Real self-care : a transformative program for redefining wellness (crystals, cleanses, and bubble baths not included) / Pooja Lakshmin, MD.
"From women's mental health specialist and New York Times contributor Pooja Lakshmin, MD, comes a long-overdue reckoning with the contradictions of the wellness industry and a paradigm-shifting program for practicing real self-care that will empower, uplift, and maybe even start a revolution. 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. Board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Pooja Lakshmin finds this cultural embrace of self-care incomplete at best and manipulative at worst. Fixing your troubles isn't simple as buying a new day planner or signing up for a meditation class. These faux self-care practices keep us looking outward--comparing ourselves with others or striving for a certain type of perfection.Even worse, they exonerate an oppressive social system that has betrayed women and minorities. Real self-care, in contrast, is an internal, self-reflective process that involves making difficult decisions in line with our values, and when we practice it,we shift our relationships, our workplaces, and even our broken systems. In Real Self-Care, Lakshmin helps readers understand what a real practice of caring for yourself could--and does--look like. Using case studies from her practice, clinical research,and the down-to-earth style that she's become known for, Lakshmin provides a step-by-step program for real and sustainable change and solace. Packed with actionable strategies to deal with common problems, Real Self-Care is a complete roadmap for women to set boundaries and move past guilt, treat themselves with compassion, get closer to themselves, and assert their power. The result--having ownership over one's own life--is nothing less than a personal and social revolution."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593489727
- ISBN: 0593489721
- Physical Description: xxix, 253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : Penguin Life, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: The tyranny of faux self-care -- Empty calories: faux self-care hasn't saved us -- Why it's hard to resist the seduction: the ways we turn to faux self-care -- The game is rigged: you're not the problem -- Part II: Real self-care is an inside job-- Taking back the reins: the four principles of real self-care -- Real self-care requires boundaries: moving past guilt -- Real self-care means treating yourself with compassion: permission to be good enough -- Real self-care brings you closer to yourself: building your real self-care compass -- Real self-care is an assertion of power: claiming what's yours and remaking the system. |
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Subject: | Self-care, Health. |
Genre: | Self-help publications. Informational works. |
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