
Real Self-Care
A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)
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Pooja Lakshmin MD
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National Bestseller featured by Good Morning America, NPR's Code Switch, The New York Times, and The Guardian
NPR's "Books We Love for 2023"
Forbes' "Greatest Self-Help Books of All Time"
"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.
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 listeners 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.
* This audiobook includes a donwloadable PDF with The Real Self-Care Compass and Resources For Seeking Professional Help.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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Critic reviews
"Instead of pushing us to strive–or suggesting a cleanse–Lakshmin provides tools for boundary setting and treating yourself with compassion."—NPR’s Books We Love for 2023
"In her practical guide to self-care, psychiatrist Pooja Lakshmin points out that so many elements of life are out of our control—which makes her arguments so much more realistic and trustworthy. Regular massages and manicures are incredible, but if you’re wondering why you still feel so stressed and rushed despite indulging in soothing activities, Lakshmin has the answer."—InStyle
"Lakshmin’s Real Self-Care is a self-help book that aims to offer self-care tips that go beyond telling individual people to buy more expensive face creams, and instead help readers both live within the systemic outrages of capitalism and find ways of changing the system."—Vox
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Everyone has a sensitive side, but nearly one in three people have the genes to be more sensitive than others—both physically and emotionally. These are the people who pause before speaking and think before acting; they tune in to subtle details and make connections that others miss. Whether introverted or extroverted, they tend to be bighearted, creative, and wired to go deep, yet society tells them to hide the very sensitivity that makes them this way. These are the world’s “highly sensitive people,” and Sensitive is the book that champions them.
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Doesn’t make me feel better
- By jeanius on 08-31-23
By: Jenn Granneman, and others
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Life Worth Living
- A Guide to What Matters Most
- By: Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, Ryan McAnnally-Linz
- Narrated by: Kelly Corrigan, Maria Shriver
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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What makes a good life? The question is inherent to the human condition, asked by people across generations, professions, and social classes, and addressed by all schools of philosophy and religions. This search for meaning, as Yale faculty Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz argue, is at the crux of a crisis that is facing Western culture, a crisis that, they propose, can be ameliorated by searching, in one’s own life, for the underlying truth.
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Evangelical Tripe
- By Guy Shophard on 04-24-23
By: Miroslav Volf, and others
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The Book of Boundaries
- Set the Limits That Will Set You Free
- By: Melissa Urban
- Narrated by: Melissa Urban
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Since launching the mega-bestselling wellness program the Whole30, Melissa Urban has taught millions of people how to establish healthy habits and successfully navigate pushback and peer pressure. She knows firsthand that boundaries—clear limits you set to protect your energy, time, and health—are the key to feelings of security, confidence, and freedom in every area of your life. Now, in The Book of Boundaries, she shows you how boundaries are the key to better mental health, increased energy, improved productivity, and more fulfilling relationships.
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Lot's of repetitive & unnecessary fluff
- By mzfitz on 12-29-22
By: Melissa Urban
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It All Makes Sense Now
- Embrace Your ADHD Brain to Live a Creative and Colorful Life
- By: Meredith Carder
- Narrated by: Meredith Carder
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
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Do you often feel that your emotions are intense and difficult to regulate? Does boredom get to you seemingly more than most? Do you struggle with your perception of time? You're not alone. As cultural and medical awareness around ADHD shifts, millions of adults who are diagnosed with ADHD are unclear on the many ways ADHD symptoms present and how it affects the experience of their everyday life. Meredith Carder, an ADHD coach and ADHDer herself, shares real-life stories from her coaching practice and own lived experience along with actionable exercises and strategies.
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Vulnerability, relatable, and immediately actionable advice
- By Amazon Customer on 11-26-24
By: Meredith Carder
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The Stress Prescription
- Seven Days to More Joy and Ease
- By: Elissa Epel PhD
- Narrated by: Elissa Epel PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Whether we’re facing deadlines, difficulties with family or friends, personal crises, or just the uncertainty of the world—stress is the ocean we swim in. Even our negative thoughts can trigger our body’s stress response so we rarely experience periods of ease and deep restoration. In The Stress Prescription, Dr. Epel distills decades of research, infused with wisdom, into a practical yet transformative seven-day plan of science-based techniques that can help you harness stress through more positive challenge and purpose.
