Dr Emily - Overcome With Overwhelm?

Dr Emily - Overcome With Overwhelm?

From The Imperfects by Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg

April 5, 2026 · 1h 2m · Season 8 · Episode 10

About this episode

Dr Emily discusses strategies to manage overwhelm and build resilience.

Looking for strategies to help deal with the overwhelm of, well, everything? Same. Dr Emily, our resident psychologist, is back in the studio to talk through overwhelm; how to greet it, how to get through it, and how to build your resilience towards it. 💌Join 6,500+ people getting our takeaways and favourite moments from this episode in our weekly newsletter -  http://bit.ly/45NyQDy In this episode, Dr Emily introduces how to understand your ‘window of tolerance,’ the cost of being overwhelmed for too long, and what happens when we slip into avoidance. OF COURSE, this episode is delightfully sprinkled with practical strategies that you can do right now, in this moment, to ease the burden of the overwhelm. Dr Em, this episode was an emotional regulation for the ages. 🫖 Other Imperfects episodes mentioned in this episode Dr Emily - How to Stress Less - https://bit.ly/4tiZa2y Mick Fanning - Riding The Waves Of Loss - https://bit.ly/4s29wCI 📖 Things to read Burnout, by Emily and Amelia Nagoski - https://bit.ly/4c18Yah 💪 Things to do The Hulk Progressive Relaxation Technique - https://bit.ly/3PFv4Yq 🩷To host your own Vulnerabilitea House, purchase…

People in this episode

Hosts: Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton, Josh van Cuylenburg

Guest: Dr Emily

Topics covered

  • overwhelm
  • emotional regulation
  • resilience
  • mental health
  • psychology
  • stress management

Keywords

  • overwhelm
  • resilience
  • emotional regulation
  • stress management
  • psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Burnout, by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, The Hulk Progressive Relaxation Technique, My Imperfect Life, How to Stress Less, Riding The Waves Of Loss

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