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Overwhelmed

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The psychological toolkit for anyone feeling overwhelmed: award-winning author Claudia Hammond offers practical strategies to manage procrastination, regret, imposter syndrome, perfectionism and mo...
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  • 04 August 2026
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The psychological toolkit for anyone feeling overwhelmed: award-winning author Claudia Hammond offers practical strategies to manage procrastination, regret, imposter syndrome, perfectionism and more

All of us are familiar with the unsettling sensation of overwhelm: it's as if there's ever more to do, and ever less time in which to do it. The good news is, even if you can't see it yet, there is a way out.

In this liberating new book, award-winning writer and presenter of BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind Claudia Hammond helps us to take the pressure off with a psychological toolkit that is both practical and evidence-based.

Each chapter addresses a particular problem that can trap us into feeling overwhelmed - from procrastination to the fear of regret, imposter syndrome, perfectionism and a seemingly never-ending to-do list - and offers science-backed solutions.

Calm, clear and convincing, Overwhelmed will give you the tools to take on everything life throws at you.

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Price: $27.00
Pages: 288
Publisher: Canongate Books
Imprint: Canongate Books
Publication Date: 04 August 2026
Trim Size: 6.26 X 8.66 in
ISBN: 9781837262274
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: SELF-HELP / Self-Management / Stress Management, Popular psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational, SELF-HELP / Emotions, Coping with / advice about stress and stress-related issues or topics
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"Full of evidence-based strategies to help reduce the strain" The Times

"Claudia Hammond's books are a solace in troubled times" FEARNE COTTON

"A soothing balm for a frazzled generation" ADAM RUTHERFORD on The Art of Rest

"A guide to combating the plethora of pressures that modern life brings" Radio Times

"Claudia 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 Regret

"In 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

"Do you often feel like it's all just too much? You're not alone, and Claudia Hammond - presenter of BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind - is here to help" iPaper

"Possibly the best self-help book I have read" Tablet

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 and 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 last book, The Keys to Kindness, won the People's Book Prize Best Achievement Award.

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