“According to a recent study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, unemployment is a major risk factor for depression, even in people without previous vulnerability. Because my husband is an architect—the housing market is dead, remember—whose work has slowed down substantially, I have an invested interest in this topic and wanted to know what I could do to help him stay physically and emotionally healthy, since, theoretically, one of us should be. Here, then, are 12 steps to bust your depression when you’re unemployed.”

-Therese Borchard of The Huffington Post