Out of touch and tone-deaf. Her Girl Wash Your Face book really helped in a time of lacking vulnerability from women. I have since come to see that a good majority of her "influence" is false and misleading. Also that she is NOT a qualified person to give trauma advice for many instances. If "pick yourself up by your bootstraps" or "move on" and "choose joy" worked for a sexual assault survivor like myself then I wouldn't have to spend the piles of money on meds and therapy. This book is riddled...

I want to preface this by saying 1) I am a huge fan of RH’s last 2 books. I recommended them to everyone & bought copies for countless friends. I’ve listened to every single podcast & was a devout listener of the morning show. Basically I’m a fan! 2)While I was sad to hear about the Hollis’ divorce- I was sad for pain their family was going through & have zero judgement. I have a lot of respect for them making such a hard decision for their family esp in the public eye. 3) I bought this book & a...

Definitely won’t be wasting my “dumb” earned money on this book! How could she bite the hand that fed her MILLIONS?! To call network marketing and direct sales dumb, after speaking at several events and supporting women in this industry....I would call THAT dumb. Disgusted and so disappointed. Praying for the millions of women in DS who looked up to her and prayed for her, that are now heartbroken and disappointed and also praying for her. Definitely wouldn’t want to be Rachel Hollis waking up t...

3.5 stars, but rounded up because while I'm not currently in a season of grief, I think it could help someone who is and I don't want the negative reviews of people who haven't read this to turn someone away from something that could be useful to them. Reading the ARC for this one feels a bit different from Rachel's previous books. It's a bit grittier in parts where she shares more details of stories you've read about in her previous books, including her brother's suicide, early family life, lea...

Here is what I think happened: COVID-19 left Hollis unsure how to make payroll so she decided to write another book. After all, isn't that what she encourages readers to do in this one? Lean into your strengths when things get tough and don't invest any capital if you can avoid it.Unfortunately, 90% of Hollis books are Hollis writing about herself. And as she wrote her last book, like, three months prior, she lacked new content. So she turned to the one area she'd left unmined: her childhood tra...

Let me preference my less than favorable review with this...I’m a Rach fan! I’ve attended RISE conferences and read all her books (even the fictions ones)...plus done her online coaching too! Her talks, words and presence helped me through some dark times in my life....But to say this book was special like the last two (GWYF and GSA) would be a lie.Now don’t get me wrong, if you’ve not bought into Hollis yet, and this is your first read by her...it will be a great read. But for True devotees lik...

Twenty bucks down the hole. And because I spent precious money on it, I plowed through it.Let me just first say that what Rachel went through with her brother is utterly tragic and my heart extends to her because I know exactly what she went through. And nobody should have to see that at such a young age.. But I’m reviewing this book as I’ve come to read it. I was going to give this book a two and then I read this: “but there should absolutely be shame in slowly drowning [financially] while pret...

Hollis’ continued ”pick yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality is over. This is not a healthy way to process trauma. The implications are the messages of ”Why don't you just move on? Don't you have enough strength to make your own happiness and choose joy?” That is sinister. People are dealing with deadly pandemics, systemic racism, police brutality, and Rachel Hollis is proclaiming herself the best person to walk us through 2020 with her new book?White lady saviour complex indeed. Honestly,

My review of this book has nothing to do with the author's personal life and everything to do with the book itself. I am aware of the recent controversy and this is about the book only.That out of the way, I found this book to be a combination of a re-hashing of both information and stories from previous books and very surface-y advice on how to overcome adversity. If you have never read a book by the author, this might provide a slight amount of helpful information, but otherwise there's a bunc...

I had to stop listening to this book in the chapter that told parents how do handle the loss of a child. My four month old baby passed away and I had a 3 year old and 6 year old and a husband I felt like I needed to stay strong for. I was the person Rachel says to be. I showed up for my family. I was strong. And it was absolutely not the right thing to do. Maybe one day my children will write a book and say what she is saying and I will take back this review. But I have seen my kids become compa...

“In the introduction, author Rachele Hollis says: “I considered pushing this book away or scrapping it all together. I didn’t think I was ready—I wasn’t sure I’d ever be ready. I questioned whether I could teach and learn at the same time— because this lesson, this work, feels like the hardest I’ve ever done”. She goes on to say.... “There’s and old expression that says we should teach or write or share only from our ‘scars’, never from our wounds, and I have lived by it. Meaning, I have been i

Having given up on Girl, Wash Your Face 1/4 of the way through, I went into this book (provided to me by NetGalley in advance for my honest review) trying to keep an open mind. But I couldn’t even make it through the introduction without rolling my eyes at the things Hollis writes, often referring to her readers as “girls” and trying to be witty by asking the Dalai Lama (If he’s reading) to give her a 5 star review. Though most readers will believe they’re getting an inside look on Hollis’ divor...

This is garbage. This is a woman who met and married a millionaire at age 19. She has several nannies and housecleaners on staff. She is sitting in such a place of privilege that it is disgusting and disingenuous to paint this fake narrative around her "grief". She is a LIAR! It is a bunch of recycled and/or plagiarized content from her old books and from OTHERS content. She couldn't site a source to save her life. Aside from all of this....It's just a poorly written book. It is bad. Very Bad. P...

I enjoyed Didn’t See That Coming like all of Rachel’s other books. Hollis uses real world examples from her life and personal stories others have told her to help the reader. Didn’t See That Coming has a lot of useful advice for dealing with grief, loss and uncertainty. This book was the first time I heard Rachel talk about the downside of her fame and the anxiety she experiences when strangers ask for personal advice while she is with her family. I loved the style and honesty in Didn’t See That...

This book was published a few months after announcing the divorce. She is profiting on her fake life. I wonder why people would give her their money. Rise up people and raise your standards.

This is my first Rachel Hollis book and while I hope it will be my last, it probably won't be.I learned who Rachel was this year. During quarantine, I found out all about her and how she supports MLMs and sells marriage advice without any qualifications to do so. After watching so much about her, I saw the post announcing her divorce to the world. I was mad for the people who spend thousands of dollars to listen to her talk about how to have a perfect marriage, all while hers was falling apart b...