When Letting Go Is the Right (and Hard) Thing to Do


Dear Reader, I still remember one of the last times I introduced myself as an ER doctor. It felt weird because at that point, I was doing psychotherapy more than anything else. It was the work I was passionate about, the work I felt called to. But there was a part of me that hadn’t quite let go of my former career. So I led the introduction with my old title.Because it was familiar, it still sounded impressive.And importantly, I hadn’t yet grieved what I was leaving behind. Leaving emergency...