Executive and leadership success coach Terry McDougall shares that the best ways to get to the other side of a life-shattering experience are to start with what you can tolerate and to believe in and love yourself. She learned these lessons while enduring a family break-up and navigating the emotional instability of her mother.

Find Terry at terrybmcdougall.com, and on LinkedIn at Terry B. McDougall Coaching. Her book, Winning the Game of Work: Career Happiness and Success on Your Own Terms, can be found on Amazon.