Pooja Lakshmin, REAL SELF-CARE: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)

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🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Zibby speaks to perinatal psychiatrist and New York Times contributor Pooja Lakshmin, MD, about her compassionate and actionable new book Real Self Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included). Dr. Lakshmin discusses her New York Times article, “This is Betrayal, Not Burnout,” which argues women are burnt out because their social systems have failed them. Then, she dives into “real self-care” – an internal, self-reflective process that includes learning to set boundaries and letting go of mom guilt. Finally, she talks about her IVF journey, her mental health platform (Gemma), and what it was like to write this book!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
0:14.9	I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.
0:21.9	Our books are already out now.
0:23.5	You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com.
0:25.6	And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle
0:31.2	features.
0:31.8	That's at Zibbymag.com.
0:33.1	We have classes at Zippy Classes.com.
0:35.4	And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop
0:40.3	at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of
0:47.9	our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018.
0:56.1	And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Pujha Lakshman is the author of Real Self-Care,
1:07.5	a transformative program for redefining wellness, crystals, cleanses, and bubble baths,
1:11.7	not included. She is a board-certified psychiatrist, New York Times contributor, and a leading
1:16.6	voice at the intersection of mental health and gender, focused on helping women and people
1:20.8	from marginalized communities escape the tyranny of self-care. In 2020, she founded Gemma, a physician-led
1:27.2	women's mental health education platform,
1:29.5	centering impact and equity. She maintains an active private practice where she treats women
1:34.3	struggling with burnout, perfectionism, and disillusionment, as well as clinical conditions
1:38.7	like depression and anxiety. Having gone down the rabbit hole of extreme wellness herself,
1:43.4	real self-care is her answer to the juice cleanses, the gratitude list, and the bubble baths, not only to care for ourselves, for real, but in turn to transform our broken culture.
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