Be Your Own Bestie: A No-Nonsense Guide to Changing the Way You Treat Yourself

Social media personality Brown debuts with a chatty guide that aims to help readers “begin showing up for yourself in the way you deserve.” He recounts how heavy drinking and tumultuous relationships derailed his professional acting goals before a 2018 reckoning in a hotel room prompted him to rethink the insecurities holding him back (“What would you say to your bestie right now if she were saying these things about herself?”). Drawing from his subsequent efforts to get his life back on track, the author explains how readers can identify damaging beliefs and coping mechanisms that erode self-esteem, “affirm the shit out of yourself” by embracing personality quirks and refusing to accept poor treatment from others, and begin “shaping your reality with intention” by clarifying goals and working to achieve them. Brown’s caustic humor (“What good is a dead bitch?” he asks in a section on emotional exhaustion) bolsters his refreshingly direct wisdom on how to live more authentically. Fans and newcomers alike will get plenty out of Brown’s sharp and sassy insights. (Feb.)