Dr. Gold offers professional and personal insight of being a frontline worker during the pandemic. More importantly, she opens the Pandora's box of mental health in the medical profession, how perfectionism is endemic from medical school through career practice, and the paradox of medical professionals who heal others are reticent to talk about their own healing journeys. Gold is forthcoming and in telling her story and those of her patients, she offers an example of better mental health care for all.

Engaging and timely. A recommended purchase for collections where medical memoir and psychology titles are popular.

Gold puts you right back in the pandemic and forces the reader to consider the toll it took on healthcare workers -- especially mental health care workers. Her feelings, experiences, and emotions were painfully familiar to me, so much so that I had to read the book in small bites. Well written and insightful; this would likely be a very healing book for people whose mental health is still recovering from the pandemic.

I needed to read this book more than I knew I did. From the first to the last page, I felt that Dr. Gold was reading my mind as a mental health practitioner. The stories of colleagues and Dr. Gold's own story are so relatable as we all face the burnout and compassion fatigue that comes with working in the field of healthcare. This book is about finding the ability to express these concerns in order to ensure that we are providing the best care to our patients and ourselves. I applaud Dr. Gold for being able to express these concerns in a very intimate and empowering way.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon Element for access to this ARC!