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This book will have you see that reducing stress isn't just a "good idea," it's necessary for your life.

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Dr Sasha Shilcutt is a Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Coach. Her boundaries book is straight-talking and sincere.

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I trained during the "Dark Ages" of menopause, right after the WHI led women to throw away their hormones, so guess what? I didn't learn ANYTHING helpful for my patients. This books details the failures of the WHI study AND highlights the safety and clear benefits that menopause hormone therapy (MHT, formerly HRT) provides; update yourself for your sake and your patients. This touches all areas of medicine, trust me.

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Dr Mary Claire Haver is an IG Sensation, but also bringing helpful education to patients on an updated understanding of menopause the benefits of treatment, including, but not limited to hormones.

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This book is a deep dive on Insulin Resistance and metabolic health. Like books in this genre, it's written by an MD who has left traditional western medicine, but I find her science and approach to be sound, even if I disagree with her on a few nutrition points.

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This is THE most comprehensive nutrition book on health and longevity, and has forever changed the way that I eat. He, like many physicians, glosses over emotional eating, binge eating disorder, etc as barriers to improving your nutrition, BUT I still think this is a MUST-READ.

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This book is hilarious and insightful into the many challenges women professional (and professional students) face, and practical ideas to change the outcomes.

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Dr Christy Gibson is a leading expert on trauma-based therapy, and her book is a wonderful resource for all humans, filled with information as well as practical exercises.

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Brenè Brown, PhD, LMSW talks shame and shame resilience like NO ONE else. She taps into the stories that we hide, the common humanity that we share with humor and humility.

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Looking to build better habits? This and my other favorite, Tiny Habits, are a great place to start (hint, start small, make it easy and repeatable).

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Pick this one, or Atomic Habits, and then start making changes. So many physicians that I work with want to have better health habits around sleep, nutrition, activity, but we also struggle with that perfectionist part that wants to pick "the right plan." Let's get unstuck.

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Warning: This book will have you in tears (and sometimes laughing out loud). This was my entré into the magic of Brenè Brown, PhD, LMSW, even though it is one of her middle works. How do we get up after a tough fall (like being fired for "no cause" (or "for cause", or going through a divorce). How do we own our story and grow through it?

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I love Kendra Adachi, aka "The Lazy Genius" as she is known on IG and the podcast world ("The Lazy Genius Podcast"). She describes herself as a "perimenopausal recovering perfectionist with a caffeinated squirrel brain," and reminds us to speak kindly to ourselves, honor our season of life, read books and let go of being who everyone else wants you to be.

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Twin sisters Emily and Amelia Nagoski take burnout on a heartfelt feminist spin like nothing I have read before. Just read it. That is all.

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THIS IS MY LATEST FAVORITE! Alison Fragale is a fantastic writer and professor who dives deep into the struggle that professional women face (bitch vs pushover? Qualified to lead or a sheep in the fold?). All women physicians need to read this book. Highly recommend as audio and THEN go buy the hard copy so that you can work through the exercises.