Joy, Limits, and Meaning for Those Who Help Others

If you are someone who chooses to help for a living, yours is the work of hope. This article explores how activists, doctors, therapists, and frontline workers can stay close to pain without losing sight of joy, limits, and meaning. Being in the arena surrounds us with personal trauma, vicarious trauma, and re-traumatization. The list goes on. Yet, we continue to fight difficult battles and return for more. We are drawn to work that hurts and heals us at the same time.