July 06, 2026

Your Job Is Hijacking Your Life: How to Set Limits, Decrease Work Stress, and Reclaim Your Evenings | Guy Winch

1 hour 6 minutes

Why ruminating after hours is unpaid overtime — plus, how to handle bad bosses, beat the Sunday scaries, and actually recharge.

Dr. Guy Winch is an internationally renowned psychologist and bestselling author who advocates for integrating the science of emotional health into our daily lives. His 3 TED Talks have garnered over 35 million views and his science based self-help books have been translated into 30 languages. His newest book is: Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life.

In this episode we talk about:

Why work stress is at an all-time high — and what the pandemic permanently broke
How to tell the difference between regular stress and full-blown burnout
Why ruminating about a bad day at the office is unpaid overtime — and how to stop
Techniques for coaching yourself through hard moments without lying to yourself
How to actually recover after work — and why collapsing on the couch isn't the same as recharging
How to set limits with a difficult boss without torching the relationship
A practical tool for mapping the real stress in your job
What to do with the Sunday scaries — and one scheduling trick that actually works
How chronic work stress quietly erodes your ethics over time

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July 06, 2026

Your Job Is Hijacking Your Life: How to Set Limits, Decrease Work Stress, and Reclaim Your Evenings | Guy Winch

1 hour 6 minutes

Why ruminating after hours is unpaid overtime — plus, how to handle bad bosses, beat the Sunday scaries, and actually recharge.

In this episode we talk about:

Why work stress is at an all-time high — and what the pandemic permanently broke
How to tell the difference between regular stress and full-blown burnout
Why ruminating about a bad day at the office is unpaid overtime — and how to stop
Techniques for coaching yourself through hard moments without lying to yourself
How to actually recover after work — and why collapsing on the couch isn't the same as recharging
How to set limits with a difficult boss without torching the relationship
A practical tool for mapping the real stress in your job
What to do with the Sunday scaries — and one scheduling trick that actually works
How chronic work stress quietly erodes your ethics over time