Find true freedom
with a mind of your own
Find true freedom
with a mind of
your own
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Reclaim your life from
unreasonable expectations
Guilt Free is a transformative guide that helps readers break free from the weight of self-criticism and unrealistic expectations. Drawing from both medical insight and personal experience, Dr. Jennifer Reid offers a compassionate and practical path toward emotional and spiritual freedom, equipping readers to release guilt, embrace grace, and live with renewed clarity and confidence. This book invites you to stop striving for perfection and start living from a place of truth, healing, and lasting peace.
“[This book is] a roadmap to help you overcome the guilt you’ve been socialized to feel when you put yourself first.”
— Katy Milkman, PhD, Wharton professor and author of How to Change
"Dr. Jennifer’s Reid’s Guilt Free book is a gift! Dr. Reid’s book is well-researched and compassionate. Her examples illustrated her points well and gave me new insights into my own personality. Her SPEAK acronym is very helpful in learning to take care of yourself in a healthy and responsible way. Insightful and empowering, this book is well worth reading."
— Savvy__
The Podcast
A Mind of Her Own
A Mind of Her Own is a thought-provoking podcast hosted by psychiatrist, author, and educator Dr. Jennifer Reid. Through candid conversations with clinicians, researchers, writers, and experts, Dr. Reid explores women's mental health, relationships, identity, guilt, burnout, and the challenges of modern life. Blending science-backed insights with practical wisdom, the podcast empowers listeners to better understand themselves, navigate life's pressures, and live with greater confidence and self-trust.
A Mind of Her Own Podcast
Top 10 Episodes
Women Burdened by Invisible Work
Dr. Allison Daminger, PhD
"I Can't Not Do this." Finding Your True calling in uncertain times
Dr. Parker Palmer, PhD
"It's your body." Optimal Health in Permimenopause
Dr. Jacqueline Riedel, DO
Beyond Distraction: A New understanding of adult aDHD
Dr. J Russell Ramsay, PhD
"If You're in sync with Your Kids 30% of the Time, You're a Pro"
Dr. Marissa Caudill, MD, PhD
The Brilliant Postpartum Brain
Dr. Nicole Pensak, PhD
Our Bodies, Our Sex Lives
Dr. Kelly Casperson, MD
A Nameless Longing: When Your soul seeks a new path
Dr. James Hollis, PhD
Held Together: Motherhood, Loss and Finding Each Other
Dr. Rebecca Thompson
The Size-Inclusive Health Care Revolution
Dr. Mara Gordon, MD
Featured Video
A Conversation with the Author of Guilt Free, Jennifer Reid, MD
In this thoughtful conversation, Jennifer Reid reflects on the deeper ideas behind her Guilt Free series, exploring how guilt is often misunderstood and misapplied in our lives. Rather than accepting guilt as a constant burden, she invites viewers to reconsider its purpose, examine the beliefs that keep it in place, and pursue a more honest, freeing way of living. Through a blend of insight, personal reflection, and meaningful dialogue, this conversation opens the door to clarity, self-awareness, and a life no longer shaped by unnecessary shame.
Jennifer Reid, MD
Physician | Author | Educator
Dr. Jennifer Reid is a board-certified psychiatrist, award-winning educator, creator and host of A Mind of Her Own Podcast and Substack, and the author of Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life from Unreasonable Expectations.
Dr. Reid is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She attended medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed her residency at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, where she also completed a fellowship in mood disorders. She has received multiple teaching awards in her academic roles.
A trusted voice in mental health, Dr. Reid brings both clinical rigor and genuine compassion to everything she does.
