Autocuidado del Bueno / Real Self-Care - by Pooja Laskshmin (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Redefine el amor propio sin frases motivacionales ni rituales falsos.

A pesar de practicar journaling todas las mañanas, meditar y enlistar las cosas por las que estás agradecida, ¿continúas exhausta y desesperada por encontrar paz? Probablemente sea porque caíste en las redes del autocuidado ficticio y diste soluciones superficiales a tus malestares. Hoy en día es imposible pasar un solo segundo sin ser hostigadas por nuevos productos que prometen cambiar nuestra vida. Ya sea que se trate de una nueva rutina de skincare, una dieta o el programa de entrenamiento de moda, las claves para tu bienestar no pueden venir del exterior.

¡Estás dejando tu felicidad en manos de otros! En este programa para redefinir el amor propio, la doctora Pooja Lakshmin te ofrece una guía para que identifiques y te alejes de la tiranía del self-care falso. Con él, serás capaz de «bajarle el volumen a la culpa» cuando pongas límites y construirás tu propia brújula del autocuidado para correr sin miedo a las decisiones difíciles, aquellas que te llevan a lo que realmente anhelas para vivir una vida con propósito y alineada a tus valores.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

National
Bestseller featured by Good Morning America, NPR's Code Switch, The
New York Times, and The
Guardian

"Greatest
Self-Help Books of All Time" --Forbes

"Realistic and
trustworthy" --InStyle

"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." --Martha Beck, New York Times bestselling author of The
Way of Integrity

"This book is for
anyone who's ever removed a 'relaxing' sheet mask only to realize
it hasn't transformed you so much as your trash
can." --Jessica DeFino, The
Unpublishable

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.

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.

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.