New Delhi, June 3 -- A 42-year-old client says she feels emotionally wiped out. "It feels like everything in life demands my energy and requires my involvement. I'm constantly managing something at work or at home. No matter how well I eat, exercise, or even after I get 8 hours of sleep, this feeling lingers."

While she seemed to be ticking all the boxes for physical rest, I wondered if what was missing was emotional nourishment. As we explored this together, what unfolded was that she had paused all the activities that allowed her to experience satisfaction and presence, such as painting and going for treks.

This is a pattern that I see in therapy where clients describe feeling emotionally off-centre and exhausted, despite resting, and...