856: ASK RACH "My family is gossiping about me all over town!"

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

Health And Wellness, Education, Spirituality, Relationships, Personal Development, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Growth, Self-improvement

4.6 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Rachel Hollis podcast, Rachel addresses how to handle gossip and false rumors from family members, emphasizing the importance of focusing on one's own life and character instead. She answers a listener's question about managing screen addiction and suggests curating content that is educational and uplifting. Rachel also shares her favorite fiction books and encourages listeners to find joy and growth in their media consumption. Get your copy of Rachel's New Book Here: Audible, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Bookshop.org, or wherever books are sold! 01:06 Welcome to the Show 02:05 Ask Rach: Answering Your Questions 02:58 Dealing with Gossip and Rumors 15:26 Favorite Fiction Books 24:01 Breaking the Doom Scrolling Habit 35:24 Conclusion and Farewell Sign up for Rachel’s weekly email: https://msrachelhollis.com/insider/ Call the podcast hotline and leave a voicemail! Call (737) 400-4626 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	Stop focusing on why someone is rotten to the core.
0:05.7	Focus on your energy.
0:07.8	Focus on your life.
0:09.9	Focus on your character.
0:12.2	Focus on where you are moving forward to.
0:16.1	Focus on building a life that moves so far forward,
0:20.3	they're so deep in the past, you can't even see them
0:22.4	anymore. We can't change the toxic people that we are born into sometimes inside of a family.
0:30.8	But we can change the generational cycle. And what's happening right now is your children are watching how you respond to this.
0:41.1	Your children are going to watch what you do from here. So can you live your life in such a way that
0:47.1	anyone who knows you for real would think that that person's crazy? And if you can, then it doesn't matter what someone else says.
0:58.6	Because you know the truth.
1:05.8	Hey guys, it's Rach.
1:07.8	Welcome to the show.
1:09.0	I'm so glad that you're here with us today. And I have a favor,
1:12.4	which sounds kind of harsh if we just met, but I'm assuming that most of you have been a part
1:17.7	of this community for a hot minute. And so I got to ask, are you subscribed to the podcast?
1:24.0	Subscribing to the podcast you listen to regularly is one of the best things that you can do for hosts
1:29.6	like me. It helps to support the show and the staff that works on it. It ensures that you never
1:35.2	miss an episode when we drop a new one. And here's the cool thing about subscribing. If you do it,
1:41.2	and then you hate this show, just unsubscribe. It's one click away. In the meantime,
1:46.6	if you're listening, we would so appreciate it if you would just tap that button and make it official.
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