Context A senior leader—analytical, efficient, and quietly burning out—opened a session with: “I don’t even know what I’m feeling. I just want this to stop.” He wasn’t facing a crisis, just a steady erosion of energy and connection. He could dissect business problems, but not name his own emotions. Challenge Like many high performers, he had mastered metrics but lost fluency in emotion. In a culture where productivity is prized, feelings have become inconvenient—something t