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REAL SELF-CARE
A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystal, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)
From board-certified psychiatrist and women's mental health specialist Pooja Lakshmin, MD, comes a long-overdue reckoning with the contradictions of the wellness industry and hands-on strategies for practicing real and lasting self-care.
You may have noticed that it's nearly impossible to go even a couple days without coming across the term self-care. A word that encompasses any number of lifestyle choices and products - from juice cleanses to yoga workshops to luxury bamboo sheets - self-care has exploded in our collective consciousness as a panacea for practically all of women's problems.
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin finds this cultural embrace of self-care incomplete at best and manipulative at worst. Self-care dogma says that to fix your troubles is as simple as buying a new day planner or signing up for a meditation class. But the game is rigged. The self-care fixes that our culture prescribes keep us looking outward - comparing ourselves with others or striving for a certain type of perfection. Real self-care, in contrast, is not as simple as a fancy spa retreat or a journaling app; it's an internal process that involves hard work and making difficult decisions.
REAL SELF-CARE shows readers the difference between the two, lifting the veil on faux self-care and reconceptualizing our understanding of what a real practice of caring for yourself could - and should - look like. Using case studies, clinical research, and compassion, Lakshmin provides actionable strategies for real and sustainable change and solace, helping readers set boundaries and move past guilt, treat themselves with compassion, get closer to themselves, and assert their power.
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and author specializing in women's mental health with a focus on how broken social systems impact women's emotional lives. In 2020 Lakshmin founded Gemma, a digital women's mental health platform. She maintains an active private practice, where she treats women struggling with burnout, perfectionism, and disillusionment, as well as clinical conditions like depression and anxiety. She is looking forward to changing the cultural conversation surrounding self-care.
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin finds this cultural embrace of self-care incomplete at best and manipulative at worst. Self-care dogma says that to fix your troubles is as simple as buying a new day planner or signing up for a meditation class. But the game is rigged. The self-care fixes that our culture prescribes keep us looking outward - comparing ourselves with others or striving for a certain type of perfection. Real self-care, in contrast, is not as simple as a fancy spa retreat or a journaling app; it's an internal process that involves hard work and making difficult decisions.
REAL SELF-CARE shows readers the difference between the two, lifting the veil on faux self-care and reconceptualizing our understanding of what a real practice of caring for yourself could - and should - look like. Using case studies, clinical research, and compassion, Lakshmin provides actionable strategies for real and sustainable change and solace, helping readers set boundaries and move past guilt, treat themselves with compassion, get closer to themselves, and assert their power.
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and author specializing in women's mental health with a focus on how broken social systems impact women's emotional lives. In 2020 Lakshmin founded Gemma, a digital women's mental health platform. She maintains an active private practice, where she treats women struggling with burnout, perfectionism, and disillusionment, as well as clinical conditions like depression and anxiety. She is looking forward to changing the cultural conversation surrounding self-care.
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Published 2023-03-14 by Penguin Life |
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