How to Eat an Elephant

The life-changing power of managing anxiety, one bite at a time.

Anxiety doesn't discriminate. It can strike anyone, at any time of life, no matter how things look from the outside.

In 2019 successful journalist India Sturgis was admitted to the Priory with anxiety so severe she was considered a risk to herself. What followed was a long, determined journey back to herself, trying everything from medication and therapy to cold-water swimming, neurofeedback, diet changes and mindfulness. Along the way, she discovered that while anxiety can feel crippling, it is also highly treatable, and the right tools and information can turn it from an overwhelming force into something you can live well alongside.

How to Eat an Elephant is the friendly, expert-led companion to reach for when anxiety feels too big to face alone. Written with warmth and honesty, it combines India's own lived experience with the latest insights from world-leading specialists and those who have have pronounced personal experiences with anxiety disorders, to share what helped them most.

• Understand what anxiety really is (and why it is more common than ever)
• Explore treatments that work, from CBT and medication to body-based techniques and lifestyle tweaks
• Build practical everyday habits that reduce anxiety over time

Whether you're in the thick of it, or supporting someone who is, this is the approachable, no-pressure guide to living better with anxiety, not despite it.