Feeling like a fraud has almost nothing to do with how capable you actually are. Why it spikes right when things are going well, and what genuinely helps.
Coping with: Work & identity
Retirement identity loss
For decades, “what do you do?” had a ready answer. Retirement doesn’t just end the working years – it can take that answer away, and that’s a real loss.
Redundancy & job loss
Redundancy is usually treated as a financial problem – but the harder part is often the missing sense of who you are, not the missing income.


