we talk about life, growth, healing, and just all around
(01:12):
figuring it out. And if you've been here for a while, then,
first of all, thank you. You've been riding with me
through the ups and the downs, the really deep reflections,
the what am I even doing with my life moments
and I'm gonna image something that this episode is definitely
(01:35):
one of those, because today I'm giving you some real
life updates. We're talking about how I am feeling about
my job before all of this happened, the day I
got laid off, yes, via a teams meeting, and how
I've been navigating all the uncertainty since then, but more important,
(02:00):
how I'm learning to just move forward, especially creatively and spiritually.
So yeah, we're gonna keep it real. So go ahead,
grab your coffee, grab your tea, maybe even a little
bit of wine, whatever is you have on hand, and
let's get into it. So let me start with some honesty.
(02:24):
For a couple of months before the layoff, I just
knew something in me was changing. I couldn't quite put
my finger on it, but I started waking up with
this sense of just heaviness. You know, I just wasn't
really liking my job or where I was in life.
(02:48):
You know, I'd sit at my desk, I'd open up
my laptop and literally I would just stare at the
screen like this just cannot be my life. And the
crazy part is, while I didn't really like my job,
I didn't hate it. You know, I was good at
(03:11):
what I did. I really liked my team over all,
the company. It had its swabs, but it was pretty fine,
but I don't know. Fine. Just started to feel like
a bit of a cage. And every day I felt
like I was playing this character, like I was a
(03:33):
version of myself who always had to have it together,
always had to hit her deadlines, always was smiling in meetings,
even when I really wanted to scream. And then there
was this little whisper. It was really quiet at first,
(03:55):
but it was persistent, and I just kept on hearing
over and over again, you know you're meant for more,
like this just is not for you. And I'll admit it.
I ignored it at first, you know, I buried it
under my to do lists and my paycheck and performance reviews.
(04:15):
But I just kept on hearing that voice. It kept
on coming back. And you know that feeling when you're
doing everything right, but deep down you know it's not
right for you. That was me to a t. I
would literally be in meetings right and I would daydream
about all the creative projects I could be doing. I
(04:38):
would think about new podcast ideas, new topics, even branding
that would be so cool to implement. And I'd be
in the middle of like an email chain talking about
hitting our targets and all this other stuff, and I
just think, what if I I just quit? And really
(05:00):
I went all in on my creative life. But of
course fear got the best of me. It started to
kick in, and I tell myself, why, girl, be for real.
You know, you need stability, you need a plan. You
can't just throw everything away. So I stayed, even though
(05:26):
I felt like I was one foot in and one
foot out. Then came the day that changed everything. It
was a random Monday, one of those mornings where nothing
really fell off, you know. I had my coffee, checked emails,
you know, all of that, and then I got a
(05:47):
little ping that said you've been invited to a meeting
on Microsoft teams. There was really no context, no agenda.
I only saw my director's name and my name, so
I was like, okay, maybe this is just something upper
management is doing. I don't know. I joined the meeting
and both my director and an HR representative had their
(06:13):
cameras on, which already was kind of a red flag
because at my company we never turn our cameras on,
you know, we'll just speak. But cameras remained off, and y'all,
they looked so serious and literally, and that split second
I knew something was up, and so my director he said, Allison,
(06:37):
you know, thank you for joining. I'm just gonna go
ahead and get straight into it. And he just started
saying words like restructuring and business changes and position eliminated.
And I was like, Okay, this feels a bit surreal,
because you know, I've heard stories about people who have
(06:59):
been laid off before, but I was like, I can't
believe it's really happening to me. So I'm sitting there
at my computer watching them on the screen tell me
that my entire sense of stability was gone. And it
was strange. You know, you would think that I would
(07:20):
have cried right away, but I didn't. I was just like, oh, okay.
After the call, I went downstairs into my kitchen. I
called one of my work best thieves and told her
the news and she was just as shocked. And then
after getting off the phone with her, I said, Okay, god,
(07:41):
you know, I just guess we're I guess we're doing
this because y'all, I really wasn't hurt. I wasn't even upset.
