Imagine this scenario:

Andrea is a child therapist in a large group practice. She recently took over some clients from a colleague who went on parental leave. Her boss calls her in and says that one of the client families has expressed they don't find her as helpful as her colleague. At the family's request, her boss has reassigned the family to another clinician.

Andrea starts to ruminate about what she did wrong, and worry it's going to happen frequently, even though this type of event has been rare in her decade-long career .

We know from research that a sense of purpose is a powerful antidote to anxiety .

The antidote to anxiety is doing things that feel more important to you than avoiding anxiety. Your sense of purpose needs to be stronger than your desire to avoid diffi

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