Real Self-Care

Powerful Practices to Nourish Yourself From the Inside Out

Pooja Lakshmin

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Cornerstone Press
23 March 2023

Women's health; Coping with stress; Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem

Full of authenticity and compassion, REAL SELF-CARE is a manifesto for real self-care and a hands-on guide to true wellbeing.

Feeling down? Burnt out? Like it's impossible to balance your personal and professional life? Why not indulge in some easy self-care, like a juice cleanse or a gratitude journal?

In the past decade, self-care has become a staple in women's lives. We are sold breezy fixes in pastel-coloured packages, and then made to feel at fault when they don't work. But if we set aside those activities that don't serve us, we can all do the personal work of strengthening our relationships with ourselves.

In Empowered, clinical psychiatrist and women's health expert Pooja Lakshmin will give you the tools you need to engage in real self-care practices, ones that connect you with yourself and empower you as an agent of change in your own life.

This book will show you that-

Real self-care requires setting boundaries and moving past guilt. Real self-care means treating yourself with compassion. Real self-care brings you closer to yourself. Real self-care is an assertion of power.

Because real self-care is not a noun - it's a verb. And while it may not be as easy as buying that amethyst crystal-infused water bottle, the rewards are infinite.

By: Pooja Lakshmin
Imprint: Cornerstone Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 144mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 407g
ISBN: 9781529900095
ISBN 10: 1529900093
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 23 March 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 centering impact and equity. 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. Having gone down the rabbit hole of extreme wellness herself, Real Self-Care is her answer to the juice cleanses, the gratitude lists, and the bubble baths - not only to care for ourselves for real but, in turn, to transform our broken culture.

Reviews for Real Self-Care: Powerful Practices to Nourish Yourself From the Inside Out

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 *