How to stop checking your email, avoid burnout, and build better stress habits (w/ Master Fixer Kelly McGonigal)

About this episode

The episode discusses managing stress, preventing burnout, and breaking email-checking habits with expert Kelly McGonigal.

You can’t avoid stress altogether, but you can choose the kind that helps instead of harms. In this Quick Fixes episode, Anne and Frances are joined once more by Master Fixer Kelly McGonigal to tackle three listener questions in under 30 minutes. One listener asks how to spot the early signs of burnout, another worries about adding the stress of a new job to their already stressful home life, and a final Fixer wants help breaking a compulsive email-checking habit. Featured guest Follow Kelly McGonigal on Instagram and at https://www.kellymcgonigal.com Buy Kelly's book Joy Is a Risk Worth Taking Connect with the team Follow Anne on Instagram and LinkedIn   Follow Frances on Instagram and LinkedIn Watch Fixable videos on youtube.com/@TEDAudioCollective Visit Anne and Frances’ website Have a question you want Anne and Frances to solve? Email the team at fixable@ted.com or leave a voicemail at 234-349-2253 Follow TED on X , Instagram , Facebook , LinkedIn , and TikTok For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/fixable-transcripts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Anne, Frances

Guest: Kelly McGonigal

Topics covered

• stress management
• burnout prevention
• email habits
• work-life balance
• listener questions

Keywords

• stress
• burnout
• email checking
• habits
• work
• life balance
• listener questions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TED, Acast, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, ted.com

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