I actually felt very relieved, you know, like my soul knew,
my spirit knew that it was the end. But it
(08:03):
was also the beginning of something else, and I had
wanted to quit for a very long time. I wanted
to quit from the beginning of this year, but the
way this current economy is, I just couldn't up and
leave without a plan. But when you lose your job,
it's not just about losing your income, right, You're also
(08:28):
losing your sense of rhythm, You're losing your identity, You're
losing you know, just this whole mental load of what
is it that I'm doing? And now I'm trying to
figure out what my next steps are. Thankfully, I did
(08:51):
have two weeks from the time that I was told
about being laid off until my last day, so I'm
really thankful for that because I was able to say
bye to some of my favorite coworkers and just hand
off any last minute things to my replacements. And I
felt happy to be leaving, you know, it just it
(09:12):
felt right. But even though I was so happy, it
also was a bit disorienting because in the span of
those two weeks, I'd go from feeling grateful for, you know,
having this break, to spiraling into oh my gosh, what now,
(09:34):
what if I never find anything better? What if you know,
I'm being punished and the mental gymnastics that has taken
place has been very real. But time and time again,
I've just been slowing down and breathing, and I'm giving
myself permission to just be in this moment. You know,
(09:58):
I've been praying a lot, I've been meditating a lot,
and I've been talking to some friends who you know,
have been in the same position. And as time has
gone on, I've realized that what I've been feeling has
been an ending was really an invitation, and this invitation
(10:22):
has allowed me to just really trust my instincts creatively again.
So of course I was shocked by everything, but once
the initial shock had kind of faded, something in me
just started to wake up again. And it was the
same whisper y'all that had been tugging at me before,
(10:45):
and it came back, but this time it was just
so much louder. And I started thinking about Allison's Corner
again and how this podcast just started as an idea,
you know, a safe space to talk about life and growth,
and how maybe this layoff was just my chance to
(11:09):
pour into it fully. You know, I've started to map
out episodes. I'm jotting down ideas here and there, and
then I started revisiting Alison, a friend's book club, and
I thought, what if I use this season to build
community again through reading, reflection and just having those honest
(11:32):
conversations with my book club, And of course my substack
came back into focus. This idea of just writing and
blending storytelling in my own way has become more and
more appealing, because, truth be told, it's funny how creativity
(11:53):
shows up right when you think you've lost it all.
Because when I was working, I didn't really have the
energy to dream like this. You know, I had the ideas,
I was putting things out, as you all know, but
I had to really take a step back. And now
the ideas are just flowing. You know. I'll be sitting
(12:14):
on my bed and I'll be like in midsip of
coffee and suddenly I think of a tagline or a
podcast segment, or a way to just bring everything together.
And for me, for the first time in a really
long time, it feels exciting. You know, I haven't felt
excited in such a long time. I will admit it
(12:38):
is very scary, yes, but I have felt so excited
because I'm realizing that this layoff it didn't break me,
but it's helping to just redirect me, and it's pushing
me out of a comfort zone. I honestly I would
(12:58):
have never left on my own now. One thing that
I've learned in this season is that faith doesn't always
look pretty. You know. Sometimes faith looks like crying while
sending out job applications. Sometimes it looks like starting a
podcast episode when I'm not sure if anyone will even listen.
(13:21):
And sometimes it just looks like getting out of bed
and saying, you know, we're just going to do our
best today. And I've learned that rest is not regression.
You know, just because I'm not grinding every day, it
doesn't mean that I'm lost. It just means I'm recovering.
And I've learned that identity isn't tied to my job title.
(13:45):
You know. I think Corporate America does a really good
job in just having us turn the hamster wheel and
in taking this step back and realizing how burnt out
I have been from Corporate America. And I'm really assessing
what my values are and if I want to continue
(14:10):
with Corporate America and climbing the corporate ladder, or if
I just want to do my own thing, because at
the end of the day, I'm still me. I'm creative,
I'm compassionate, i am driven, and that exists whether I'm
on a payroll or not. And maybe the most powerful
(14:33):
lesson that I've learned is that you can't receive what's
next if you're still clinging to what's gone. And I've
had to release the version of me who thought stability
only came from a paycheck. Now I'm learning that stability
(14:55):
comes from peace, you know, from trusting that if I'm
aligned and I'm in tune with God and I'm walking
in the way that I need to, provision will always follow.