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A Paradigm Shift- The Brilliance of Evolution
- By Pia on 05-30-23
By: Elissa Epel PhD
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Life in Five Senses
- How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and into the World
- By: Gretchen Rubin
- Narrated by: Gretchen Rubin
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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A Life in Five Senses is an absorbing, layered story of discovery filled with profound insights and practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses and use our powers of perception to live fuller, richer lives—and, ultimately, how to move through the world with more vitality and love.
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Remembering to use your senses
- By Schase on 05-12-23
By: Gretchen Rubin
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Say It Well
- Find Your Voice, Speak Your Mind, Inspire Any Audience
- By: Terry Szuplat
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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As a White House speechwriter, Terry Szuplat helped craft hundreds of speeches for President Obama. But when it came to public speaking himself, Szuplat—like many people—was gripped by anxiety and preferred to stay in the shadows. When he was invited to give the first major speech of his life, he faced a choice: keep hiding from what scared him, or finally face his fears.
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How many times can you say “Obama”?
- By Amadeo on 11-23-24
By: Terry Szuplat
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Conversations on Letting Go
- Guidance, Meditations, and Exercises to Help You Live Authentically
- By: Najwa Zebian
- Narrated by: Najwa Zebian, Catherine Ho, Dani Martineck, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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Najwa Zebian, EdD, has been grappling with the concept of letting go for years, both in her own journey and in her interactions with community members, students, and friends. More and more, Najwa has observed that while our problems are personal, the themes surrounding them are universal. She concluded that letting go is a topic that deserves specific attention and consideration.
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Incredible
- By Amazon Customer on 07-17-23
By: Najwa Zebian
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Lessons for Living
- What Only Adversity Can Teach You
- By: Phil Stutz
- Narrated by: JC Mackenzie
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
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There are issues, and there are issues—love, loss, success, failure, hope, regret, life, death. How can we even begin to think clearly about dilemmas so universally confounding? Phil Stutz has spent his life pondering the big challenges that we all face, and this profound book puts the conclusions he’s reached at your fingertips.
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Not another psycho babble
- By JCNJ on 03-16-24
By: Phil Stutz
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Live Learn Love Well
- Lessons from a Life of Progress Not Perfection
- By: Emma Lovewell
- Narrated by: Emma Lovewell
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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Emma Lovewell is a star instructor at Peloton, a global fitness brand and media content company, but her journey to success began with a simple realization: Change is inevitable, but growth is optional. She chose to grow. In Live Learn Love Well, she shares the moments in her life that shaped her into the woman she is today.
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Love Emma but book was flat
- By FrenchieLover on 11-27-23
By: Emma Lovewell
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Hello, Higher Self
- An Outsider's Guide to Loving Yourself in a Tough World
- By: Bunny Michael
- Narrated by: Bunny Michael
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Building from Bunny’s viral memes, Hello Higher Self is a self-care manifesto, calling on listeners to radically shift their perspectives from the Learned Hierarchal Beliefs (LHBs) we’ve all internalized to the self-acceptance we were born into, aka our Higher Selves. This book shines a light into eighteen areas of life where LHBs often lurk—from creativity, to work, to relationships, to race, to sexual pleasure. Bunny’s mix of meditative advice, written exercises, and personal examples make for a jaw-dropping listen.
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disappointed
- By Anonymous User on 03-18-25
By: Bunny Michael
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The Urgent Life
- My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
- By: Bozoma Saint John
- Narrated by: Bozoma Saint John
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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When Bozoma Saint John's husband, Peter, died of cancer, she made one big decision: to live life urgently. Bozoma was no stranger to adversity, having lost her college boyfriend to suicide, navigated an interracial marriage, grieved a child born prematurely—a process that led to her and Peter's separation—and coparented the daughter who she and Peter shared.
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I Really wanted to love it
- By Anonymous User on 03-06-23
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New Happy
- Getting Happiness Right in a World That's Got It Wrong
- By: Stephanie Harrison
- Narrated by: Stephanie Harrison
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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You feel unworthy, anxious, lonely, lost, insecure, or empty. You wonder, “Isn’t there more to life than this?” and “When will I finally be happy?” And you blame yourself. But it’s not your fault you feel this way. You have been affected by Old Happy: society’s warped definition of happiness. It has made you believe that, in order to be happy, you need to perfect yourself, work harder and harder, and do everything alone. Old Happy is making you—and all of us—miserable. It’s time to free yourself and experience the true, lasting joy that you deserve.
