A few years ago I saw a former client (let’s call her Christine) in a social setting. She had just gotten married, was about to have a baby, left her job, and moved from an urban area to a suburban one. As she updated me on things in her life, she expressed confidence in her decisions but also confessed it was rough at times. She then apologized for the latter pretty quickly, lest she sound ungrateful. “Why wouldn’t it be hard?” I said. “You’ve made a number of major changes in your life.” Her face instantly brightened and I thought [...]