Common topic. Even composed a guitar piece "Pinky Bee" about it which if can get through you are doing ok with barre pressure.
Often number one thing is a good guitar action setup beginning at the fretboard nut and then all the way up.
When playing the amount of pressure needed to play cleanly is highly dynamic. Not constant pressure. Lighten up where possible saving more energy to use where needed.
Play around with different fingering and chords to see how light you can go without getting buzzes or muted notes. That can be your relaxed hand boundary for those fingerings and chords.
Like Bob Womack mentioned fret height makes a difference. I find taller frets
easier to play cleanly and if you do over press you will get note sharpening feedback that you are doing so.
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