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The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

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

4.6 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In this episode of 'Ask Rach,' Rachel Hollis tackles the topics of dealing with failure and motivating children. She starts by addressing Ellie's question on how to maintain confidence despite setbacks, emphasizing that success is not guaranteed, but the journey and personal growth are. Get your copy of Rachel's New Book Here: Audible, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Bookshop.org, or wherever books are sold! 00:00 Introduction: The Journey Over Success 00:47 Welcome to Ask Rach 02:00 Ellie's Question on Confidence and Failure 04:32 Rachel's Advice on Building Confidence 20:18 Motivating Your Children to Set Goals 36:53 Rachel's Reflections on Leadership 41:25 Conclusion and Podcast Information 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: http://youtube.com/@MsRachelHollis 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	The success is not guaranteed.
0:04.0	The journey is.
0:06.4	If you do the thing, if you try with your whole heart, if you commit with passion,
0:13.0	the experience, the journey, the effort, the person you become because of those things, that's guaranteed. But success, you cannot
0:24.7	control. If your ego cannot handle that you didn't get what you wanted, then you will join the
0:33.4	ranks of millions and millions of other people who didn't get the dream and quit because it
0:41.0	didn't look like what they thought it should.
0:46.0	Okay, guys, welcome to Ask Rach.
0:49.9	This is one of my favorite traditions here on the podcast because I get to hear from you.
0:55.9	Hey, Reid.
0:56.8	Hi, Rachel.
0:58.7	Every single week, you guys call the hotline.
1:01.3	Tell me what's going on in your life and I give you real talk and tough love and the big sister energy you didn't know you always needed.
1:11.5	So if you've got a question about life, love, work, parenting,
1:16.2	how to find your purpose, honestly, anything,
1:19.2	call me and spill it.
1:21.6	737-400-462626,
1:25.1	and your question might just show up right here on the podcast. Let's see what the community
1:31.1	is asking about today. Hey guys, it's Rach. Welcome to a new episode of the show and another
1:41.9	addition in our series of answering your questions. You call into the hotline. You ask me
1:47.5	anything your heart desires. And I do my very best to give you my very best advice.
1:54.0	Why don't we just jump on into today's episode and see what y'all are curious about?
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