You guys, after months of waiting and a year of writing, my new book, Girl Wash Your Face,

is finally out in the world! I want to thank you so much every single one of you who has bought

the book on ebook or a physical copy or on audio. Your support means the world to me. And if you

are listening to my podcast and you haven't yet bought the book, you're dead to me. Now, I'm

totally kidding. But I am serious about how important this book is. I keep talking about it because

I sincerely believe there are tools in it that can help change your life. So if you have the

sixteen dollars, I want you to go buy it right now because you love your pal rage. And if you don't,

head to the library or borrow it from a friend. But if you care enough to listen here,

you're going to love the wisdom inside of this book. Girl Wash Your Face, I promise you will not

be sorry you did. And so everybody can play a role whether it's time, whether it's a company,

partnership, you know, everybody can do something in this. And we all should!

Welcome to the day's 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. On this very special episode of the day's podcast, I have a conversation with President

and CEO of Austin Angels and my new best friend, Susan Ramirez. She tells us about the power we all

have to make real change in our communities, why she was called to help fix the broken foster

care system and gives us a first step to starting a nonprofit. Here's our conversation.

Susan, thank you so much for coming to hang out with us today on days. I super appreciate your time.

It's such incredible work that you guys are doing at Austin Angels. If someone has not heard of you

or the organization before, would you tell them about who you are and what you do?

So Austin Angels is a nonprofit organization that supports foster care children and their care

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