If I could somehow tell you of these books all at once, I would, because I love these books equally for different reasons. So they are not ranked.
Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than menâand 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. Whatâs expected of women and what itâs really like to be a woman in todayâs world are two very different thingsâand women exhaust themselves trying to close the gap between them. How can you âlove your bodyâ when every magazine cover has ten diet tips for becoming âyour best selfâ? How do you âlean inâ at work when youâre already operating at 110 percent and arenât recognized for it? How can you live happily and healthily in a sexist world that is constantly telling you youâre 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 weâre up againstâand show us how to fight back. In these pages youâll learn
⢠what you can do to complete the biological stress cycleâand return your body to a state of relaxation
⢠how to manage the âmonitorâ in your brain that regulates the emotion of frustration
⢠how the Bikini Industrial Complex makes it difficult for women to love their bodiesâand 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 pagesâand will be empowered to create positive change. Emily and Amelia arenât here to preach the broad platitudes of expensive self-care or insist that we strive for the impossible goal of âhaving it all.â Instead, they tell us that we are enough, just as we areâand that wellness, true wellness, is within our reach.
I read this book after my first year of law school. I found it to have a lot of insights about how people interact with stress and stressors, and a lot of helpful advice about how to deal with it in healthier ways. Continue reading →