So I know y'all are asking, oh my gosh, Allison,
what is next, girl? I don't know. I'm still figuring
(15:21):
it out. I have been applying to a few new
roles here and there. I'm kind of exploring the idea
of doing freelance work, and at the same time, I'm
building structure as it relates to my creative projects. And
I'm treating Allison's Corner and Allison as friends like they
(15:44):
are real brands because they are. So I am creating
content plans, I'm scheduling, even looking at some sponsorship opportunities,
which is really really exciting. But more than anything, I'm
just choosing to trust my pace at this time. You know,
(16:05):
I'm not rushing anything, I'm not forcing anything. I am
just flowing because when I look back, everything that has
ever worked out in my life happened when I just
stop trying to control the timing. So maybe this season
(16:27):
isn't about finding the next thing, you know, maybe it's
just about me moving forward. So if you are listening
right now and you've been laid off, or you're feeling stuck,
or you're like me and you're questioning what in the
world is next, I just want to tell you this
that you are not behind, you are not failing, you
(16:51):
are not broken, but you are being re routed and
in this crazy in between season it might feel like chaos.
Trust me, I understand, but sometimes that is just creation
in disguise. You know, you are being stripped of what's
(17:14):
no longer aligning so that you can make space for
what is real. So just breathe, you know, take your time,
let it unfold, because one day soon you will look
back and realize this is the moment when everything just
started to align, so that was a lot, but I
(17:38):
needed to share it. And if you're still here, thank
you truly, thank you so much. Thank you for being
part of this community, you know, for listening, for supporting,
and just allowing me to show up as I am,
even in the messy, uncertain seasons. Thank y'all so much.
(18:02):
I do not know exactly where this journey is leading,
but I do know one thing for sure that I
am walking in faith, in creativity, and in purpose. And
if you are someone who is doing the same, then
guess what, girl, you are right on time. And if
today's episode resonated with you, sure with someone who really
(18:25):
might need to hear it, of course, follow Allison's Corner,
you know, join the Allison and Friends book club, and
stay connected because we're just getting started over here. Until
next time. I want to leave y'all with a quote
from Nelson Mandela and it says, the greatest glory in
living lies not in never falling, but in rising every
(18:50):
time we fall. As always, God bless have an amazing day,
and thank you for listening to Alison's Corner. Thanks for
tuning in to Allison's Corner. If you enjoy today's episode,
don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share it
with a friend who'd love to join the conversation. For
(19:14):
more context and updates, follow us on Instagram and YouTube
at Allison's corner Pod. Until next time, be blessed.
Hey, and welcome to Alison's Corner. This is my little
corner of the Internet where we dive into wellness, personal growth, relationships,
and just other topics best suited for you. I'm your host, Alison,
bringing you fresh perspectives, inspiring conversations, and a little something
(00:29):
to spark your day. Be sure to follow along with
Allison's Corner on Instagram, subscribe to our newsletter, and watch
us on YouTube at Allison's Corner Pod. Here you'll find
more insights and community updates of what we have going
on on Allison's Corner. Now, without further ado, here is
(00:50):
today's episode. Hey y'all, welcome back to another episode of
Alison's Corner. If you're new here, I am your host, Alison,
and this is my little corner of the Internet where
we talk about life, growth, healing, and just all around
(01:12):
figuring it out. And if you've been here for a while, then,
first of all, thank you. You've been riding with me
through the ups and the downs, the really deep reflections,
the what am I even doing with my life moments
and I'm gonna image something that this episode is definitely
(01:35):
one of those, because today I'm giving you some real
life updates. We're talking about how I am feeling about
my job before all of this happened, the day I
got laid off, yes, via a teams meeting, and how
I've been navigating all the uncertainty since then, but more important,
(02:00):
how I'm learning to just move forward, especially creatively and spiritually.
So yeah, we're gonna keep it real. So go ahead,
grab your coffee, grab your tea, maybe even a little
bit of wine, whatever is you have on hand, and
let's get into it. So let me start with some honesty.
(02:24):
For a couple of months before the layoff, I just
knew something in me was changing. I couldn't quite put
my finger on it, but I started waking up with
this sense of just heaviness. You know, I just wasn't
really liking my job or where I was in life.
(02:48):
You know, I'd sit at my desk, I'd open up
my laptop and literally I would just stare at the
screen like this just cannot be my life. And the
crazy part is, while I didn't really like my job,
I didn't hate it. You know, I was good at
(03:11):
what I did. I really liked my team over all,
the company. It had its swabs, but it was pretty fine,
but I don't know. Fine. Just started to feel like
a bit of a cage. And every day I felt
like I was playing this character, like I was a
(03:33):
version of myself who always had to have it together,
always had to hit her deadlines, always was smiling in meetings,
even when I really wanted to scream. And then there
was this little whisper. It was really quiet at first,
(03:55):
but it was persistent, and I just kept on hearing
over and over again, you know you're meant for more,
like this just is not for you. And I'll admit it.
