I've been thinking about this pattern I keep seeing with my clients.

They've built incredible things. Successful businesses, impressive careers, the kind of life that looks amazing from the outside. And they come to me saying some version of the same thing:

"I should be happy. I have everything I thought I wanted. But I feel... empty."

The part that gets me is how guilty they feel about it. Like they're ungrateful or broken for not feeling fulfilled by their success.

But here's what I've learned: achievement doesn't automatically heal your inner world.