Guilt free reclaiming your life from unreasonable expectations

Women are living with too much guilt. Across motherhood, careers, relationships, and beyond, we are powerfully socialized to feel guilty -- for not doing enough, for doing too much, for putting ourselves first. Often without realizing, we end up making decisions based on what we think we should be d...

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Main Author: Reid, Jennifer (psychiatrist) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Life, [2026]
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Summary:Women are living with too much guilt. Across motherhood, careers, relationships, and beyond, we are powerfully socialized to feel guilty -- for not doing enough, for doing too much, for putting ourselves first. Often without realizing, we end up making decisions based on what we think we should be doing instead of what we actually want and need. Why is guilt so powerful? And what does a guilt-free life look like? For over a decade, psychiatrist, Jennifer Reid, MD, asked herself these very questions as she worked with hundreds of highly functioning, successful women otherwise burdened by guilt. In Guilt Free, she helps us understand and dismantle its roots in order to access more joy, agency, and purpose in our lives. --
Physical Description:xviii, 218 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218).
ISBN:9780593833469
0593833465
Author Notes:Jennifer Reid, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist; creator, host, and author of A Mind of Her Own Podcast and Substack newsletter; 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 live authentic, self-directed lives. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and two sons.