I ignored it at first, you know, I buried it
under my to do lists and my paycheck and performance reviews.
(04:15):
But I just kept on hearing that voice. It kept
on coming back. And you know that feeling when you're
doing everything right, but deep down you know it's not
right for you. That was me to a t. I
would literally be in meetings right and I would daydream
about all the creative projects I could be doing. I
(04:38):
would think about new podcast ideas, new topics, even branding
that would be so cool to implement. And I'd be
in the middle of like an email chain talking about
hitting our targets and all this other stuff, and I
just think, what if I I just quit? And really
(05:00):
I went all in on my creative life. But of
course fear got the best of me. It started to
kick in, and I tell myself, why, girl, be for real.
You know, you need stability, you need a plan. You
can't just throw everything away. So I stayed, even though
(05:26):
I felt like I was one foot in and one
foot out. Then came the day that changed everything. It
was a random Monday, one of those mornings where nothing
really fell off, you know. I had my coffee, checked emails,
you know, all of that, and then I got a
(05:47):
little ping that said you've been invited to a meeting
on Microsoft teams. There was really no context, no agenda.
I only saw my director's name and my name, so
I was like, okay, maybe this is just something upper
management is doing. I don't know. I joined the meeting
and both my director and an HR representative had their
(06:13):
cameras on, which already was kind of a red flag
because at my company we never turn our cameras on,
you know, we'll just speak. But cameras remained off, and y'all,
they looked so serious and literally, and that split second
I knew something was up, and so my director he said, Allison,
(06:37):
you know, thank you for joining. I'm just gonna go
ahead and get straight into it. And he just started
saying words like restructuring and business changes and position eliminated.
And I was like, Okay, this feels a bit surreal,
because you know, I've heard stories about people who have
(06:59):
been laid off before, but I was like, I can't
believe it's really happening to me. So I'm sitting there
at my computer watching them on the screen tell me
that my entire sense of stability was gone. And it
was strange. You know, you would think that I would
(07:20):
have cried right away, but I didn't. I was just like, oh, okay.
After the call, I went downstairs into my kitchen. I
called one of my work best thieves and told her
the news and she was just as shocked. And then
after getting off the phone with her, I said, Okay, god,
(07:41):
you know, I just guess we're I guess we're doing
this because y'all, I really wasn't hurt. I wasn't even upset.
I actually felt very relieved, you know, like my soul knew,
my spirit knew that it was the end. But it
(08:03):
was also the beginning of something else, and I had
wanted to quit for a very long time. I wanted
to quit from the beginning of this year, but the
way this current economy is, I just couldn't up and
leave without a plan. But when you lose your job,
it's not just about losing your income, right, You're also
(08:28):
losing your sense of rhythm, You're losing your identity, You're
losing you know, just this whole mental load of what
is it that I'm doing? And now I'm trying to
figure out what my next steps are. Thankfully, I did
(08:51):
have two weeks from the time that I was told
about being laid off until my last day, so I'm
really thankful for that because I was able to say
bye to some of my favorite coworkers and just hand
off any last minute things to my replacements. And I
felt happy to be leaving, you know, it just it
(09:12):
felt right. But even though I was so happy, it
also was a bit disorienting because in the span of
those two weeks, I'd go from feeling grateful for, you know,
having this break, to spiraling into oh my gosh, what now,
(09:34):
what if I never find anything better? What if you know,
I'm being punished and the mental gymnastics that has taken
place has been very real. But time and time again,
I've just been slowing down and breathing, and I'm giving
myself permission to just be in this moment. You know,
(09:58):
I've been praying a lot, I've been meditating a lot,
and I've been talking to some friends who you know,
have been in the same position. And as time has
gone on, I've realized that what I've been feeling has
been an ending was really an invitation, and this invitation
(10:22):
has allowed me to just really trust my instincts creatively again.
