Her professional life elicits a fierce loyalty. She feels a warm attachment towards clients and colleagues who’ve helped her survive and succeed. We sense deep gratitude for champions and mentors who have guided her through office life, its hierarchies and casual politics. She is proud of her achievements as a working professional of some import and value to her workplace. That pride—of being visible and valued in a system designed to sideline her, to render her voiceless—offers a reservoir of worth and meaning.
