Today on the show, my boss constantly unloads her emotional baggage on me.

I'm drained and I don't know what to do.

Dear life kit.

Dear life kit.

Dear life kit.

Dear life kit.

I have a question for you.

This is Dear Life Kit, from NPR.

How can I become a better caretaker?

How do I deal with my parents' unrealistic expectations?

And we're getting personal.

I'm catching feelings for someone, but they're married.

I'm your host, Andy Tagle.

Every episode, we answer one of your most pressing and intimate anonymous questions with expert advice.

There's nothing in a job description that says, like, you have to be incredibly emotionally invested and you have to be friends with everyone.

That's today's expert, Anne Helen Peterson.

Anne is a journalist, author of the Culture Study newsletter, and host of the podcast, Work Appropriate.

Both her writing and her show offer practical and humorous advice on tackling the wild world of work.

And that's exactly what we're seeking today for a listener who can't seem to catch a break from dealing with other people's feelings in the break room.

Stay tuned.

Okay, Anne, what's your favorite verbal pivot?

You know, like, when you're done with a conversation and you want to signal to someone, I want to go.

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