Guy Winch

Why you should listen

Guy Winch is a licensed psychologist and an internationally renowned advocate for science-based emotional health. He has spent the last three decades adapting the findings of scientific studies into tools he uses with patients, companies, start-ups and governments to enhance and maintain emotional health in the workplace and in our personal lives. As an identical twin with a keen eye for any signs of favoritism, he believes we need to prioritize our emotional health as much as we do our physical health.

Winch's books — Emotional First Aid: Healing Rejection, Guilt, Failure, and Other Everyday Hurts; The Squeaky Wheel: Complaining the Right Way to Get Results, Improve Your Relationships and Enhance Self-Esteem; and How to Fix a Broken Heart — have been translated into 30 languages. His new book, Mind over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life, will be published in late 2025. He also wrote Dear Guy, a science-based advice column for TED’s Ideas blog, and he is the cohost of the Ambie Award Nominated Dear Therapists podcast with fellow TED speaker Lori Gottlieb.