The Mom Martyr: How to Prevent Falling Into the Trap

Dr. Kim is speaking this week with Dr. Pooka Lakshmin. Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and author specializing in women's mental health with a focus on how broken social systems impact women’s emotional lives. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, a medical advisor to Peloton, and the founder of Gemma, the first digital education platform dedicated exclusively to women’s mental health. She is also the author of the forthcoming book from Penguin Life, coming in 2023, in which she discusses the tyranny of self-care and offers a 4-part novel framework for women to build authentic and sustainable well-being in the face of systemic stressors. Dr. Lakshmin is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine, where she is a clinical supervisor in the Five Trimesters perinatal psychiatry clinic. She is most passionate about empowering women and sees her clinical work as a women’s mental health psychiatrist as an extension of this mission. Dr. Lakshmin maintains a private practice where she applies an integrative approach to taking care of women suffering from maternal mental health conditions. She also serves on the board of directors of the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance, a national non-profit dedicated to furthering maternal mental health policy, and is active in advocacy work and community building through online platforms, including her Instagram page @womensmentalhealthdoc. Dr. Lakshmin is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, and her advice has been featured on Good Morning America, The Drew Barrymore Show, NPR, Glamour, Marie Claire, Self, Harper’s Bazaar, Bustle and various other media outlets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.