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 $16, I want you to go buy it right now because you love your powerach.

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.

Welcome to the day as 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.

I wanted to talk to you guys today about something that really used to affect and control my life.

And it's something that I know really affects negatively and controls a lot of your lives too.

I want to talk about anxiety.

What a word. I think sometimes we throw it around lightly that you have anxiety over this or worries over that.

But when you have truly suffered from an anxiety attack, when it's something that kind of, I don't even want to say kind of,

when it's something that plagues your life, you don't know when it's going to pop up, you feel completely incapacitated when it does.

It's the worst. I think anxiety controlled my life for, gosh, for years.

For years and years. And one of the biggest mistakes that I made during that time period is something that I bet is a mistake that a lot of you are making right now.

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