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Real Self-Care
- Author
- Pooja Lakshmin
- Narrator
- Pooja Lakshmin
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 23 February 2023
- Run Time
- 6 hours 15 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Coping with / advice about stress, Women's health, Complementary therapies, healing and health
- Rating
- 4.0 (1 review)
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Self-care has become a staple in women's lives. From juice cleanses to yoga workshops to luxury bamboo sheets, we are sold breezy fixes in pastel-coloured packages, and then made to feel at fault when they don't work, like there is something wrong with us. But we are not broken: the game is rigged against us. And if we set aside those activities that don't serve us, we can all reconnect with ourselves and become agents of change in our lives.
In Real Self-Care, psychiatrist and women's mental health specialist Dr Pooja Lakshmin will help you understand what a real and sustainable practice of caring for yourself looks like. Using case studies, clinical research and actionable strategies to deal with common problems, this book will help you set boundaries and move past guilt, treat yourself with compassion, live a life aligned with your values and assert your power. The result - having ownership over your life - is nothing less than a personal and social revolution.
Because real self-care is not a noun - it's a verb. And while it may not be as easy as buying that crystal-infused water bottle, the rewards are infinite.
©2023 Pooja Lakshmin (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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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
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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
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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
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Invaluable. For anyone mothering, working, simply trying to be their 'best self', this book will offer clarity and a new way forward.
Katherine Ormerod
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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
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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
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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
User Reviews
Book 4.0
Narration 3.0
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4.0 3.0
Good in places, thought provoking. Perhaps better as a physical book than an audiobook.
bluelooper 2026-06-09
Details
- Author
- Pooja Lakshmin
- Narrator
- Pooja Lakshmin
- Duration
- 6 hours 15 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 February 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529190373
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Coping with / advice about stress, Women's health, Complementary therapies, healing and health
- Rating
- 4.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 3.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Self-care has become a staple in women's lives. From juice cleanses to yoga workshops to luxury bamboo sheets, we are sold breezy fixes in pastel-coloured packages, and then made to feel at fault when they don't work, like there is something wrong with us. But we are not broken: the game is rigged against us. And if we set aside those activities that don't serve us, we can all reconnect with ourselves and become agents of change in our lives.In Real Self-Care, psychiatrist and women's mental health specialist Dr Pooja Lakshmin will help you understand what a real and sustainable practice of caring for yourself looks like. Using case studies, clinical research and actionable strategies to deal with common problems, this book will help you set boundaries and move past guilt, treat yourself with compassion, live a life aligned with your values and assert your power. The result - having ownership over your life - is nothing less than a personal and social revolution.Because real self-care is not a noun - it's a verb. And while it may not be as easy as buying that crystal-infused water bottle, the rewards are infinite.©2023 Pooja Lakshmin (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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