Pooja Lakshmin Books
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin is a board-certified psychiatrist, writer, and founder of Gemma, a women’s mental health platform.
Known for: Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)
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Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)
In Real Self-Care, psychiatrist Dr. Pooja Lakshmin offers a practical and compassionate guide to reclaiming wellness from the commercialized self-care industry. Drawing on her clinical experience and personal journey, she distinguishes between performative self-care and true self-care rooted in boundaries, self-compassion, and aligned decision-making. The book provides a framework for women to navigate burnout, guilt, and societal expectations while building sustainable well-being.
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Critique of the Wellness Marketplace
I’ve always been struck by how the self-care industry has cleverly positioned itself as the solution to modern burnout while often aggravating it. In these pages, I wanted to expose the irony of a system that promises healing through consumption. Cleanses, crystals, and mindfulness products are mark...
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Personal Narrative: My Own Reckoning with Burnout
Before I could teach anyone about real self-care, I had to fall apart. For years I performed the role of the accomplished woman—the psychiatrist, professor, wife, daughter. My days were filled with helping others manage their inner worlds, yet I ignored my own cracks. The breaking point came when I ...
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About Pooja Lakshmin
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin is a board-certified psychiatrist, writer, and founder of Gemma, a women’s mental health platform. She is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at George Washington University School of Medicine and a contributor to The New York Times, focusing on women’s mental health and ...
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Dr. Pooja Lakshmin is a board-certified psychiatrist, writer, and founder of Gemma, a women’s mental health platform. She is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at George Washington University School of Medicine and a contributor to The New York Times, focusing on women’s mental health and ...
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin is a board-certified psychiatrist, writer, and founder of Gemma, a women’s mental health platform. She is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at George Washington University School of Medicine and a contributor to The New York Times, focusing on women’s mental health and wellness.
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Dr. Pooja Lakshmin is a board-certified psychiatrist, writer, and founder of Gemma, a women’s mental health platform.
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