Dr. Guy Winch on Overcoming the Stresses of School, Work, & Admissions

About this episode

Dr. Guy Winch discusses his new book and strategies for overcoming stress related to school, work, and admissions.

In this episode of Status Check with Spivey , Dr. Guy Winch returns to the podcast for a conversation about his new book, Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life . They discuss burnout (especially for those in school or their early career), how society glorifies overworking even when it doesn’t lead to better outcomes (5:53), the difference between rumination and valuable self-analysis (11:02), the question Dr. Winch asks patients who are struggling with work-life balance that you can ask yourself (17:58), how to reduce the stress of the waiting process in admissions and the job search (24:36), and more. Dr. Winch is a prominent psychologist, speaker, and author whose TED Talks on emotional well-being have over 35 million combined views. He has a podcast with co-host Lori Gottlieb, Dear Therapists . Dr. Winch’s new book, Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life, is out today ! Our last episode with Dr. Winch, “Dr. Guy Winch on Handling Rejection (& Waiting) in Admissions,” is here . You can listen and subscribe to Status Check with Spivey on ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ , and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ . You can read a full transcript of this…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Guy Winch

Topics covered

• burnout
• work-life balance
• admissions stress
• self-analysis

Keywords

• Mind Over Grind
• emotional well-being
• TED Talks

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life

Books & works: Overcoming the Stresses of School, Work, & Admissions, Status Check with Spivey, Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life, TED Talks, Dear Therapists

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