Managing Sensory Overload at Work (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Staten House, 2026
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Paperback. The workday that looks fine from outside The office looks quiet enough. The meetings sound reasonable. The calendar, from any outside view, is normal. Yet by five you cannot speak, by six you cannot make dinner, and for years you have quietly wondered whether something is wrong with you. Nothing is wrong with you. Your nervous system processes sensory input more deeply than the standard workplace was designed for, and the daily cost is real. This book gives you a working system for it. What this book delivers Managing Sensory Overload at Work is a workplace-specific, plain-English guide for professionals whose sensory processing runs closer to the threshold than average. Across thirteen chapters, you get a Trigger Ledger method to map your workweek honestly, a Sensory Budget approach for planning around finite capacity, and tactical protocols for the four channels that cost sensitive professionals the most: sound, light, social interaction, and video calls. Later chapters give you the language for requesting accommodations without disclosing a diagnosis, a set of ready-to-adapt scripts for managers and human resources, a four-week recovery protocol for readers already in sensory burnout, and a design conversation for shaping a working life your nervous system can sustain. Why this book is different Most sensory books address the trait itself or the person in general life. Most workplace books address the average nervous system. This book sits in the specific gap where those two conversations should meet. It is written for the post-hybrid workplace of the mid-2020s, it treats video-call fatigue as a distinct sensory problem, and it works across neurotypes rather than requiring you to hold a specific diagnosis. This book is for readers who Work in offices, hybrid arrangements, or remote roles and find the sensory cost of the workday adds up faster than colleagues seem to notice. Identify with highly sensitive person, autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, or misophonic profiles, or recognise the pattern without any label. Have tried noise-cancelling headphones, breathing exercises, or productivity systems and still hit the same wall by mid-afternoon. Want workplace strategies rather than personality quizzes. Are looking for a working system, not a manifesto. A practical place to begin If you want a clear, structured, working guide to sensory sustainability at work, this book offers a practical place to start. Read it once for the frame, then use it as a reference through the working year. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Managing Sensory Overload at Work (Paperback)
- Author
- Isla Bramwell Fenn
- Publisher
- Staten House
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798905991943
The workday that looks fine from outside
The office looks quiet enough. The meetings sound reasonable. The calendar, from any outside view, is normal. Yet by five you cannot speak, by six you cannot make dinner, and for years you have quietly wondered whether something is wrong with you.
Nothing is wrong with you. Your nervous system processes sensory input more deeply than the standard workplace was designed for, and the daily cost is real. This book gives you a working system for it.
What this book delivers
Managing Sensory Overload at Work is a workplace-specific, plain-English guide for professionals whose sensory processing runs closer to the threshold than average. Across thirteen chapters, you get a Trigger Ledger method to map your workweek honestly, a Sensory Budget approach for planning around finite capacity, and tactical protocols for the four channels that cost sensitive professionals the most: sound, light, social interaction, and video calls.
Later chapters give you the language for requesting accommodations without disclosing a diagnosis, a set of ready-to-adapt scripts for managers and human resources, a four-week recovery protocol for readers already in sensory burnout, and a design conversation for shaping a working life your nervous system can sustain.
Why this book is different
Most sensory books address the trait itself or the person in general life. Most workplace books address the average nervous system. This book sits in the specific gap where those two conversations should meet. It is written for the post-hybrid workplace of the mid-2020s, it treats video-call fatigue as a distinct sensory problem, and it works across neurotypes rather than requiring you to hold a specific diagnosis.
This book is for readers who
Work in offices, hybrid arrangements, or remote roles and find the sensory cost of the workday adds up faster than colleagues seem to notice.
Identify with highly sensitive person, autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, or misophonic profiles, or recognise the pattern without any label.
Have tried noise-cancelling headphones, breathing exercises, or productivity systems and still hit the same wall by mid-afternoon.
Want workplace strategies rather than personality quizzes.
Are looking for a working system, not a manifesto.
A practical place to begin
If you want a clear, structured, working guide to sensory sustainability at work, this book offers a practical place to start. Read it once for the frame, then use it as a reference through the working year.
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