EMILY NAGOSKI, PHD / AMELIA NAGOSKI, DMA
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This book is a gift! Ive been practicing their strategies, and its a total game changer.Brené Brown, PhD, author of Dare to Lead
A primer on how to stop letting the world dictate how you live and what we think of ourselves, Burnout is essential reading [and] . . . excels in its intersectionality.Bustle
This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than menand provides a roadmap to minimizing stress, managing emotions, and living more joyfully.
Burnout. You, like most American women, have probably experienced it. Whats expected of women and what its really like to exist as a woman in todays world are two different thingsand we exhaust ourselves trying to close the gap. Sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, are here to help end the all-too-familiar cycle of feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. They compassionately explain the obstacles and societal pressures we faceand how we can fight back.
Youll learn
what you can do to complete the biological stress cycle
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 bodiesand how to defend yourself against it
why rest, human connection, and befriending your inner critic are keys to recovering from and preventing burnout
With the help of eye-opening science, prescriptive advice, and helpful worksheets and exercises, all women will find something transformative in Burnoutand will be empowered to create positive change.
