Fake Self-Care vs. Real Self-Care

This interview from The Ezra Klein podcast, by Tressie McMillan Cottom with psychiatrist and author Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, is about radical self-care. What happens when, instead of cucumber masks, crystals, and bubble baths, we give ourselves these 4 practices: self-compassion, permission to set boundaries, alignment of our values with our choices, and the right to exercise power?

Dr. Lakshmin's book is Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included), in which she "argues that when you practice real self-care, you not only take care of yourself, but you can also plant the seeds for change in your community."

Listen to the September 19th, 2023, episode of The Ezra Klein Show however you get your podcasts, or here, here, or here.