Psychology at Work | Career Success, Leadership, Communication Skills 87. When Work Hijacks Your Life and How to Get It Back (Top Psychologist Shares)
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Feb 11, 2026 
Guy Winch, psychologist and bestselling author focused on emotional health, discusses why work keeps taking over our minds. He outlines how spillover shows up at home. He explains rumination, job insecurity, and simple habits to reclaim personal time. He shares 15-minute practices, multisensory transition rituals, and ways to turn worry into action.
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Workday Ends When Thoughts Stop
- Your workday ends when you stop thinking about work, not when you close your laptop.
- If your mind stays on work you are still effectively at work and can't fully engage at home.
Work Moods Are Contagious At Home
- Negative moods from work are highly contagious and leak into family interactions.
- Being tense or checked-out at home shows up to others even if you try to hide it.
Unconscious Prioritizes Work Threats
- Our unconscious prioritizes immediate relief and concrete threats over long-term trade-offs.
- That makes work feel like the most important thing and keeps you mentally focused on it automatically.
