Emma Gannon

Part One - Sabotage

As host of award-winning podcast Ctrl Alt Delete, the Sunday Times columnist has interviewed the likes of Lena Dunham, Ava DuVernay, Greta Gerwig, and many more, exploring their feelings about the internet, work, and themselves.

But what about her own life and career? 

In Sabotage, Emma investigates her relationship with self-sabotage, and why so many of us succumb to its temptation. Procrastination, jealousy, negativity, guilt: how can we overcome the obstacles that keep getting in our way?

Words on Sabotage

"This project has brought back the pure joy of writing. With the excitement of sharing with an audience who might also be interested in the same curiosities.

Sabotage is a book about success and setbacks. We all have a tendency to sabotage our own happiness, and I wanted to dig a little deeper into why it can creep up on us. In this piece, I ask myself and others the million-dollar question: how do we stop getting in our own way?” 

To hear Emma in conversation with Pound Project founder JP Watson click here

Part Two - A Year of Nothing

'In nature, things are allowed to break down and regenerate and build back up again. But as humans, it feels trickier. Life is busy. You can’t really schedule in a breakdown’

Sometimes it’s all a bit too much.

Have you considered doing nothing about it?

For years, Emma Gannon has written about work, wellbeing and productivity. Then she was struck by chronic burnout and could barely get out of bed.

Something had to change.

Returning to TPP with A Year of Nothing, the author gives a moving account of why she had no choice but to switch off, go underground, and find joy and wisdom in mundane pleasures.

Split over two books and four seasons, Emma writes with warmth about dog borrowing, dopamine dressing, learning how to swim (again), choosing to be child free, tuning into nature and much more.