Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

by Rachel Hollis

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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.

• ISBN10: 1400201659
• ISBN13: 9781400201655
• Publish Date: 8 March 2018 (first published 6 February 2018)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 240
• Language: English

Reviews

[writehollydavis]

This book was so inspirational and chock full of great advice. The part about her trying to get published at first had me ugly crying. Can't wait to pick up her other reads!

[ibeforem]

I wasn't familiar with Rachel Hollis before I started this book, and honestly only picked it up because so many people in my universe were talking about it. What I didn't pick up on before I started it was that it was going to have such a Christian angle to it. I can't say that made it terrible, but it meant that a lot of it didn't really speak to me.

I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed Hollis's narration, but I found that after a while I was just listening to it out of curiosity, and didn't really take anything away from it for my personal life. I guess I liked her personal stories the best, just because I like to hear people talk about their lives. The whole story about how she met her husband was a little alarming, but I appreciated her talking about her struggles in the foster care system (though I hope it doesn't scare anyone away from foster care!). Her career path is definitely not one that most people can follow, but it makes for a nice story?

Like I said, I didn't hate this but I also didn't take anything away from it, personally. I've already figured out that I can't control how other people think about me.

This book was not for me. I picked it up at the library because I had heard so much about it. I can appreciate her being vulnerable and sharing great advice but it wasn’t anything new to me. I would probably recommend it for someone younger, just starting out on their own, young moms, etc. I gave it 3 stars for that reason, but it did offer good advice.

[emilybettridge]

I sometimes find it hard to start a “self help” book because of the stigma, but this isn’t self help. It’s tough love, and it comes across as tough love from a best friend or family member. I listened to this audio book and I’m about to go buy the physical book because I need to read this again, write in it, dog ear the pages and carry it everywhere.

[littleread1]

I wanted to like it. Too much about jesus and religion and she thinks "truths" that are not things I can agree with or get behind.