The 'Bad' Girl's Guide to Better: A stealth-help guide to getting your act together

by Casey Beros

Perfect for fans of Fleabag and Bridget Jones , this is a tongue-in-cheek self-help guide for those who've failed, f*cked up and felt bad about themselves.

'Like your best, naughtiest friend and older sister rolled into one. Beros delivers a hilarious, vital hug to a new generation of women.' - Natalie Imbruglia

There's a little bit of bad in all of us, but if you've been a 'bad girl', can you move past it all to live a fundamentally good life? The answer is, 'Hell, yes!'

The Bad Girl's Guide to Good is a bestie in a book - one that makes you feel like you aren't alone, aren't 'ruined' if you've made a few (or a fair few) mistakes, and allows you to embrace your inner bad girl moving forward. Because, let's face it, she's still in there.

From learning how to be more emotionally intelligent to fixing your relationship with money, and from friendship to frose, Casey Beros's hilarious take on putting your f*ckups behind you will disarm you. A no-holds-barred look at growing through some of your worst behaviours into better ones.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology, Audiobook, Health

304 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2022

Reviews

[Suz · Rating 3 out of 5]

A run of the mill self help book, which I was interested in as the author is Australian. Narrated well by the author, who quickly stated her position of privilege. Cisgendered, employed, holder of a mortgage, etc. Her honesty was refreshing, she told of stories, trials and tributlations and I could see myself in this way of hers. She went to NY and didn't explore! She was in her own head and didn't do an awful lot. I am obsessed with NY but if I was young and inexperienced I could see myself do the same.

Work, relationships, goals, addiction, shame, sexual abuse, a lot of things covered in this book. She does well note the heavier themes, and advises the reader to skip ahead if this is needed. Also provided are a lot of resources, which were comprehensive.

At the core she would like us all to accept our failures and to know that we are not defined by them. She was very open and honest in the telling of a lot of her mishaps and adventures, and how she got to be in the happy place she is now.

I liked her explanation of her relationship with her husband (wh0 seemed like an amazing man), and her fierce love of her two daughters. I just wonder when an author speaks of amazing happiness, which will be vastly different from I imagine a lot of those reading, if this will seem unattainable to the majority of that cohort.

[Kailen Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved, loved, loved this!
It was such an a amazing book. I laughed out loud and also cried in parts because it was so relevant. Thank you Casey, for writing such an awesome book. 😊

[Thea · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't finish this because the chapter on eating disorders was full of fatphobia and as a fat person with an eating disorder, it just made me angry.

[Wendy Russell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Covers everything you may need help with in life while doing it in a informative yet amusing way. I am interested in re-reading this and making notes along the way because I think there is some really good things in here.

Sure, there might be some stuff that you may have heard of before, but sometimes hearing it in another way or simply hearing it again makes you really understand the true message :)

[Haylee Old · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE LOVE LOVE !! very inspiring

[Lyn Richards · Rating 5 out of 5]

Casey Beros tells it like it is. She doesnt shy away from all the bad shit she's done, but then outlines how neither should we. We've all done bad shit, but this doesnt define who we are today.

Beros provides some amazingly practical ways to look at your past, deal with your present and look forward with hope to your future.

A great read. Something for all girls to read.....bad girls, old or young girls or otherwise.

take the world by storm and be your authentic self.

[Madison Hensley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this one, it hit a little too close to home on a majority of the points. None of it was ground breaking information. Had great pointers though!

[Jude Capewell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!!!!! I can’t rate it higher. I read this book during a traumatic time in my life and it resonated perfectly. Your mistakes don’t define you.

[M K · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF - This book is dripping in privilege and just because she put a “disclaimer” at the beginning does not make it ok.
Claims to have had an eating disorder when she was a teenager but then remembered she like pies so just got over it.
Put it down the second she said she had OCD because she liked things numbered 1 to 10. OCD isn’t liking things in an orderly fashion it’s a pretty serious mental illness that people have to live with and have people like Casey trivialise.

[Ellie · Rating 3 out of 5]

points for checking and acknowledging her privilege but points deducted for all the comments laced throughout the book about gaining weight and needing to eat healthy and to always avoid bad foods. babes eating chips with dinner won’t kill you. interesting read though. except i skimmed through the chapters about money (8), professional success (13), conflict (14) and fame (15) because they didn’t do it for me

[Mrs Sarah Marsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring and thought provoking book

This book had so many light bulb moments in it for me. It made me think and made me feel inspired. Would recommend to anyone who wants to feel empowered

[DonutKnow · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was pretty okay-good. I guess I couldn’t relate to the kind of life that the author lived so it was a bit difficult for me to connect. Nevertheless it has some valuable lessons about self-worth and striving for excellence.

[Deb Chapman · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 I like to know what popular advice is going round for young women and this edged over the 3 stars for me due to her honesty and acknowledgement of her privilege and positionality in some of it. Easy read and useful even tho lots of her story in it (which may or may not resonate)

[Lizzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

What I liked about this book is it provided me ease knowing others are going through similar problems as me, or have been through similar situations, but I would have loved to see more “unique” ideas— as soon of them were common

[Cat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad! Enjoyable parts. I liked the authors reading of it. Coincides with watching MAFS Au 😊

[tan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This should be in everyone’s shelves

[Mili Velikova · Rating 2 out of 5]

Overall good, although I didn't find anything really new (besides the author's own perspective, which of course is new)

I liked that she acknowledged her privilege from the start, and also that there were practical things in each chapter.

If you're new to self-help, this is a good book. If like me you've read quite a bit of books on the topic, you'd probably enjoy skimming through it

[Sarah de Tollenaere · Rating 5 out of 5]

#reread. I could listen to this audiobook once a month for the rest of my life. Casey is the perfect life mentor and funny as hell.