Anna Katharina Schaffner: ‘Exhausted: An A-Z for the Weary’

Anna Katharina Schaffner is an executive and burnout coach, a writer, and a clinical hypnotherapist. She used to be a Professor of Cultural History at the University of Kent. Her books include ‘Exhausted: An A-Z for the Weary’ (Profile, 2024), ‘The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths’ (Yale University Press, 2021), ‘Exhaustion: A History’ (Columbia University Press, 2016) and the novel ‘The Truth about Julia’ (Allen & Unwin, 2016). Anna writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and Psychology Today. Her research has been featured in national and international media, including the Guardian, BBC Radio 4, Vogue, and National Geographic.

Jeremy Carrette is Head of the School of Divinity and Professor of Philosophy, Religion and Culture at the University of Edinburgh. He has published extensively on Michel Foucault, including ‘Michel Foucault and Religion’ (Routledge, 2000) and, with James Bernauer, ‘Michel Foucault and Theology’ (Ashgate, 2004). He has also published widely on William James, including editing, with Eugene Taylor, the centenary edition of ‘The Varieties of Religious Experience’ (Routledge, 2002). His present work includes a study of William James’s pragmatic theory of love, a 20th anniversary edition of his study with Richard King, ‘Selling Spirituality’ (Routledge, 2005), and a project on William Temple, Anglicanism and the environment.