About this episode

This episode discusses how to stop mentally bringing work home and the psychological reasons behind it.

How to stop taking work home in your head You're on the sofa. Or making dinner. Or lying in bed. And your brain is still at work. It's replaying that conversation from this afternoon, rewriting the email you already sent, rehearsing tomorrow's meeting complete with responses to things nobody has said yet. You know you're doing it. You can feel yourself thinking about work, and knowing that doesn't help you stop. This isn't a willpower problem. Your brain is doing exactly what it's designed to do: holding onto open loops. Every unresolved conversation, every decision you haven't made, every task you didn't finish, it's all running in the background because your brain doesn't trust the information has been saved anywhere else. And for women in leadership, this runs deeper, because the things keeping you awake aren't just tasks. They're relational. Did that feedback come across the way I intended? Is she upset with me? Was I too direct? This episode covers: Why your brain treats unfinished business like an unsaved document, and what that means for how you end your day The two types of after-hours thinking (task loops and emotional residue) and why they need completely different…

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Owen-Meehan

Topics covered

• work-life balance
• mental health
• leadership
• emotional intelligence
• productivity

Keywords

• work home
• mental loops
• emotional residue
• leadership challenges
• productivity tips

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