Do You Invest in Yourself like You Do Your Clients?

In this third piece arguing against the idea that it’s possible to “care too much” in care work, I suggest that you keep caring for others, but care for yourself, too.

I have talked about the concept of “caring too much” in care work and the idea that this “caring” leads to bad boundaries and burnout.

I don’t believe it’s possible to care too much. Rather, I have argued that suffering emerges from…