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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Honestly, I think it’s kinda shameful and not something to be proud of," said Amber Cessac, a 32-year-old mother of five in Austin.

For many girls, it was a time of immaturity and mean girls and Rachel’s experience was no different. Luckily, our bodies are very good at telling us when they are being overworked, but it’s up to us to recognize the signs and take the necessary actions to listen to our bodies.She wants to be relatable, and she is, to many thousands of women, in her blog posts and her speeches and her best-selling book. The book is full of upbeat tips and emotional anecdotes that are supposed to inspire you to do better in your life. 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 is one of the most sought-after motivational speakers, plays host to one of today’s top business podcasts and is a proud mama of four who uses her platform to empower and embolden women around the world. She goes through some lies that she used to believe about herself in hopes to help other women from falling into the same pitfalls. The main difference between Hollis and the rest of those gurus is that she does a fantastic job of polishing their words and giving it a boost when putting it into her book. There are so many systems in place to ensure that the people who are already down stay down: mass incarceration, voter disenfranchisement, rising health care costs, lack of public education, a narrowing path to citizenship for immigrants — the list goes on.

A student and part-time teacher’s aide near Peoria, Illinois, Malson told me she always put herself “last on the list” and put her career on hold for her husband’s.

As she cleaned herself up, her Facebook status was updated with images of her testing fancy dresses for the Academy Awards. The girl can tell a story that will have you crying one minute and shooting Diet Coke out of your nose the next.

With all the romance and RH I read, the male-driven fantasy, the dumb high-school movies with "queen bitch" characters, none of them feature female friendship as a central plot point. Stay conscious of your reactions towards other people and check yourself when you begin to stray into negative thoughts. The video includes an image of Hollis running through a crowded room, high-fiving the people who have gathered to hear her speak.

I struggled with every word she said about diet and body image—what was meant to be uplifting and inspiring was preached as scientific fact from someone with no medical/dietetic credentials. They kept asking for money, so the camp’s Central Committee decided that “‘Any preacher can preach in this camp. Quitting Diet Coke was the first promise that she made herself, and once she was able to accomplish keeping that promise, keeping every other promise to herself became easier. Currently taped to my door: the cover of Forbes featuring self-made female CEOs, a vacation house in Hawaii . Judging is still one of the most hurtful, spiteful impulses we own, and our judgments keep us from building a stronger tribe.

There is a line where the author says (paraphrased) "science shows you need to eat less and move more, the end! It's one of those books that made me think about my life, the things I do, and it was a highly entertaining read!