Dr Pooja Lakshmin, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, New York Times contributor and a leading voice at the intersection of mental health and gender, focused on helping women and people from marginalized communities escape the tyranny of self-care. In 2020, Lakshmin founded Gemma - a physician led women's mental health education platform. She maintains an active private practice, where she treats women struggling a plethora of mental health-related issues. Having gone down the rabbit hole of extreme wellness herself, Real Self-Care is the author's answer to a happier, and healthier future not only for ourselves, but for our society.
In Real Self-Care, Pooja explores what it really means to take care
of ourselves and provides a revolutionary self-care framework that
is honest, compassionate, and completely actionable.
*Dr Becky Kennedy, no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Good
Inside*
A compassionate and powerful approach to true wellbeing. Real
Self-Care is a helpful and timely book, and one that every modern
woman needs.
*Julia Samuel*
A bracingly honest, galvanizing and necessarily provocative look at
what 'self-care' looks at - through a political and feminist lens.
Expect to fold down every other page.
*Pandora Sykes*
Invaluable. For anyone mothering, working, simply trying to be
their 'best self', this book will offer clarity and a new way
forward.
*Katherine Ormerod*
This isn't just another self-help book. It gives us a clear-eyed
look at the way social systems drain our energy, and a concrete set
of principles to rely on as we declare independence from these
systems. Pooja is just the kind of wise, compassionate, experienced
advisor who can help us claim health and happiness for the long
term, despite the near-impossible demands that face us all. Real
Self-Care is a much-needed sanctuary for the minds and hearts of
its readers.
*Martha Beck*
Real Self Care is a revelation. Pooja takes us through a journey of
unlearning and rediscovery to tackle burnout, make ourselves whole
again and step into our power in a world that is often stacked
against us.
*Eve Rodsky*
A gentle yet direct invitation for us to consider the things that
will really help us to be well. This is a practical and helpful
guide for anyone who has done all the things the listicles have
outlined and is still feeling overrun and worn out. Pooja provides
a real path forward paved with compassion and encouragement.
*Dr Joy Harden Bradford, Founder of Therapy for Black Girls*
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