There's a client I used to dread. Not because she was unkind. Not because the work was hard. I just knew that after every session with her, I needed two hours and a long walk to feel like myself again. What if the client draining you isn't difficult — but just wired completely differently than you are?

That "this feels gross" moment in your business? That's not fear. That's your nursing ethics doing exactly what it was trained to do.