Motivating HER: Rachel Hollis

The Nikki & Brie Show

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4.9 • 14.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The Nikki & Brie Show continues to spotlight fearless, inspiring women for Women's History Month and this week’s guest is none other than Rachel Hollis. From the early days of blogging on The Chic Site to building a bestselling empire with Girl, Wash Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing, Rachel has evolved loudly, boldly, and unapologetically in public. In this powerful conversation, Rachel takes us back to 2007 — long before the sold-out conferences and chart-topping podcasts — and shares the decade of trial, error, rejection, and 5 a.m. hustle that built her foundation. She opens up about persistence, hearing “no” (a lot), and why preparation meeting opportunity is the real definition of luck. If you’ve ever felt behind, stuck, or unsure if your dream is worth chasing, this episode is your reminder to keep going. We also dive into what it really means to build a life on your terms especially when you have responsibilities, kids, a mortgage, or fear whispering in your ear. Rachel drops wisdom on hope, resilience, and why doing anything to get unstuck can shift your entire trajectory. It’s raw, motivating, and exactly the kind of truth-telling Women’s History Month is all about. Press play and get ready to be reminded that your dream is still waiting for you.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to the Nikki and Bree Show. And as you all know, this whole month,
0:13.1	the Nikki and Bree Show will feature a badass, inspiring woman. We are continuing our series
0:18.6	with a woman who built something from scratch before
0:21.6	personal branding was even a thing. From the early days blogging on the sheik site to bestselling
0:28.5	books that you all love and know, girl wash your face, girl stop apologizing, and so many more.
0:35.6	She's sold out conferences and podcasts. She has constantly evolved
0:39.9	and is still evolving in public. She's shown the real, the raw, the messy, and the motivated.
0:47.8	And today we're talking about building a life on your terms. Rachel Hollis, welcome to the
0:54.0	Nikki and Bree Show. What up, Rachel?is, welcome to the Nikki and Bree show.
0:55.2	What up, Rachel?
0:56.7	Rachel, thank you so much for joining Nikki and I on our show.
1:00.1	As you know, this month, Nikki and I are showcasing badass, inspiring women like yourself.
1:07.5	And, you know, we have seen the massive empire you have built and all of us got your book.
1:14.4	Girl washed your face. Girl, stop apologizing. I mean, all of them. Incredible. I absolutely fell in
1:19.7	love when you came out with that in 2017. But Nikki and I, we always love to see where people started
1:26.0	and how they started the empire and where they have come. So for our listeners, we always love to see where people started and how they started the empire and where
1:28.5	they have come. So for our listeners, we would love to take it back to when you started off
1:34.0	by blogging. You had your site, shakak site.com. We would love to know what that blog was about.
1:41.3	Oh my gosh. So I actually owned an event planning company in L.A. This was like 2006, 2007.
1:49.1	And I started to hear people talk about something called a blog. And I had no idea what that was.
1:55.0	But I knew that it was writing, which was something I had done since I was little girl. And so I thought I would start writing about events. I thought maybe if I wrote about events, then I would find more, you know,
2:05.5	brides who wanted to hire me as their wedding coordinator. And it was so bad for anybody who had
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