For decades, societal pressures have had us scrambling to do more, achieve more, overcome more, BE MORE – all with the promise that we’ll feel accomplished, fulfilled, worthy … even happy.
Being productive isn’t necessarily about how you manage your time. It’s about how you manage your emotions.
In a world obsessed with getting more done, Toxic Productivity unmasks the hidden roots of hustle culture and dismantles the myth that “doing more makes you more worthy.”
In this timely and unsparing guide, psychotherapist and @well.guide founder Israa Nasir offers research-backed insight on dynamics such as self-worth, shame, social comparison, burnout, and perfectionism that keeps us always busy but never satisfied. Nasir gives expert and tangible guidance so you can separate who you are from what you do.
Toxic Productivity will help you:
It’s time to untangle yourself from the web of toxic productivity and embrace a life that is not just productive but profoundly meaningful.
Let this book guide you toward a transformative journey of self-discovery – helping you reclaim your time, energy, and joy.
Israa Nasir, MHC-LP, is a psychotherapist, writer, and nationally recognized mental health educator specializing in the intersection of emotional well-being and achievement culture. She is the author of Toxic Productivity: Reclaim Your Time and Energy in a World That Always Demands More, a groundbreaking book that unpacks how shame, perfectionism, and over functioning quietly erode mental health – especially in high-achieving adults.
As the founder of Well.Guide, a global mental health platform with over 350,000 followers, Israa has led thousands of people in rethinking the role of productivity in their lives. She is known for translating complex psychological concepts into actionable, relatable guidance, and her work has been featured in Time, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Psychology Today.
Drawing from her clinical experience with ambitious, high-performing clients, Israa brings a nuanced, culturally responsive lens to therapy. She helps clinicians understand the hidden emotional toll of overachievement and offers evidence-based interventions to support clients struggling with burnout, people-pleasing, and chronic “doing.”
Through her teaching, Israa blends therapeutic insight, cultural context, and lived experience to create trainings that are emotionally resonant, clinically practical, and deeply human.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Israa Nasir has an employment relationship with Anise Health. She receives royalties as a published author. Israa Nasir receives a speaking honorarium and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Israa Nasir has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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