Burnout

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   This book is a gift! I ve been practicing their strategies, and it s a total game-changer. Brené Brown, PhD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Dare to Lead

This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life.

Burnout. Many women in America have experienced it. What s expected of women and what it s really like to be a woman in today s world are two very different things and women exhaust themselves trying to close the gap between them. How can you love your body when every magazine cover has ten diet tips for becoming your best self ? How do you lean in at work when you re already operating at 110 percent and aren t recognized for it? How can you live happily and healthily in a sexist world that is constantly telling you you re too fat, too needy, too noisy, and too selfish?

Sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, are here to help end the cycle of feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. Instead of asking us to ignore the very real obstacles and societal pressures that stand between women and well-being, they explain with compassion and optimism what we re up against and show us how to fight back. In these pages you ll learn

what you can do to complete the biological stress cycle and return your body to a state of relaxation
how to manage the monitor in your brain that regulates the emotion of frustration
how the Bikini Industrial Complex makes it difficult for women to love their bodies and how to defend yourself against it
why rest, human connection, and befriending your inner critic are keys to recovering and preventing burnout

With the help of eye-opening science, prescriptive advice, and helpful worksheets and exercises, all women will find something transformative in these pages and will be empowered to create positive change. Emily and Amelia