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The Rachel Hollis Podcast

631: BOOK CLUB | Girl Wash Your Face | Chapter 1: Nobody Can Make You Happy But YOU & Chapter 2: Stop Procrastinating and Do it Today

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

Society & Culture, Health And Wellness, Personal Development, Personal Growth, How To, Self-improvement, Relationships, Education

4.416.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This month we are taking a break from our regular podcasting to get some summer reading in. So, we are super pleased to introduce July Book Club! Each week we’ll post an audiobook selection pulled from one of Rachel’s books. We are kicking it off with Girl Wash Your Face! This book dives into the lies and misconceptions that too often hold us back from living joyfully and productively. I hope these snippets remind you that YOU are all you need to make your life everything you want it to be! 00:00 Introduction: Feeling Overwhelmed and Behind 01:00 Book Club Month: The Camino de Santiago 03:39 The Journey of Writing 'Girl, Wash Your Face' 06:42 The Impact and Success of 'Girl, Wash Your Face' 17:07 The Evolution of Rachel's Writing and Beliefs 18:59 Chapter One: The Lie - Something Else Will Make Me Happy 25:54 Navigating Life's Storms 26:54 Taking Responsibility for Your Happiness 27:16 Understanding True Depression and Sadness 27:52 The Journey to Contentment 28:43 A Traumatic Childhood 30:24 Moving to Los Angeles 32:35 The Lesson of Geography 33:00 Finding Joy in the Little Things 34:17 The Power of Positivity 37:42 The Importance of Keeping Promises 46:02 Building on Past Success 49:17 Practical Tips for Achieving Goals 50:59 Conclusion and Encouragement Get the Start Today Journal - https://starttoday.com/products/start-today-journal Have a question you want Rach to answer? An idea for a podcast episode?? Call the podcast hotline and leave a voicemail! Call (737) 400-4626 Sign up for Rachel’s weekly email: https://msrachelhollis.com/insider/ Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelHollisMotivation/videos Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MsRachelHollis/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices.

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0:00.0

You're a piece of Jetsome being tugged along with the tide.

0:04.0

It feels too hard to keep up with a game, so you've quit playing.

0:09.0

Oh sure, you're still here.

0:11.0

You still show up for work, you still make dinner and take care of your kids, but you're always playing catch-up. You always feel behind and overwhelmed. Life is not supposed to overwhelm you at all times.

0:26.0

Life isn't meant to be merely survived, it's meant to be lived.

0:40.0

Hi, I'm Rachel, and in this show, we talk about everything. Life and work, health and healing, relationships with others and with ourselves. These are

0:46.6

stories for the seekers. These are conversations for the curious. This is the Rachel Hollis podcast.

0:59.0

Hi guys, it's Rage.

1:01.0

Welcome to a new episode of the Rachel Hallis podcast. It's

1:04.0

podcast and the kickoff of Book Club Month.

1:09.9

July is dedicated to books.

1:09.8

July is dedicated to books, more specifically books that I have written and I'll tell you why.

1:20.6

As you are listening to this podcast right now, if you're listening to it during the month of July, I am actually

1:27.8

walking 160 miles through the countryside in Spain. So the month of July for me is dedicated to doing

1:37.5

something called the Camino de Santiago which is an ancient pilgrimage that people tend to do in about 40 days, usually 40 to 50 days.

1:47.0

It was something I had always wanted to do, but I have four kids and I can never figure out how I could take 50 days out of my life to go walk

1:57.1

this ancient pilgrimage from the border of France to the coast of Spain.

2:02.6

It's like, God, I want to say like 800 miles or something.

2:06.3

And I'd always wanted to do it.

2:08.0

Couldn't figure out how I could pull it off.

2:09.8

And then I realized I have this window every summer in July my kids go to summer camp so I thought well what

2:17.6

if I use summer camp time to be kamino time and that's what I'm doing. So I pre-taped these episodes for you guys

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