Overview

Why do women feel so much guilt? We're guilty when we don't do what we think we should, when others get upset with us, even when we indulge in moments of pleasure. In Guilt Free, psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Reid invites us to let go of all this guilt so we can start making choices based on what we want and need rather than what we think we should be doing. Some guilt is good, even necessary, but women are uniquely socialized to hold themselves to unrealistic expectations. Guilt drives us to take on more than we should, and do things that we don't truly want to do. Any time we fall short - and we will, because we're human - there it crops up: guilt. It's too much, and it doesn't have to be this way.

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A compassionate, science-based guide to breaking free from guilt so you can make the life choices you truly want to make. * Katy Milkman, PhD, author of 'How to Change' * I see it every day - women weighed down by guilt they don't deserve. Dr Jennifer Reid gets it. In Guilt Free she offers a powerful, practical framework to help women rewrite the stories they've been told about who they should be. This book is a gift for anyone ready to stop running on empty. * Kelly Casperson, MD, author of 'You Are Not Broken' and 'The Menopause Moment' * With enormous clarity and generosity, Dr Reid offers a way out of the silent burden of guilt, sharing practical, science-backed strategies to break free from unrealistic expectations and reclaim your personal power. * Jessica Baum, LMHC, author of 'Anxiously Attached' * Through compassionate insights, practical tools and stories that feel achingly familiar, Dr Jennifer Reid guides us toward a life directed by agency, desire and authentic choice. This book is a reminder - you are already enough, and you deserve to live without guilt as the measure of your worth. * Ellen Vora, MD, psychiatrist and author of 'The Anatomy of Anxiety' *

Author Information

Jennifer Reid, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist, the creator, host, and author of A Mind of Her Own Podcast and Substack, and an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches the next generation of psychiatrists. Drawing on her clinical expertise and a family legacy of physicians and teachers, she is dedicated to empowering individuals to break free from limiting narratives and move forward with authenticity and self-direction. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and two sons.

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