The Sum of Light: Preventing and Healing Trauma, Moral Injury, and Burnout in the Helping Professions

Burnout is not a personal failure. It is an occupational hazard.

In The Sum of Light, trauma therapist and educator Lara Palay explores the hidden costs of caring: empathetic distress, moral injury, and burnout. Drawing on decades of clinical experience, neuroscience, trauma theory, and lived experience, Palay speaks directly to those in the helping professions who encounter and endure trauma every day.

Through vivid stories, memorable metaphors, and practical wisdom, this book illuminates ho...