Formerly successful woman feels like a failure

Formerly successful woman feels like a failure
Formerly successful woman feels like a failure

DEAR HARRIETTE: I used to be well-known back in the day when I was at the top of my career. Now I can barely make ends meet. I feel like such a failure.

I am embarrassed to ask for help. I was a celebrity in my hometown, but now I am nothing — just a woman with a reputation of what I used to be but with nothing going for me now. How can I turn the page and change how I’m thinking so that I can have…