So of course I was shocked by everything, but once
the initial shock had kind of faded, something in me
just started to wake up again. And it was the
same whisper y'all that had been tugging at me before,
(10:45):
and it came back, but this time it was just
so much louder. And I started thinking about Allison's Corner
again and how this podcast just started as an idea,
you know, a safe space to talk about life and growth,
and how maybe this layoff was just my chance to
(11:09):
pour into it fully. You know, I've started to map
out episodes. I'm jotting down ideas here and there, and
then I started revisiting Alison, a friend's book club, and
I thought, what if I use this season to build
community again through reading, reflection and just having those honest
(11:32):
conversations with my book club, And of course my substack
came back into focus. This idea of just writing and
blending storytelling in my own way has become more and
more appealing, because, truth be told, it's funny how creativity
(11:53):
shows up right when you think you've lost it all.
Because when I was working, I didn't really have the
energy to dream like this. You know, I had the ideas,
I was putting things out, as you all know, but
I had to really take a step back. And now
the ideas are just flowing. You know. I'll be sitting
(12:14):
on my bed and I'll be like in midsip of
coffee and suddenly I think of a tagline or a
podcast segment, or a way to just bring everything together.
And for me, for the first time in a really
long time, it feels exciting. You know, I haven't felt
excited in such a long time. I will admit it
(12:38):
is very scary, yes, but I have felt so excited
because I'm realizing that this layoff it didn't break me,
but it's helping to just redirect me, and it's pushing
me out of a comfort zone. I honestly I would
(12:58):
have never left on my own now. One thing that
I've learned in this season is that faith doesn't always
look pretty. You know. Sometimes faith looks like crying while
sending out job applications. Sometimes it looks like starting a
podcast episode when I'm not sure if anyone will even listen.
(13:21):
And sometimes it just looks like getting out of bed
and saying, you know, we're just going to do our
best today. And I've learned that rest is not regression.
You know, just because I'm not grinding every day, it
doesn't mean that I'm lost. It just means I'm recovering.
And I've learned that identity isn't tied to my job title.
(13:45):
You know. I think Corporate America does a really good
job in just having us turn the hamster wheel and
in taking this step back and realizing how burnt out
I have been from Corporate America. And I'm really assessing
what my values are and if I want to continue
(14:10):
with Corporate America and climbing the corporate ladder, or if
I just want to do my own thing, because at
the end of the day, I'm still me. I'm creative,
I'm compassionate, i am driven, and that exists whether I'm
on a payroll or not. And maybe the most powerful
(14:33):
lesson that I've learned is that you can't receive what's
next if you're still clinging to what's gone. And I've
had to release the version of me who thought stability
only came from a paycheck. Now I'm learning that stability
(14:55):
comes from peace, you know, from trusting that if I'm
aligned and I'm in tune with God and I'm walking
in the way that I need to, provision will always follow.
So I know y'all are asking, oh my gosh, Allison,
what is next, girl? I don't know. I'm still figuring
(15:21):
it out. I have been applying to a few new
roles here and there. I'm kind of exploring the idea
of doing freelance work, and at the same time, I'm
building structure as it relates to my creative projects. And
I'm treating Allison's Corner and Allison as friends like they
(15:44):
are real brands because they are. So I am creating
content plans, I'm scheduling, even looking at some sponsorship opportunities,
which is really really exciting. But more than anything, I'm
just choosing to trust my pace at this time. You know,
(16:05):
I'm not rushing anything, I'm not forcing anything. I am
just flowing because when I look back, everything that has
ever worked out in my life happened when I just
stop trying to control the timing. So maybe this season
(16:27):
isn't about finding the next thing, you know, maybe it's
just about me moving forward. So if you are listening
right now and you've been laid off, or you're feeling stuck,
or you're like me and you're questioning what in the
world is next, I just want to tell you this
that you are not behind, you are not failing, you
(16:51):
are not broken, but you are being re routed and
in this crazy in between season it might feel like chaos.
Trust me, I understand, but sometimes that is just creation
in disguise. You know, you are being stripped of what's
(17:14):
no longer aligning so that you can make space for
what is real. So just breathe, you know, take your time,
let it unfold, because one day soon you will look
back and realize this is the moment when everything just
started to align, so that was a lot, but I
(17:38):
needed to share it. And if you're still here, thank
you truly, thank you so much. Thank you for being
part of this community, you know, for listening, for supporting,
and just allowing me to show up as I am,
even in the messy, uncertain seasons. Thank y'all so much.
(18:02):
I do not know exactly where this journey is leading,
but I do know one thing for sure that I
am walking in faith, in creativity, and in purpose. And
if you are someone who is doing the same, then
guess what, girl, you are right on time. And if
today's episode resonated with you, sure with someone who really
(18:25):
might need to hear it, of course, follow Allison's Corner,
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