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Modern work environments increasingly expose employees to cognitive overload, emotional strain, and prolonged occupational stress, creating challenges for psychological resilience and work-life balance. Neuro-energetic factors, including cerebral energy metabolism, cognitive vitality, autonomic regulation, stress-response mechanisms, and emotional self-regulation, play an important role in maintaining adaptive psychological functioning. Brain functioning is highly dependent on efficient energy utilization, particularly for attention, decision-making, emotional regulation, and coping with demanding situations (Raichle & Mintun, 2006; Magistretti & Allaman, 2015). Prolonged exposure to stress can disturb neuroendocrine and autonomic processes, thereby increasing allostatic load and reducing an individual’s capacity to adapt effectively to workplace pressures (McEwen, 2007). Psychological resilience, however, enables individuals to maintain or regain healthy functioning when confronted with adversity and occupational demands (Southwick et al., 2014). Effective recovery from work-related stress also contributes significantly to psychological well-being and the maintenance of boundaries between professional and personal life (Sonnentag, 2018). Thus, balanced neuro-energetic functioning may strengthen emotional stability, cognitive efficiency, and adaptive coping, thereby supporting both psychological resilience and work-life balance. The present study seeks to explore these interrelationships and their implications for employee well-being, occupational health, and sustainable organizational performance.