2026-03-16
43 分钟Pushkin.
When it comes to feeling happier, the approach we take to work really matters.
The average American spends about half of their waking hours on the job,
which even if you're lucky enough to love what you do, can feel like a lot.
But work doesn't always stop at the end of the workday.
And I'm not just talking about all the unpaid sorts of work we have to do,
the cooking and cleaning and caring for family members.
I'm talking about the paid work that winds up creeping into the little free time we do have.
The metaphor I use is a pinball machine.
The work shoots out and then it starts dinging to your relationships, to your personal life,
to your thoughts, to your leisure, to your ability to recover.
This is psychologist, podcaster, and best-selling author Guy Winch.
Guy is an expert on managing all kinds of tough emotions.
But his latest book, Mind Over Grind, How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life,
is all about strategies we can use to create a healthier work-life balance.
Something Guy admits he wasn't always great at.
Literally a year into my professional career, I was totally burnt out.
I recognized that in an incident where I was in the elevator with a neighbor and it stalled between floors.
And the neighbor went into a panic.
And here I am, a psychologist.