think of the monster under your bed, think of the mean girls from middle school, think

of your ex-girlfriend, think of your mother-in-law. I want you to think of them. And I really want

you to think of the qualities about this person that you don't like. And by the way,

I understand that for some of us, Marissa from 8th grade is a fictional character.

You're 46 years old. You haven't seen Marissa in 30 years. But you still allow that archetype,

that person to control your life. And you're like, Rachel, she's not controlling my life.

Oh, she sure is. Because if you don't take action based on something that you fear someone

else is going to say, they are in control of your life.

Hi, I'm Rachel Hollis and this is my podcast. I spend so many hours of every single week

reading and listening to podcasts and watching YouTube videos and trying to find out as much

as I can about the world around me. And that's what we do on this show. We talk about everything,

life and how to be an entrepreneur. What happened to dinosaurs? What's the best recipe for fried

chicken? What's the best plan for intermittent fasting? What's going on with our inner child?

How's therapy working out for you? Whatever it is, my guests are into. I want to unpack it so that

we can all understand. These are conversations. This is information for the curious. This is the

Rachel Hollis podcast.

Hi guys, it's Rachel. Welcome to another episode of the Rachel Hollis podcast.

Today's episode is all about hyping you up. Every once in a while, I get the intuition

that what I could do that would be most helpful for you on this particular day is to be your hype squad,

to be your biggest cheerleader, to be your coach, to be just an opportunity or, you know,

45 minutes of encouragement to you. So today's episode is specifically aimed at any of you who

keep talking yourself out of it. And you keep talking yourself out of whatever it is,

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