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I once read that four of the main triggers of depression are losing your job, moving out of your home, divorce, and the death of a family member or close friend. In 1996, I was four for four.

I had lost Mesa, the company I had founded and led through four decades. My 24-year marriage was ending in a nasty divorce, and I had moved out of my house into a...