Welcome to the Dias Podcast. My name is Rachel Hollis and I've built a multi-million-dollar

media company with a high school diploma and a Google search bar. Each week we'll share

direct, tangible advice or inspiring interviews with the same intention. These are the tools

to change your life. To celebrate the launch of Girl Wash Your Face, I'm giving all of

our Dias listeners the first three chapters of the audiobook for free. My hope is that

by sharing my honest stories as a working mother, former foster parent and a woman who

has had all kinds of insecurities that it will spur other women to live with passion and

take ownership of their own lives. Enjoy this gift of the first three chapters and if you

want to hear the rest, all narrated by me, order Girl Wash Your Face on Audio wherever

books are sold. Chapter 3 The Lie I'm not good enough. I am a workaholic and I don't

say that lightly. The words are heavy, the knowledge makes my heart hurt. Though if I

give myself a little grace, then the truth is I am a recovering workaholic. I am a recovering

workaholic and I say those words with the same trepidation and shame that might exist where

I to tell you that I had any other kind of addiction. I looked up the definition just now,

even though I've been certain of my diagnosis for a couple of years. My online dictionary

app describes workaholic as a person who feels compelled to work excessively. Compeld.

That's a pretty strong word, isn't it? I can't be the only one who hears it and immediately

thinks of the exorcist and holy water and a terrified priest. But compelled feels accurate,

like something inside of you that won't take no for an answer, like something you do without

conscious thought. Did I feel compelled to work nonstop? Without question. Even now I am typing

this workaholic chapter at 5.37 in the morning because waking up to get my word count in at 5 o'clock

is the only way I can actually manage to write books, run a media company and raise a family

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