Work-life balance is destroying me because I'm failing at both. Here's my reality: [describe work demands, personal life neglect, guilt in both areas, and what you've tried]. First truth: work-life balance is a myth; it's work-life integration that works. Identify my imbalance type: work-dominant (life is suffering), life-dominant (career is suffering), or chaotic switching (failing at both because I can't focus on either). Map the bleeding: where does work bleed into life? Where does life guilt bleed into work productivity? Where am I fully present nowhere? Analyze the guilt: guilt at work for not working enough, guilt at home for not being present - the guilt is the problem, not the balance. Decode what I actually want: is it time? Energy? Presence? Permission to rest? Different work? Different life? Or am I chasing an impossible ideal? Recognize the constraints: some seasons are work-heavy, some are life-heavy; some careers don't allow balance and I need to decide if I'm okay with that. Create the integration system: not balance (50/50 never works) but intentional seasons (3-month work push, then 3-month life focus), the presence practice (wherever I am, BE there), the guilt elimination (I'm at work, so work; I'm with family, so be with family - no apologizing), the energy management over time management (high energy work gets work time, low energy gets life time), the boundary installation (work hours vs. life hours with no bleeding), and the enough-ness definition (what's enough work success? enough life presence?). Include: what I'm sacrificing that I'll regret, what "balance" would actually look like in my specific life, and whether I'm chasing balance or just running from guilt.