# Episode 266: 266. Is Blue Monday actually real? PLUS! Autistic Barbie, career pivots and the science of 'wintering' - This Week in Work, 13th January 2026

- **Date:** 2026-01-13
- **Guests:** 
- **Duration:** 3283s
- **Listen:** https://truthliesandwork.com/266

## Segments (7)

- [Word of the Week: Wintering](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/266-word-of-the-week-wintering.md) — news-roundup, start 220s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/266?t=220)
- [Story 2: When is it really time for a career pivot?](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/266-story-2-when-is-it-really-time-for-a-career-pivot.md) — news-roundup, start 590s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/266?t=590)
- [Story 3: Mattel launches its first autistic Barbie](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/266-story-3-mattel-launches-its-first-autistic-barbie.md) — news-roundup, start 1000s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/266?t=1000)
- [Truth or Lie: Is Blue Monday real?](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/266-truth-or-lie-is-blue-monday-real.md) — truth-or-lie, start 1557s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/266?t=1557)
- [Workplace Surgery: culture diagnostics beyond surveys](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/266-workplace-surgery-culture-diagnostics-beyond-surveys.md) — workplace-surgery, start 2307s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/266?t=2307)
- [Workplace Surgery: building high-performance teams without burnout](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/266-workplace-surgery-building-high-performance-teams-without-burnout.md) — workplace-surgery, start 2708s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/266?t=2708)
- [Workplace Surgery: when policies say balance but staff disagree](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/segments/266-workplace-surgery-when-policies-say-balance-but-staff-disagree.md) — workplace-surgery, start 2958s · [listen](https://truthliesandwork.com/266?t=2958)