634: A Look Back at What Girl, Wash Your Face Taught Me | Part 1

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

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

4.4 • 16.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This Episode Originally Aired - March 1, 2023 In this episode of the Rachel Hollis Podcast, Rachel reflects on the five-year anniversary of her groundbreaking book 'Girl, Wash Your Face.' She shares the whirlwind changes the book brought to her life, both the positive and challenging aspects, including her experiences with the publishing process, the immense pressure of success, and the unexpected shift into the Christian market. Rachel also discusses the valuable lessons she learned about standing up for her beliefs and setting boundaries. As she looks back, she acknowledges the growth and evolution she has undergone in the past five years and hints at the topics she will cover in the next episode. Get Your Copy of Girl Wash Your Face on Amazon! https://a.co/d/0h7lsjG0 00:00 Introduction and Audience Insight 01:13 Celebrating Five Years of 'Girl, Wash Your Face' 05:48 The Journey to Writing 'Girl, Wash Your Face' 12:45 Challenges and Controversies 21:32 Navigating Audience Expectations 28:17 Facing Criticism and Self-Doubt 28:54 The Journey to Bestseller Status 30:01 The Pressure of Success 33:17 Handling Public Attention 34:44 Struggles with Boundaries 38:54 Financial Insecurity and Success 46:41 Reflecting on Personal Growth 50:21 Concluding Thoughts and Future Plans 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	I think it's worth saying for any of you who are, you know, you're an entrepreneur, you have an online community,
0:07.8	you're putting stuff out into the world.
0:10.1	The world will tell you, oh you've got to keep adding fans,
0:13.6	adding fans build community, add to your list.
0:15.8	It's not true.
0:17.4	You don't want any fans, you don't want any number,
0:21.4	you don't want anybody up in the mix.
0:23.0	You want people that are like, yeah, I get,
0:26.0	I'm picking up what you're putting down.
0:28.0	Like this is my jam.
0:30.0	And I don't have to agree with you on everything,
0:32.0	but like there are things inside of what you're saying that like I dig
0:37.4	Because if you add the wrong kind of people to the mix
0:41.6	That's when you're just you're asking for some kind of war which
0:46.6	essentially happened like 10 days later.
0:50.3	Hi I'm Rachel, and in this show, we talk about everything. Life and work, health and healing,
1:01.6	relationships with others and with ourselves.
1:05.0	These are stories for the seekers.
1:08.0	These are conversations for the curious.
1:11.0	This is the Rachel Hollis podcast.
1:17.0	I have been wanting to do this episode and also kind of hesitating to do this episode for years.
1:28.0	No, weeks.
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