Publication Date: March 5, 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
Rating: ★★★★
“I believe we can change the world. But first, we’ve got to stop living in fear of being judged for who we are.”
Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: women not living into their full potential. They feel a tugging on their hearts for something more, but they’re afraid of embarrassment, of falling short of perfection, of not being enough.
In Girl, Stop Apologizing, #1 New York Times bestselling author and founder of a multimillion-dollar media company, Rachel Hollis sounds a wake-up call. She knows that many women have been taught to define themselves in light of other people—whether as wife, mother, daughter, or employee—instead of learning how to own who they are and what they want. With a challenge to women everywhere to stop talking themselves out of their dreams, Hollis identifies the excuses to let go of, the behaviors to adopt, and the skills to acquire on the path to growth, confidence, and believing in yourself.
Review:
“Grown women don’t need to ask permission.”
Rachel Hollis came out with Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be and I immediately got my hands on it. I was so in love with her positivity that when Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals was announced, I knew that I had to go for it.
There is something about the way that Rachel Hollis speaks. I listened to both of her books as an audiobook which were narrated by her. She speaks to your soul and there’s no doubt about it.
There were some things in Girl, Stop Apologizing that I loved, but also that I wasn’t a fan of. Some of these things range from self-love to bragging about her life (which I get, but it sometimes felt overdone).
I loved the fact that Rachel really discussed appreciation and support of others. Something that I always have struggled with is disappointment when it comes to people’s support/appreciation of me.
“Are you a shadow of who you’re meant to be because someone in your life doesn’t fully appreciate you?”
This quote especially resonated with me and it felt like she was speaking just to me. Letting yourself change and be in the shadows because of who supports/appreciates you is stupid and Rachel really lets you know it.
Now, to the thing I didn’t like. Rachel Hollis is a wealthy woman. We all know that. She is married to a wealthy man. That is also known. In her debut novel, we got to really see her life and what happened while she was growing up, getting married, becoming a mom, etc. In this book, I feel like there were many times where she discussed things relating to being rich and it made it unrelatable for me.
Girl, Stop Apologizing was not as good as her debut novel, but I really did love a lot of the content that Rachel Hollis discussed. In her next book, I hope she focuses more on motivational and spiritual things instead of her not-so-subtle gloating in her books.
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