How to Enjoy Your Life Even if You Hate Your Job feat. Guy Winch

Girls Gotta Eat

Ashley Hesseltine and Rayna Greenberg

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.5 • 29.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

This episode is truly a game changer for anyone struggling with work stress, work life balance, or honestly, just having a job in general (so, everyone?) We are welcoming back psychologist and bestselling author Guy Winch to tell us how not to let work run (and ruin) your life. We discuss how to actually turn off after work, boundaries when you work from home, a ritual for curing the Sunday Scaries and not dreading Monday morning, learning how to appreciate your job (but also, when you should quit), and tips for vacationing better including his "triple dip" theory. We also discuss work stress in a relationship, including the effects on your sex life and how not to absorb your partner's work stress. Before Guy joins us, we have a celebratory (and awkward) moment for our 8-year anniversary, and we're recapping Rayna's tour kickoff and frigid trip to Florida. Enjoy! Follow Guy on Instagram @guywinch and get his new book Mind Over Grind. Follow us on Instagram @girlsgottaeatpodcast, Ashley @ashhess, and Rayna @rayna.greenberg. Visit girlsgottaeat.com for more. Thank you to our partners this week: Hers: Get the support that actually reflects your needs. Start your free intake at forhers.com. Vivrelle: Skip the waitlist and get your first month for free at vivrelle.com with code GGE. Audible: Listen to the Audible original comedy Big Age at audible.com/bigageseries. Shopify: Test out a new idea or get serious about launching a new brand at shopify.com/gge. Rocket Money: Reach your financial goals faster at rocketmoney.com/gge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How is work impacting us in the workplace, but especially outside of the workplace? And what can we do
0:06.5	to counter that and break free? This podcast is a dear media production.
0:26.4	Hi guys.
0:28.0	Welcome back to another episode of Girls Gotta Eat.
0:30.3	Eight year anniversary episode.
0:33.3	I didn't make it.
0:34.2	Wait, why is it the ninth?
0:36.7	Well, it's this week.
0:37.9	Is it? Actually, it's this week. Is it?
0:38.6	Actually, it's the week of Valentine's Day, always. It wouldn't be the next week, the 16th? No. Because we started it before the 16th. We do this every year. You do this every year. You're sure it's not the 18th? No. Yes, I'm sure. I think we started the podcast. I think we started on the 12th, February 12th, because we go through this every year.
0:57.1	We do this every year. I'm sure. I think we started the podcast. I think we started on the 12th, February 12th,
0:55.8	because we go through this every year. We do this every year. Don't look it up, you guys.
1:01.5	You know what I even look up? What is, what do you get somebody for an eight year anniversary?
1:04.8	Wood.
1:05.5	Every year it's wood. Paper. No. What is it? Let's look. I have no idea. Gold? It should be gold every year. If you give me wood
1:12.7	for sticking with you this long, anyone. That's crazy. Eight year anniversary gift. If you give
1:20.3	wood, it better be a house. Bronze and pottery. Well, what do you know? I got you a bronze pot.
1:27.1	I'm just kidding. Okay, bronze and pottery. It symbolizes strength, durability, and the beauty of a well-crafted union. Wait, that's so cute. Modern gifts tend towards linen and lace. I did not do that for you. I got you a box of lace.
1:44.3	Well,
2:02.0	we'll think our partners and I do want to talk about it so much. We'll just get into it. Thank you to VEVrel. Skip the waitlist and get your first month for free at VRL.com with code GGE and Audible. Listen to the Audible, original comedy at Big Age at audible.com slash big age series and Shopify test out a new idea or get serious about launching a new brand at Shopify.com slash GGE.
2:03.7	And thank you to hers.
2:04.9	Get the support that actually reflects your needs.
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