And the stresses of my life were overwhelming. And I'm the mother of three people who were teenagers at the time.

It was after Amelia landed in the hospital twice.ĪMELIA NAGOSKI: I was in doctoral school getting my doctorate of musical arts in conducting. It's called 'Burnout: The Secret To Unlocking The Stress Cycle.' The sisters told us why they decided to write this book. They've written a new book that asks us all to step back and really look at how women are pushed to the breaking point.

Feel like too much? Twin sisters Emily and Amelia Nagoski agree. Organize your house - really organize it. To learn more about Emily Nagoski, go to Please follow me at Twitter: When it comes to taking care of yourself, there is no shortage of advice, especially if you're a woman. To learn more about Emily and Amelia Nagoski, to here: (You will also find out why babies love to be bounced!)įorget about slavishly meeting everyone else's expectations or feeling inadequate when you can't manage the impossible! Instead, Emily and Amelia speak eloquently about how to manage the body's stress cycle and why rest and human connection are the key to recovering your inner strength and to managing difficult circumstances with compassion and grace. In this episode of Life/Death/Law, join us for a long-ranging discussion of why women experience burnout differently than man do, and some simple things that you can do to minimize stress, manage your emotions and live your life with resilience and joy. I asked Emily and Amelia to be on Life/Death/Law because feelings of overwhelm, trying to control the uncontrollable, and feeling isolated and sad are so common for the people that I work with-I think Burnout is a must read for just about everyone. They also know, first hand, about the feelings of emotional overwhelm and exhaustion that can come with that accomplishment, so they wrote a book about how to overcome it.ĭeath and dying are incredibly stressful moments in a family's life and many women are the caretakers for the old and sick. Emily Nagoski, PhD, and her sister Amelia Nagoski, DMA, authors of the new book, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, know all about accomplishment - Emily is the author of the New York Times best-seller, Come as You Are: the surprising new science that will transfrom your sex life, and Amelia is a professor of music and a classical conductor.

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