{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Plenty with Kate Northrup","title":"Episode 190: Workaholism: The Only Culturally Celebrated Addiction That's Killing Us and How We Can Stop It","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3976,"description":"There’s a pattern so many of us have been indoctrinated into that’s depleting our bodies, our relationships, our planet, our innovation, and even our productivity.\nWhat makes it so insidious is that we’re celebrated for it, and many of us spend our whole lives in a reward loop that affirms a behavior that’s not doing us any favors.\nThe addiction?\nWork.\nAlcohol addiction, drug addiction, sex addiction, shopping addiction, gambling addiction, and more are recognized as problematic behaviors for which treatment and healing can and should be sought.\nOverwork, however?\nWe just throw each other a parade for that.\nToday on the podcast Mike and I are talking about our collective obsession with work and how it’s killing us on multiple levels.\nIf you suspect that your addiction to work is holding you back in more ways than one, you’re gonna want to listen in.\nThis episode is likely going to get under your skin in a way that’s simultaneously uncomfortable and necessary.\nAnd just in case you think we’re being righteous on our “we’ve already figured this thing out” high horses, we’re not.\nWe share our recent foibles with slipping back into overwork and how we tend to those old patterns on a daily basis so that they don’t get the better of our souls.\nCan’t wait to hear how this one lands with you.\nShow notes and links for this episode can be found at http://www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o03JRta_QRrWYpVnGEniH9ofqOD9uyABk7kkXvT0B_E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ1MzMzLzE2OTUz/ODkwNzQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}