Your Job Is Hijacking Your Life: How to Set Limits, Decrease Work Stress, and Reclaim Your Evenings | Guy Winch
About this episode
Why ruminating after hours is unpaid overtime — plus, how to handle bad bosses, beat the Sunday scaries, and actually recharge.
Dr. Guy Winch is an internationally renowned psychologist and bestselling author who advocates for integrating the science of emotional health into our daily lives. His 3 TED Talks have garnered over 35 million views and his science based self-help books have been translated into 30 languages. His newest book is: Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life.
In this episode we talk about:
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Why work stress is at an all-time high — and what the pandemic permanently broke
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How to tell the difference between regular stress and full-blown burnout
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Why ruminating about a bad day at the office is unpaid overtime — and how to stop
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Techniques for coaching yourself through hard moments without lying to yourself
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How to actually recover after work — and why collapsing on the couch isn't the same as recharging
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How to set limits with a difficult boss without torching the relationship
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A practical tool for mapping the real stress in your job
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What to do with the Sunday scaries — and one scheduling trick that actually works
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How chronic work stress quietly erodes your ethics over time
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