Why Your Emotional Wounds Are Slowly Destroying You — Dr. Guy Winch on Rejection, Loneliness & Healing
3/24/202653 min
On this episode of We're Out Of Time, Richard Taite sits down with psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Guy Winch to explore why emotional pain is one of the most overlooked — and dangerous — forces in human life.
Dr. Winch breaks down the science of emotional first aid, explaining why we treat physical injuries with urgency but leave emotional wounds to fester until they quietly destroy our confidence, our relationships, and our health. He reveals why burnout is now killing hundreds of thousands of people a year, why loneliness is far more psychologically damaging than most people realize, and why...
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First 90 secondsGuy Winch· Guest0:00
At a time when we're actually supposed to be reviving our confidence, reviving our self-esteem, reminding ourselves what we do bring to the table so that we feel good about ourselves, we do the opposite.
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Richard Taite· Host0:46
Joining me today is my friend, psychologist Dr. Guy Winch, who has spent years studying something we all experience but rarely treat properly, emotional pain. He's the author of the book "Emotional First Aid," and his TED Talk on the subject has been viewed by millions of people around the world. His work focuses on the everyday emotional injuries people experience, things like rejection, loneliness, failure, and heartbreak, and why we tend to ignore those wounds until they start affecting our mental health, our relationships, and sometimes even lead to destructive coping behaviors. Guy, it's great to have you with us. Guy, you talk about emotional