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How to Work Without Losing Your Mind

How to Work Without Losing Your Mind

Summary

'Genuinely empowering' Daisy Buchanan
'An invaluable guide to surviving professional life' Viv Groskop
'Comforting during these uncertain times' Yomi Adegoke

Award-winning journalist and editor-in-chief Cate Sevilla has survived the messy, stressy and sometimes bizarre world of work - just.

In How to Work Without Losing Your Mind, she gives an unflinchingly honest account of the bad bosses, the time spent crying in work loos, the hell and humiliation of her working life but, most importantly, she reveals the solid self-belief, the sage advice and the hard-won lessons that got her through.

Filled with humour, wit and supportive words, this book is your essential guide to fixing your relationship with your work. Press it into the hands of every womxn who is sinking in a toxic work environment, battling burnout, recovering from redundancy or trying to find the right career fit.

'Entertaining and practical; moving and funny; a helping hand from someone who's been through it' Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestselling author

Reviews

  • An invaluable guide to surviving professional life. Cate Sevilla is insightful, inventive and so supportive
    Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room

About the author

Cate Sevilla

Cate Sevilla is the editor in chief at Huff Post UK. She has led and managed editorial teams for some of the world's largest media and tech companies - including Google, BuzzFeed and Microsoft. She was a founding member of BuzzFeed UK and later became editor-in-chief at The Pool, at the helm when the company collapsed. Cate is the co-host of Sali Hughes' monthly show on Soho Radio. She is launching a podcast to accompany the publication of her debut book. American with Filipino heritage, Cate was born in California, and moved to London age 20 to marry a British man she met on Myspace - 14 years later, they are strong as ever.
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