You're listening to How to Be a Better Human.

I'm your host, Chris Duffy.

Today's guest is psychologist Guy Wynch, and Guy was actually the very first guest we ever had on this podcast, way back on our very first episode, more than six years ago.

Guy is back today to talk about his new book, Mind Over Grind, How to Break Free When Work Hidocks

Your Life.

Now, I think we're all aware of how a terrible job can dominate our thoughts and keep us up at

night.

I once worked at a place where the boss threw a plastic trash can at the wall and in the

middle of a meeting would loudly shush people who he didn't like, like, shh, shh, stop

talking.

Now, that was not a fun job.

I was very stressed and I spent a lot of time worrying while I was working there.

But what Guy points out is that our lives can get taken over by work, even when the jobs are good,

even when we like what we're doing and we respect the people who are working with. In other words, figuring out how to reclaim your life from being just about work,

that is something that applies to all of us. In today's episode, we are going to get a lot deeper

than just saying you should have a work life balance. Okay, great. What does that really mean?

We're going to figure out what is going on in our psyches, what we have control over, and how we can reclaim our mental space and energy. To get us started, here is a clip from Guy's TED Talk where he's explaining how obsessing overwork played out in his own life.

I wanted to be a psychologist since I was a teenager, and I spent years pursuing that one goal.

I opened my private practice as soon as I was licensed.

It was a risky move, not getting a day job at a hospital or a clinic,

but within one year, my practice was doing quite well,

and I was making more money than I ever made before.

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