Welcome everyone to today's online chat about compassion fatigue, often called "burn out". This discussion was inspired by Christine's unique story about her history with cancer many years ago. As a result of her own desire to make meaning out of adversity, she has devoted her life to caring for people with this particular type of cancer. And now, after all these years, she is feeling she has perhaps absorbed too much pain. This raises questions about her career, her future and, given the fact that her youngest child just left for college, her identity.

Christine has agreed to join us today.

Christine, thank you so much for doing this. So if this consultation accomplished everything you wanted it to and beyond, what would be the outcome?