Why You’re So Tired After “Just Talking” to Clients: The Hidden Weight of Holding Space

You’ve probably said it yourself or heard another practitioner say it:

“I don’t know why I’m so tired… I just spent the day talking to clients.”

And the honest response?
“Your brain and nervous system were working overtime all day.”

So let’s get one thing out of the way right now:

You are not weak. You are not too sensitive. You’re not “bad at boundaries.”

You’re a practitioner whose entire nervous system is showing up to support someone else and that comes with a real energetic cost.

It’s time to stop shaming yourself for your thinner capacity, for feeling overwhelmed, for feeling dysregulated, or for feeling completely “done” after you close your last session of the day.

Because when you’re working with a client, you have no idea how many layers your body and brain are navigating underneath the service.

Most people think they’re “just talking.”

But you are doing so much more than tha...