When Jenny Dempsey lost her dad, then her job, then got rejected by 400 employers, she didn't find her way forward on a trend feed or a job board. She found it in a friend's basement, in the shape of a junky table. This episode is a conversation about grief, layoffs, and how redefining success sometimes starts in the most unexpected places.

Before I start interviewing other people about the moments that changed everything, you should know mine. This is the story behind Success, Rewritten — and the manic episode, the layoff, and the decade in between that made it necessary.