If You’re Facing a Layoff: A Calm Decision Map for High-Achieving Women

If your income, equity, or benefits just changed (or might), you don’t need guesswork right now.

You’re not starting from zero.

But you are in a moment where the wrong financial move can echo for years.

This page exists to help you stabilize the decisions that matter most before anything irreversible happens.

If you’re here, chances are you’re navigating one or more of these realities:

  • A layoff, or one that feels imminent

  • A severance package with fine print

  • Equity, RSUs, or deferred compensation that suddenly feel fragile

  • A compressed timeline to “figure it out” while still holding everything else together

This isn’t about budgeting apps or generic advice. It’s about maintaining control during a high-stakes transition.

What You Will Get

Inside the The Layoff Reset Guide

  • A calm framework for what to focus on first, what can wait, and what not to touch yet

  • Guidance for the first days and weeks after a layoff so you avoid irreversible decisions

  • How to think about severance, benefits, and timing without panic budgeting

  • A clear way to sequence financial decisions when income, equity, or benefits change

  • Perspective on rebuilding intentionally, instead of rushing to recreate your old life

Download the Guide Below

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This guide is for you if:

  • You’re a manager, director, executive, or senior contributor

  • A meaningful portion of your compensation isn’t just salary

  • You don’t want to wing it during a compressed decision window

  • You want to stay steady instead of reactive

This may not be for you if:

You’re looking for basic budgeting advice or one-size-fits-all templates. This guide assumes complexity.

Talisman Wealth Advisors works with women navigating moments where responsibility, visibility, and financial complexity collide. Career transitions are often the catalyst.

Our role is to bring structure to moments that feel overloaded, so decisions are made from clarity instead of pressure. You don’t have to carry the entire structure of your money alone.

If you want help applying this to your specific situation, such as equity, severance, benefits, or timing, you can request a short conversation.