When Work Hijacks Your Life: Here’s How to Break Free | Guy Winch

Marriage Kids and Money: Personal Finance for Families

Andy Hill

Investing, Business, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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When work starts to take over your life, it can impact more than just your schedule. It can affect your health, relationships, and overall happiness. In this episode, we interview psychologist and bestselling author Guy Winch to explore how to reclaim balance in a world that rewards overworking. We discuss why overworking has become so common, how it affects our mental and physical well-being, and what practical steps you can take to regain control. Guy shares simple, science-backed strategies to help you set boundaries, quiet your mind after work, and reconnect with the parts of your life that matter most. If you’ve ever felt like work is crowding out everything else, this conversation will help you reset, refocus, and build a healthier relationship with your time. Learn more in Guy’s latest book, Mind Over Grind → https://amzn.to/48zLic2 RESOURCES Own Your Time – Order my first book today! MKM Coaching – Get 1-on-1 support with your family finance journey. Coast FIRE Calculator – Find out when you can slow down or stop investing for retirement. Mortgage Payoff Calculator – See how fast you can become mortgage free. YouTube – Subscribe for free to watch videos of episodes and interviews. GUEST RESOURCE Mind Over Grind by Guy Winch – Break free from overwork and reclaim your time. HOW WE MAKE MONEY + DISCLAIMER This show may contain affiliate links or links from our advertisers where we earn a commission, direct payment or products. Opinions are the creators alone. Information shared on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only and should not be considered as professional advice. Marriage Kids and Money (www.marriagekidsandmoney.com) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. CREDITS Editor: Johnny Sohl Podcast Support: Michelle Ahmed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by my new book, Own Your Time. I wrote it for parents who are doing
0:04.3	everything right on paper, but still feel stretched thin. Own your time gives you a clear path
0:09.4	to take back control of your money, your work, and your family time. Find it on Amazon or Barnes
0:15.0	and Noble. Own Your Time by Andy Hill. It's not just something you used to be. It's something you still are. You don't need to do it like you used to. You don't need to have all the friends you did and do all the things, all the interest and passions and hobbies that you did. You just need to dip into them once in a while when you can to keep those parts of you alive and nourishing. And that is what work-life balance is about.
0:38.2	The life part is about who you are and not letting that diminish too much.
0:48.0	This show is dedicated to helping you, straight into your family tree and live financially free.
0:53.1	Welcome to the Marriage Kids and Money podcast everybody.
0:55.0	This is Andy Hill.
0:56.0	And today we're talking about what to do when work takes over your life.
1:01.0	To help us discuss this topic in more depth, I've invited Guy Winch on the show today.
1:05.0	Guy is an internationally renowned psychologist who advocates for integrating the science of emotional health into our daily
1:12.2	lives. His science-based self-help books have been translated into 30 languages, and his three
1:18.1	viral TED Talks have garnered over 35 million views. Guy is also the author of the new book,
1:24.7	Mind Over Grind, How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life.
1:29.7	And when he's not helping improve the emotional health of workers, he enjoys living in Manhattan and traveling the world.
1:36.4	Welcome to the show, Guy.
1:37.4	Thank you so much for having me.
1:38.9	Absolutely.
1:39.6	Thank you for being here and talking about this important topic.
1:42.4	Now, Guy, I definitely felt like my work was
1:46.0	taking over my life when I worked in corporate America. Is this a prevalent issue across
1:51.1	the country or even globally? It's a prevalent issue certainly across the country. Globally
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