You Can Love the Work and Still Be Affected by It.

Some jobs require more than our time.

They require our empathy.
Our patience.
Our emotional presence.
Our problem-solving.
Our ability to remain calm while someone else is having one of the hardest days of their life.

And then we’re expected to log off and somehow act like none of that came home with us.

When Helping Starts Hurting

Professional stress can show up as:

Irritability.
Emotional exhaustion.
Cynicism.
Difficulty disconnecting.
Taking people’s stories home.
Dreading work.
Feeling responsible for fixing everything.
Reduced empathy.
Poor boundaries.
Trouble concentrating.

Or staring at an email thinking:

“I’m going to circle back after my nervous system does.” 😂

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