Work is where we live: Emotional literacy and the psychological dimensions of the various relationships there

Work is where many of us live for many hours a day and yet the emotional importance of work in people's live is often downplayed. This paper argues for greater emotional literacy at work, focusing on professions for which relationships with others are key. I explore questions of motivations for doing the work we do, the emotional impacts those we work with have on us, and what we can do to make the conditions in which we work as enabling as possible.