Per My Last Email Work Will Always Affect Your Personal Life – Here’s How to Control It
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Dec 15, 2025 Kaila and Kyle dive into how family shapes career paths and perceptions. They discuss the delicate balance of sharing work experiences with loved ones. The spillover-crossover model reveals how work emotions seep into personal life. They caution against co-rumination while advocating for time-boxed venting. Kaila shares her journey from childhood encouragement to a dynamic career, while Kyle reflects on broadening his career horizons post-college. Finally, they offer practical tactics for reflecting on family influences and fostering diverse opportunities for the next generation.
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Work Emotions Don’t Stay At Work
- Feelings from work bleed into personal life via spillover and affect loved ones via crossover.
- Recognize this link and plan strategies to contain work emotions before they spread to relationships.
Timebox Venting To Stop Spirals
- Timebox your venting and create a plan for moving to solutions or other topics after.
- Limit co-rumination to avoid spirals that worsen work performance and relationships.
Mutual Venting Can Magnify Problems
- Corumination amplifies negative feelings when both parties obsess over the same workplace grievance.
- Research shows it creates downward spirals that reduce work effectiveness and harm relationships.
