Guy Winch: First Aid for Your Work Life

About this episode

Guy Winch discusses strategies for managing work-related stress and preventing burnout.

Most of us have gotten up on a Monday morning and thought: I simply cannot do this today. Our job is grinding us down in that slow, invisible way that work does when we're not managing it well. Psychotherapist, author, and podcast host Guy Winch has spent his career sitting with people who have experienced this for a passel of reasons from sabotaging coworkers to unrealistic goals. His new book Mind Over Grind is a practical, science-backed guide to surviving your job—even when it really, truly sucks. In this episode, Caitlin and Guy dig into why so many of us experience our jobs as far more stressful than they objectively need to be, what the Goldilocks zone of stress actually looks like, and how to catch yourself before you blow past it. Guy also speaks candidly about his own early burnout and the slow, identity-shifting work it took to come back from it—including why your Netflix queue might not be doing what you think it's doing when it comes to real recovery. Resources Mind Over Grind by Guy Winch Guy's podcast: Dear Therapists (with Lori Gottlieb) Caitlin's rec: How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job by Dale Carnegie Ben's rec: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle…

People in this episode

Hosts: Caitlin Schiller, Ben Schuman-Stoler

Guest: Guy Winch

Topics covered

• work stress
• burnout
• mental health
• productivity
• personal development

Keywords

• work life
• stress management
• psychotherapy
• career advice
• self-help

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Mind Over Grind

Books & works: How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

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