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Its basically a long high school commencement speech
- By DJ on 07-17-24
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For You When I Am Gone
- Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story
- By: Steve Leder
- Narrated by: Steve Leder
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Writing an ethical will, a document that includes stories and reflections about your past, is an ancient tradition. It can include joy and regrets, and ultimately becomes both a way to remember a loved one who is gone and a primer on how to live a better, happier life. Beloved Rabbi Steve Leder has helped thousands of people to write their own ethical wills, and in this intimate book helps us write our own.
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Life Changing
- By Ms Deb on 07-09-22
By: Steve Leder
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Please, Sorry, Thanks
- The Three Words That Change Everything
- By: Mark Batterson
- Narrated by: Mark Batterson
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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The best predictor of success in life, in love, and in leadership is your proficiency at please, sorry, and thanks. Those three words are the foundation of all healthy relationships and successful careers. Those three words are the only ceiling on achieving your dreams. Those three words will determine how happy you are.
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Awesome, Encouraging Book to Improve Communication
- By Kerri Rocco on 04-11-23
By: Mark Batterson
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Drama Free
- A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
- By: Nedra Glover Tawwab
- Narrated by: Nedra Glover Tawwab
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Every family has a story. For some of us, our family of origin is a solid foundation that feeds our confidence and helps us navigate life’s challenges. For others, it’s a source of pain, hurt, and conflict that can feel like a lifelong burden. In this empowering guide, licensed therapist and bestselling relationship expert Nedra Glover Tawwab offers clear advice for identifying dysfunctional family patterns and choosing the best path to breaking the cycle and moving forward.
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Realistic and Practical!
- By Kessa on 03-08-23
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- M.E.
- 03-29-23
Helpful information for REAL and impactful self-care
After chasing wellness via many forms of “faux self-care”, this book served as a catalyst for getting to the root of what true and lasting self-care looks like. Thank you, Dr. Lakshmin!
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- pspin
- 04-30-23
Great book!
I really enjoyed this book and found the information very helpful. I also really enjoyed the author’s narration.
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- L.E.
- 05-13-23
Awesome
This book was much appreciated and needed. It will change your life and your family.
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- Lucas Martinez
- 04-26-23
Helpful and Insightful
This book is very helpful in answering why when I seemingly do self care things am I still feeling burned out and exhausted. This book resonated with me deeply and also helped me plan and exercise agency and implement true self care going forward. I cannot recommend this book more.
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- hope wells
- 04-03-23
Hit me like a ton of bricks!! 1000/10👏🏼
The best book I have read in a long time. Really dives deep into modern day “self-care” & the guilt we feel when we feel blah because we didn’t practice enough “self-care”
Self-care is drinking green juice, working out or cleaning the house - instead it’s aligning your life to your values & making space for what makes you feel fulfilled. This book breaks down how to get there. ❤️
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- Karen S
- 03-18-23
A True Game Changer
This book is the real deal. It’s a beautiful guide with many real life examples on setting boundaries, being aligned with one’s values, and finding a personal way toward real self care. As a huge proponent of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), I was pleasantly surprised at the way Pooja utilizes those techniques in her teachings. If you are looking for a way forward in creating positive change in your life, listen to or read this book.
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- Tish
- 03-24-23
Amazing for Indian women!
TY Pooja - I’ve been seeing an amazing therapist but listening and reading your book has also given me answers to help with my own life experiences - especially being in the medical field as well - we have many parallels - and yet this book has also given me the faith and beliefs of being my own self care and being open to gratitude is something taught - so thank you
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- BH
- 03-21-23
Exactly what I needed to hear from start to finish
I'm an anxious perfectionist working in the mental health nonprofit sector and this book was life-changing. I've spent so much money and time on "faux self-care," while never understanding why I wasn't getting better or moving forward and still felt burnt-out all the time. This book answered those questions and then some. I cannot recommend this book enough to all the women in my life and anyone working in the helping/ caregiver field.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-20-23
I’ve never resonated with a self care book more
Finally someone put into words what women have been feeling for years about the burnout of keeping up with the Self Care industry. All women should read! So empowering!
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- Amazon customer
- 05-13-23
Highly recommend
Dr Lakshmin provides insightful, practical recommendations that are woven through her own personal story and those of her patients. Can’t recommend highly enough!
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