The Truth About Loneliness and Burnout with Dr. Guy Winch

About this episode

Dr. Guy Winch discusses the impact of loneliness and burnout on emotional health and offers science-based tools for treatment.

Dr. Guy Winch is a licensed clinical psychologist, bestselling author, and leading voice in the science of emotional health. With more than 35 million TED Talk views and books translated into nearly 30 languages, he has helped bring the conversation around emotional hygiene into the global mainstream. While mental health often focuses on diagnosable conditions like depression and anxiety, Dr. Winch’s work centers on the everyday emotional injuries like rejection, failure, burnout, loneliness, guilt, and heartbreak. He promotes the science-based tools we can use to treat these injuries before they escalate. His TED Talks, including Why We All Need to Practice Emotional First Aid and How to Fix a Broken Heart , have become some of the most widely viewed psychology talks in the world. He is the author of the bestselling books Emotional First Aid , How to Fix a Broken Heart , The Squeaky Wheel , and Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life . In addition to maintaining a private practice in New York City, he co-hosts the Ambie-nominated Dear Therapists podcast with Lori Gottlieb and writes the popular “Dear Guy” advice column for TED. Through his clinical work…

People in this episode

Host: Tommy Mello

Guest: Dr. Guy Winch

Topics covered

• emotional health
• loneliness
• burnout
• mental health
• emotional hygiene
• resilience

Keywords

• loneliness
• burnout
• emotional health
• mental health
• emotional hygiene
• resilience
• psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mello Studios

Books & works: Emotional First Aid, How to Fix a Broken Heart, The Squeaky Wheel, Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life

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