Overwhelmed, 9781837262281
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Overwhelmed

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    13 April 2026

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Summary

Taming the Tide: A Guide to Overcoming Overwhelm

There’s too much to do in too little time. The demands made on us and the pressure put on us seem relentless. We expect more of ourselves. And yet completing even everyday tasks is a struggle.

All of us are familiar with this unsettling sensation of acceleration - the feeling that there’s ever more to do, and ever less time in which to do it. This is overwhelm: that persistent feeling that you can’t c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781837262281
ISBN-10:1837262284
Author:Claudia Hammond
Publisher:Canongate Books
Imprint:Canongate Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:13 April 2026
Weight:336g
Dimensions:153mm x 214mm x 21mm
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Critics Review

A soothing balm for a frazzled generation – ADAM RUTHERFORD on THE ART OF RESTClaudia Hammond’s books are a solace in troubled times – FEARNE COTTONClaudia Hammond has written a book about modern overload that actually lowers your pulse as you read it. She doesn’t shout about success; she whispers about sanity. Her winning blend of science, empathy and humour offers the ideal cure for overwhelm – DANIEL H. PINK, #1 New York Times bestselling author of DRIVE, WHEN and THE POWER OF REGRETIn Overwhelmed, Claudia offers a psychological toolkit with practical strategies to manage procrastination, regret, imposter syndrome, perfectionism and much more. It will be a valuable guide to many! – NIR EYAL, author of INDISTRACTABLE[A] sane and enjoyable psychological toolkit … a welcome balm for anyone baulking at their to-do list – CAROLINE SANDERSON * * Bookseller * *

About The Author

Claudia Hammond

Claudia Hammond is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. She is Visiting Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Sussex and is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind. She has been awarded the President’s Medal from the British Academy, the British Psychological Society’s Public Engagement & Media Award, Mind’s Making a Difference Award and the British Neuroscience Association’s Public Understanding of Neuroscience Award. She is the author of Emotional Rollercoaster, Mind over Money, Time Warped, which won the Aeon Transmission Award and the BPS’ Best Popular Science Book Award, and The Art of Rest, which was also shortlisted for the latter and was picked for Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month. Her latest book, The Keys to Kindness, won the People’s Book Prize Best Achievement Award.

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