Lifelines for money misfortunes : how to overcome life's greatest challenges / Stephen M. Pollan, Mark Levine.

Includes index.

The secrets of personal crisis management -- Alleviate the pain and learn the essential skill -- Accept the problem and own the solution -- Unburden yourself -- Lighting the darkness -- Cultivate antibodies -- Lifelines for 33 of life's most trying catastrophes -- Lifeline 1: your child's college fund has come up short -- Lifeline 2: you've lost your job -- Lifeline 3: your insurance company has dropped you -- Lifeline 4: you're temporarily disabled -- Lifeline 5: you're permanently disabled -- Lifeline 6: your spouse is having an affair -- Lifeline 7: you're diagnosed with an incurable disease -- Lifeline 8: you lose your major client or customer -- Lifeline 9: your business's lease isn't renewed -- Lifeline 10: you receive a bad performance review -- Lifeline 11: you're wrongfully accused of bad behavior at work -- Lifeline 12: you can't make your loan payments -- Lifeline 13: your parent dies -- Lifeline 14: you need to send your child to private school -- Lifeline 15: you're getting a divorce -- Lifeline 16: you're facing large, uncovered medical bills -- Lifeline 17: your adult child needs financial help -- Lifeline 18: your parents need financial help -- Lifeline 19: your new boss dislikes you -- Lifeline 20: you've been embezzled -- Lifeline 21: you haven't saved enough for retirement -- Lifeline 22: your spouse or child is permanent disabled -- Lifeline 23: you suffer an uncovered property loss -- Lifeline 24: your company is sold -- Lifeline 25: you lose a key employee -- Lifeline 26: you're accused of a crime -- Lifeline 27: your bank calls your line of credit -- Lifeline 28: someone is promoted over you -- Lifeline 29: your employer has declared bankruptcy -- Lifeline 30: you're transferred against your will -- Lifeline 31: you're asked to change your job function -- Lifeline 32: your business is forced to close temporarily -- Lifeline 33: your spouse or life partner dies.