Be the One You Need: 21 Life Lessons I Learned While Taking Care of Everyone But Me

By Sophia A. Nelson

Book Overview

From acclaimed journalist Sophia A. Nelson, the bestselling author of The Woman Code, comes a poignant, powerful, and revealing memoir providing life lessons that emphasize the importance of self-care, self-love, and self-understanding that will lead to freedom, healing from the past, and a better future.

In deeply personal reflections, acclaimed journalist Sophia A. Nelson offers an inspirational memoir that will guide you on a path toward true and meaningful self-care. She shares 21 life lessons she's learned to help us accept that when we dare to face our traumas, losses, fears, family dysfunctions, and relationship issues, we can heal from them. She shows us that doing the work of meaningful and consistent self-care not only makes us happier, but better spouses, parents, siblings, lovers, employers, and neighbors. In this powerfully raw and honest book, you'll discover:

- How to manage your emotions before they manage you;

- How to protect your peace, the passport to your soul;

- Why the most important relationship you have is with yourself; and

- How to be intentional about your choices.

The compelling lessons in Be the One You Need clearly demonstrate that the answers we seek to life's questions are always within us. Nelson empowers us to finally ask ourselves, What do I want? What do I need? How do I feel? And once we hear the answers of our soul, how to put them into practice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075732407X
• ISBN13: 9780757324079
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Health Communications
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"