Welcome to the RISE Podcast. I'm Rachel Hollis and I built a multi-million dollar media

company with a high school diploma and a Google search bar. Each week we'll be sharing

tangible, direct advice or inspiring interviews with the same intention. These are the tools

to change your life.

This week on last 90 days challenge, we are focused in on health and fitness. So I wanted

to bring you one of my favorite chapters from the audiobook of Girl Wash Your Face. In

this chapter, the lie that I used to believe is that I was defined by my weight. And I know

this is a business podcast, so it might seem odd to focus in on health and fitness when

it comes to business unless you're a business owner. And then you understand exactly why

it's important to take care of yourself so you can take care of everyone else. Look,

if you are not healthy, if you are not spending the time to get enough sleep, drink enough

water, eat foods that make you feel great, you are never ever going to be the person

that you want to be. So I hope that this chapter helps you as much as it helped me and

I hope it gives you the courage to face down the things you're not doing, the life you're

not living, and the decisions that you need to make to get you to the next place with your

health.

Chapter 17. The lie. I am defined by my weight. When people talk about divorce, they use

words like irreconcilable or messy, but those words are too light, too easy for the destruction

of a family. Divorce is a book falling onto a house made of legos. It's a cannonball

shot over the bow that crashes through the deck and sinks the other ship. Divorce is destruction

that starts at the top and breaks everything apart on the way down. So no, messy isn't the

right adjective. Horrible, ugly, hateful, annihilating, these are closer.

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