Looking Back, then Moving Forward is a story of empowerment through the struggles of being downsized. While this book's backdrop is the transition from employment to unemployment, the lessons acquired transcend time, place, and situation.This book is filled with lessons and experiences for anyone who has ever been laid off, or fear being laid off, will encounter. It is a book of empowerment through faith that allowed me and will allow you to leap into a new, exciting future rather than fall into the pits of discouragement. This book is Looking Back, then Moving Forward. Celeste Cuffie is a devoted wife, mother, author, and motivational speaker. Her passion in life is to live it to the fullest through teaching, empowering and motivating others to live in the same manner. Although she was inspired and prompted to write this book after she was laid off for the second time in her career, this book shares with you many of the intimacies of her life, challenging the reader to their own self-assessment. Through writing this book, her goal is to inspire others to continue to move forward in life while learning lessons from personal experiences and experiences of others. Most importantly, empowering others to do the same.