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Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that’s a lie.
As the founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis developed an immense online community by sharing tips for better living while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own life. Now, in this challenging and inspiring new book, Rachel exposes the twenty lies and misconceptions that too often hold us back from living joyfully and productively, lies we’ve told ourselves so often we don’t even hear them anymore.
With painful honesty and fearless humor, Rachel unpacks and examines the falsehoods that once left her feeling overwhelmed and unworthy, and reveals the specific practical strategies that helped her move past them. In the process, she encourages, entertains, and even kicks a little butt, all to convince you to do whatever it takes to get real and become the joyous, confident woman you were meant to be.
With unflinching faith and rock-hard tenacity, Girl, Wash Your Face shows you how to live with passion and hustle--and how to give yourself grace without giving up.
Girl, Wash Your Face was my first audio book in a very long time….In my twenties as my career was getting started I used to spent my morning drive with Tony Robbins in the CD player in my car.. yes I know that dates me. This time I used the
Audible App and was able to listen not only in my car but whenever I had a free moment!
As Rachel started to talk I remembered those day, the days of focus, the days of crafting my own purpose. I am now in my 40’s and it hit me I lost that a bit….. In the hustle of doing I needed this voice, what voice …. you might ask… MY VOICE.
This book helped me remember my voice, the voice that told me when I meet my husband he was the one (setting into place so much greatness in my life) the voice that drove me to start my own search firm when pregnant with our first son, and the voice that compelled me to speak up when my brother died by suicide
This post is ending up more about me than the book but I think that might be Ms Hollis’ point this book is about how it affected the listener (reader)…..
It occurred to me as I listened I somehow got lost in a bit, listening has me thinking of the amazing family vacation we just returned from, a vacation filled with laughs and lifetime memories, and also a vacation where there were countless photos of me not smiling because my head was filled with negative body imaging thoughts; I would I have double chin in the photo, would my arm look huge and when I wore a shorter dress the almost panic I felt for a full length photo fearing what would my ankle braces look like. Those thoughts clouded my enjoyments and I see it now in those not smiling photos, the ones in the Shutterfly album but not in
Unplugged post that I wrote for the blog about our amazing vacation.
Listening to Ms Hollis speak remind me to LOVE ME AS I AM; to accept the love around me and to embrace what my husband and I have build and to be thankful for our sons and our life. My size has nothing to do with that and though my chronic illness may interfere with my life at times I need to be grateful for what I can do and for those willing to help me when the pain is too much.
I paused the book a bit of the way in… paused…. because I was so profoundly touched by Ms Hollis’ openness about the loss of her brother to suicide and how it helping to shape her path. I hopped onto Twitter and posted a Tweet about how touched I was. I have no idea if Ms Hollis will ever see said Tweet but her sharing her story will help so many others, so if even one person sees the openness about the loss of her brother and it helps them… then that that was worth the pause.
I adored the chapters on being a working Mom…
It is a struggle I often battle and the reinforcement I heard was so helpful to me. The judgement put on working moms, judgement that father’s don’t seem to get, really allowed some of my guilt to diminish. It has also had me taking a hard look at the fact that sometimes like Ms Hollis said she did early on in her career I downplay what I do for a living when I think it might make other’s uncomfortable. Our older son has even commented on it, once or twice commenting Mom “they have no idea you run a successful business.”
By the end of
Girl, Wash Your Face I was to truly moved, left thinking and allowing myself to embrace all I have accomplished. And re-setting my personal goals and envisioning what I want the rest of this journey called life to look like.
Did all the thoughts and words for me.. No.. But overall it was super thought provoking and one I highly recommend.
I also recommend following Rachel Hollis on
Instagram.
I so touched by her
post a few days about being away from her son on his birthday; the post was heartfelt and moving. For me it really resonated… this post was a stark contrast to eye rolls and “how could you” comments I received the year I was away for our son’s birthday in support of the work we do for the
Keith Milano Memorial Fund. Ms Hollis’ post was reminder that I should hold my head up high and be proud of the work we do for mental health awareness in his name. The book as a whole also reminded me that not everyone who experiences traumatic loss moves forward and turns it into a mission. To date we have raised over 1 million dollars for the
Keith Milano Memorial Fund and I have a new found pride for that.
Post like Ms Hollis’ post from other working mom’s speaking about the balance, the give and take, the decisions along the way make toward success lifts all of us up.
I did not rate this book, why you might ask well…. this listen isn’t about what I think of it but WHAT YOU THINK of it… and what you take away from Rachel’s words of wisdom and the very moving personal stories she shares in the book.
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Kathy Valentine
Awesome review!! Shared on all my socials!!
DeniseRead
Thank you, Kathy
Ana Ivies
I haven’t read the book yet, but saw her speak at Book Bonanza and went to her movie, Made for More. It’s amazing how every single woman can relate to her in some way. As far as the body image and photos go, girl, you know I am the same way! Love you, this is a great post.
DeniseRead
Ana, Thank you for the kind words! I hope you get to listen to the audio book it really was so good! And yes I know we can relate to the body image concerns but I also know we both have husbands who love us and truly believe we are beautiful!