769: PEP TALK | This is YOUR Life: Stop Living for Others and Start Living on Your Terms

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

Health And Wellness, Education, Spirituality, Relationships, Personal Development, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Growth, Self-improvement

4.6 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A bite-sized episode to put a little PEP in your step for the week ahead! In this episode, Rach delivers an inspirational message aimed at empowering listeners to take control of their own lives. She stresses the importance of living for yourself rather than trying to meet others' expectations, urging listeners to ignore judgment from others unless they are successful in the relevant area. Get your copy of Rachel's New Book Here: Audible, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Bookshop.org, or wherever books are sold! Sign up for Rachel’s weekly email: https://msrachelhollis.com/insider/ Call the podcast hotline and leave a voicemail! Call (737) 400-4626 Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelHollisMotivation/videos Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MsRachelHollis To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices.

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0:00.0	Hi guys, it's Rach, back with another little chance to hype you up on this Sunday or whatever
0:06.9	day you happen to be listening to this episode. My intention is that hopefully the things I want to
0:12.6	say right now will make your heart feel better, will inspire you to keep moving. And if it hits you
0:18.2	in a certain way, like it really really affects you go ahead and save this episode
0:23.6	in some way so you can come back and get a hype up anytime you need to today's conversation
0:30.2	this is your life that's what i feel compelled to remind you of right now. This is your life.
0:39.0	Not theirs.
0:40.4	Not your parents.
0:42.1	Not your mother-in-law.
0:43.6	Not your boss.
0:44.6	Not society.
0:45.7	Not the people in the comment section.
0:48.7	You.
0:50.0	And if you needed permission today to stop living for other people and to start living for yourself,
0:56.6	here it is. Number one, you will never please everyone. You won't even get close. And one of the
1:05.9	quickest ways to feel exhausted and lost and frustrated is to let everyone else's expectations and opinions
1:13.7	dictate the way you live your life. So many people do this, right? You choose a career because
1:20.4	someone else thought it would be good, right? You dress a certain way because you're afraid of being
1:25.3	judged. You hold back your dreams because you worry that they won't approve being judged. You hold back your dreams because
1:27.8	you worry that they won't approve of you. You hold back your true personality because you think
1:33.6	you won't be accepted. Let's be real. Who is they in this scenario? Some random person from
1:41.6	high school watching your Instagram stories, your great Aunt Susan,
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