This is the deepest and most pervasive lie that coils its way around the book like a python choking its prey. On Sunday, Hollis tried her hand at a response. Characteristically, she laid much of the blame on her “ team,” claiming that they advised her against responding to the furor sooner. She then wrote it was “ludicrous” that people perceived her post the way they did, stressing that she cannot “now, or ever” compare herself to any of the aforementioned women. Unsurprisingly, her defensive tone only exacerbated the mounting outrage, and the post has since been deleted.

Recognizing the lies we've come to accept about ourselves is the key to growing into a better version of ourselves.❞ It is a sobering reality that not all people are granted equal opportunities, rights and lots in life. But reading her book, it feels like she sweeps that all under the rug. Why do we feel we need permission, even if that permission is from someone we don't know? Because of LIES. Lies we've been told and lives we've told ourselves. However, Rachel Hollis incredibly naive if she believes her story is widely applicable to any and every woman, regardless of marital status, income level, or education.Girl, Wash Your Face," honestly, isn't anything new. All the same, I found that it resonated with me in a way that not many self-help books ever have. Part of it, no doubt, is where I am in my own life. I suspect that had I read it even five years ago, GWYF likely would not have hit me in the same way. A bigger part of it, though, is that Rachel Hollis just seems so damn likeable. I'm not normally the sort to fan-girl over the internet famous, but something about Rachel makes it easy to imagine meeting up with her for coffee. Her advice, while nothing new, is presented less like a traditional self-help book and more like an older sister sitting you down and saying, "Look. Let me tell you all the ways I screwed up so you can save yourself the trouble." It works because Hollis has an engaging story at its core. She has achieved quite a lot over the last few years and because of that, it seems that what she says comes from experience. Ultimately, at the end of the day...I was entertained by the book...just don't take her word as gospel. Yet another story of a woman achieving her dreams only because her husband was able to financially support them and any income from her wasn’t required. By her own admission, she worked because she wanted to, not because she had to.

Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be is a self-help book by American author Rachel Hollis published by Thomas Nelson in 2018. [1] I find that Hollis has bought into five common lies that seem to be the starting point for all her advice. Lie 1: You Come First, and Your Happiness Depends on You

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There’s a lot more I could say, but putting the faith part aside, I still hated it. I cannot even deal with people who run around spewing “Love my tribe!!!! Hustle!!!!! Positive vibes!!!!” I can’t roll my eyes hard enough. She said “I run a lifestyle media company” more times than she referenced the Bible. She CONSTANTLY brags about working with A-list celebrities. I am zero percent impressed and one hundred percent annoyed. She talks about going to the Oscars and the “internet going wild” over her glammed up pictures, but she tries SO HARD, you guys, to make us believe that she’s not glam!! Sometimes she pees a little when she jumps on the trampoline because she’s had babies! Giggle!!! I could not get over the amount of shameless bragging and conceit.

So, Book Rachel doesn’t care what I say, but Social media Rachel says I should write a review because “it means so much” to all the people that work hard to create content? But Live Stream Rachel doesn’t care either? So, which is it? Does my review only matter if you like what I have to say? Does In Real Life Rachel read them or not? Who is Rachel Hollis really and does she care or not? Maybe because I’m the friend that won’t allow you to whine and so are my closest friends, I didn’t find her in-your-face-like-a-football-coach style all that novel.Rachel Hollis' brutal honesty speaks volumes about how the potential power of women to rise and be the person they aspire to become are overshadowed by varying degrees of lies--put up as excuses. Logically, this sentiment can’t be true—because all religions contradict each other at some point. And Christianity, by nature, is exclusive. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me” (John 14:6). Religious pluralism is a dogmatic religious belief—and it contradicts Christianity. ​Lie 4: Judgment Is Bad She doesn't sugar coat it, she doesn't tell you it's going to be easy nor does she tell you that change will happen overnight. What she does tell you is that YOU ARE WORTH IT. You are worth the fight, the struggle, the battles, and the pain. YOU ARE WORTH the hard work, the tears, the rejection, and the exhaustion. Because, ❝Life isn't meant to be merely survived-it's meant to be lived❞

She makes a point to say that dreams shouldn't have deadlines, and then in the very next chapter says her goal is to own a vacation home in Hawaii before she's 40. She’s funny, honest, and is okay going through life just figuring it out along the way. She seems to have found the secret sauce to maintaining a great marriage, healthy kids, and a thriving career. I enjoy her live streams with her husband and she clearly has love overflowing from her cup onto her children. Like myself, her spiritual gift is likely exhortation and she is passionate about helping women do the same thing she has - work hard and achieve their dreams. once you understand that you are the one in control, you'll get up and try again. And you'll keep going until being in control feels more natural than being out of control.❞ Despite her frequent and boisterous claims on social media that she aims at creating content for and building a community of diversity, this book is not really for a diverse audience.

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I was anxious but cautious when starting this book, as I've heard a lot about it. My opinion is probably pretty unpopular, but I could hardly wait to be done with it. Religious pluralism is basically the idea that all roads lead to God. There’s no right way or wrong way to think about God, and my religion is no better or more right than yours. This is a message Hollis shouts from the rooftops. The only problem? It’s a narrow religious assertion. It’s a belief about God that claims to trump all others. What do I mean? If you claim that all religions are equally valid and true, then you’re excluding all religions that don’t affirm that view.