Girl, Wash Your Face
Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
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4.4 • 43 Ratings
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- £9.99
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD
Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that’s a lie.
If you have ever said any of these things to yourself . . .
Something else will make me happy.I’m not a good mom.I will never get past this.I am defined by my weight.I should be further along by now.
. . . then you could benefit from the unflinching faith and rock-hard tenacity Rachel Hollis has in store for you. In this challenging but conversational book, Rachel exposes the twenty lies and misconceptions that too often hold us back from living joyfully and productively, lies we’ve told ourselves so often we don’t even hear them anymore.
Rachel is real and talks about real issues. More than that, she reveals the specific practical strategies that helped her move past them. In the process, she encourages, entertains, and even kicks a little butt, all to convince you to do whatever it takes to get real and become the joyous, confident woman you were meant to be. Because you really can live with passion and hustle – and give yourself grace without giving up.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Rachel Hollis, founder of TheChicSite.com, offers a warm and disarming guide to living a meaningful, authentic life. Hollis, a Pentecostal preacher’s daughter, combines tough love and personal candor, using her own struggles with food, sex, and motherhood as teaching moments.“I peed my pants last week” is the first line of Hollis’ first chapter. Like a life coach who also makes you laugh, she offers advice that’s concrete, relatable, and always pragmatic.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hollis asks female readers to find their inner truths in this witty guide to healthy living. Hollis, founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and married mother of four, is a self-proclaimed recovering workaholic who suffered from erroneous beliefs instilled in childhood: "When I succeeded, I got praise and attention; I felt liked and accepted. But the moment the audience stopped clapping, it all went back to the way it was before. What this taught me... is the belief that in order to be loved, I felt I needed to produce something." Hollis implores readers to stop worrying about external pressures to always do more and, instead, to find fulfillment by getting in touch with their own desires and feelings. Readers will find hope and humor in Hollis's stories as she challenges them to take control of their physical, mental, and spiritual health through regulating habits, resisting unhelpful comparisons, and embracing changes such as marriage and motherhood. Opening up about her now-husband and their rough first year of dating, Hollis reveals she was trying too hard to make something work that didn't fit, and admonishes other women not to do the same by making any single person their purpose for living. Throughout, she pairs biblical lessons with personal anecdotes to make her points. Hollis's dynamic book is filled with inspiration for women who feel stuck on the path to realizing their dreams.
Customer Reviews
I loved parts
I loved this book and the only reason I didn’t rate it 5* is because there are a few chapters that I couldn’t relate to I.e parenting. Other than that one reason, I’d totally recommend 😊
This book says nothing to me about my life
Don’t bother. This woman talks in circles without saying anything of merit. Word vomit. You might as well just read the Nike logo. Just Do It! How? Well, that’s up to you to work out. Because Rachel is a bit of a simpleton and doesn’t actually bother going beyond the sickly platitudes. Spoiled alert - Rachel ‘went for it’ after marrying a rich Disney exec. She may now be qualified to advise on divorce though.