Recently, my boss tasked me with something that, I’ll be honest, threw me for a loop when she first said it. You see, every week we have a check-in where we talk about work, sure, but also just check in on life. Because I have so many medical things going on at the moment, most of our check-ins are about that. The last few weeks at work, however, have been pretty hectic so when we sat down this past week and she said, “How are you feeling?” my response was, “Physically or mentally?”

Of course she...