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

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.

Sophia A. Nelson, Esq., is an award-winning author, award-winning journalist, and renowned international inspirational speaker. Nelson is a national columnist for several major news outlets, including The Washington Post and CNN Opinion. You can see Nelson regularly on CNN, MSNBC, and PBS as a legal and political analyst, as well as other national outlets such as Morning Joe, the Today show and Dr. Oz. Nelson is an award-winning diversity, equity, and inclusion trainer, speaker, and thought-leader. She has worked with the Fortune 25, Fortune 100, and every major platform around diversity and wellness in the world. Nelson is the author of four bestselling nonfiction books: Black Woman Redefined, The Woman Code, ePluribus One, and her newest release in June 2022, Be the One You Need: 21 Life Lessons I Learned While Taking Care of Everyone but Me.