Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World : : A Guide to Work-Life Balance / / Bryan E. Robinson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Robinson, Bryan E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 7 b/w images

A step-by-step guide to reestablishing work-life balanceAmericans love a hard worker. The employee who toils eighteen-hour days and eats meals on the run between appointments is usually viewed with a combination of respect and awe. But for many, this lifestyle leads to family problems, a decline in work productivity, and, ultimately, physical and mental burnout. Intended for anyone touched by what Robinson calls “the best-dressed problem of the twenty-first century,” Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World provides an inside look at the impact of work stress on those who live and work with workaholics—partners, spouses, children, and colleagues—as well as the appropriate techniques for clinicians who treat them.This groundbreaking book builds on the research included in three previous editions of Chained to the Desk from the best-selling author and widely respected family therapist Bryan E. Robinson. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of working from home, Robinson finds that the agonies of work stress have only become more challenging. Recent years have seen an unprecedented shift to remote work, which has made it significantly harder to maintain the already delicate work-life balance, weakened as it is by smartphones and other technology. The result is that many workaholics are more stressed and burnt out than ever before in their work, despite being constantly in the presence of family. Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World both counsels and consoles. It provides a step-by-step guide to help readers spot, understand, and ultimately recover from workaholism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Work Addiction: The New American Idol -- 1 The Making of a Workaholic -- 2 Who, Me? A Workaholic—Seriously? -- 3 How to Spot Work Addiction -- 4 Inside the Workaholic Mind -- 5 The “Off Duty” Workaholic Brain -- II When Work Addiction Hits Home -- 6 Wedded to Work Is a Family Affair -- 7 Spouses and Partners of Workaholics -- 8 The Legacy of Children of Workaholics -- III Risky Business Invasion of the Balance Snatchers -- 9 It’s Been a Hard Day’s Night Work Stress and Job Burnout -- 10 Companies Behaving Badly, Encouraging Employees to Drink the Kool-Aid -- 11 “Good Trouble” in Corporate America -- IV Recovery from Work Addiction -- 12 The Perspective Less Taken -- 13 Mindful Working -- 14 Untangling from the Workaholic Part of You -- 15 Radical Self-Care and Fierce Self-Compassion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix Managing Work Addiction and Work-Life Balance in a Hybrid World -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author