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My self help advice to Rachel: Don’t call yourself “self made through hard work” if you married a millionaire at 21 🤷🏻‍♀️

Her advice is like, If you're homeless, just get a house if you're sad, be happy If you're jobless, just get a job

All she had to do was enjoy her millions and chill out. Mean girl energy was so strong she couldnt stfu until she outed herself.

I am an ICU nurse of 30 yrs. Despite being a single mum and having had a work accident and been diagnosed with life threatening pancreatitis and Addison’s disease & requiring years of hospitalisation and multiple life threatening surgeries, I continued to push myself and worked so hard I nearly killed my self all because I was being told and ended up believing was I just wasn’t trying harder enough. I am now palliative & mostly bed ridden and most of my days I am only capable of breathing, smiling and laughing with my magnificent 19yo daughter. My family and friends pretty much all said I needed to stop feeling sorry for myself and get back to work. These unrealistic expectations do gooders like Rachel mouth off about can be dangerous. Listen to your body, mind and soul and take other’s advice with a grain of salt. Everyone is different. She is trying to make money by making others feel bad about themselves. Just my opinion. Everyone is entitled to their own. As a rule I don’t like judging people when your haven’t walked in their shoes but Rachel now takes the cake.

Not all of us WANT to hustle to be famous or wealthy. Some people just want to raise their kids in a happy and healthy home. Don’t shame them for just getting through a difficult day and not chasing a goal they don’t want

As someone who has struggled with depression their whole life and has been suicidal multiple times. I can say that without a doubt, it is absolutely alright if all you did today was breathe. Because sometimes that's really all that you can do...

I busted out laughing in the middle of her speech about how everything you think becomes true. I wonder what it’s like to never have serious health problems or faced any real hardship- but not everyone is that lucky. These people are off their rockers.

How anyone got past listening to this woman's voice for more than a minute is beyond me.

“She’s the woman who cleans my toilets” … the last woman who “cleaned my toilets” owns her cleaning company, employs several people, & makes more money than I do. She also has a heart of gold and LOVES what she does. A few years ago we had to move my grandpa out of his home that he’d lived in for 50 years- it needed a deep clean to say the very least and that’s when we found her. I swear, when she was done with the place we thought the walls had been painted and new flooring installed, it was that clean - the woman has a GIFT - along with many people who make cleaning their career. She saw it as a way to help people, to make their lives easier, while doing something she’s good at & getting paid for it. I’m not trying to imply that every housekeeper/house cleaner owns their business or loves their job, but they are never just “someone who cleans toilets”

“We all have the same 24 hours” but what average mom is married to a Disney executive and has multiple nannies and millions of dollars? It’s hard for me to feel sorry for people who fall victim to these types of “influencers”

Just a thing about mlms: My mom was dragged into one when she had no job. Her upper made her buy all this stuff to sell on, but we live in the country. No one bought from her and the stuff sat, meanwhile her upper would go on vacation, show off what she bought because of the company all while telling my mom, who was trying her damnedest to sell what she had, that she wasn’t “trying hard enough” and that “a positive attitude is all you need”. It still sits in her study I just want to say this: screw you, Arbonne.

Rachel has only a high school diploma? She could have been the cleaning lady. Most housekeepers have a high school diploma, and many of them get up early in the morning. Any success she has or had was due to luck.

Her rant at around the 9 minute mark: spoken like someone who’s never dealt with chronic depression or anxiety, or any other mental health issue, or any chronic physical issue. Some days, just breathing *is* enough. Just hanging in there is enough. She’s lucky she doesn’t have to count her spoons.

So pleased I'd never heard of this woman until now.

If all you did today was breathe .. If all you did today was hold yourself together I am proud of you 🥰

THANK YOU for connecting the dots between "toxic positivity," evangelism, consumerism, and modern-day social media "lifestyle influencers." It's one thing to have confidence and strive to make your life better; it's quite another to shame people who lack the same resources and opportunities in life (be they financial, social, physical, or mental) for not rising to the same heights as you. I SO appreciate you clearly spelling out such toxic mindsets in your videos.

We need to do a rethink on what “self-made” means. If you are able to move to LA, afford rent, and go to school, without working at the start, you are coming from a level of privilege.

Her advice is basically "don't get enough sleep." As an actual health coach, that's bad advice. Sleep is an important part of your health.

I get so annoyed with the “everyone has the same 24 hours” this is exactly how most women will drive themselves into the ground working their life away..there’s gotta be more than just chasing a LV bag 🤷🏻‍♀️

Rachel: If I'm relatable, I'm doing it wrong! Also Rachel: Look how cool and relatable I am! Hey there, fellow kids!

It makes me wonder how successful she would have been without a Disney exec husband and a house keeper and nanny when she started out.

Not all successes are financially rewarded. I have many successes, I cared for my elderly mom, I home schooled two great sons, I’ve been married 40 years, I ran a marathon starting a tradition in our family, we raised our boys in the beautiful Sierra Mountains and so many more. Rachel doesn’t impress me a bit.

Her ex-husband, David Hollis, died this past February from an overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and alcohol. He suffered from heart disease & depression. According to the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office, David also had a history of drug and alcohol abuse.

9:20 As someone who has been battling cancer for the past year as well as having severe depression/anxiety. I can assure you that sometimes all you can do is lay in bed and breathe. Honestly. The audacity of this woman to sit there and say that is just. God. Life is hell and sometimes all you can do is sit on the couch and eat ice-cream. Not every moment of your life has to be constant accomplishments and go-go-go. If I've learned anything through my experiences this past year is sometimes, recovery, pushing through, achieving the end goal, takes time, and rest. Sometimes slow and steady wins the race, and there's no shame in that.

Privilege isn't the posession of nice things, it is instead, the absence of obstacles and barriers. That "clear path" can often deteroriate into entitlement.

I feel like Rachel perfectly illustrates why licensure is so important. she’s essentially acting as a therapist without the proper education or knowledge, and is instead spreading harmful beliefs. it’s incredibly frustrating to watch; her followers deserve better.

"We all have the same 24 hours" says the lady with a nanny and more money than most people would see in three lifetimes.

She only had one pose in her pics 😂 "Look right, fake laugh, hand in hair. sO aUtHeNtIc!"

Ugh. Actually I did lose a child. Recently too, and guess what? Most of the time all I can do IS BREATHE. She infuriates me so much.

Once she started complaining about the “pin” I was just done. Toxic positivity and constant hustle culture is insane. Mental health is vital.

The fact she mentioned paralympians as having the same 24 hours when if in a wheelchair everything takes longer to do shows how clueless she is.

I rstarted to ead her book 'Girl, wash your face' and stopped reading it when I saw that she forgave Dave and married him. She details how he treated her and emotionally abused and manipulated her. After that I couldn't take either of them seriously and stopped following them. Now that I see this, I can see my instincts were right about them. Great video!

She didn’t really compare Santa Claus to a quote about debilitating anxiety or depression ?!?! This woman is TERRIBLE

When it was mentioned that a Louis Vuitton bag "represented the kind of woman she dreamed she'd be," I just felt... sad? Like, shit, imagine being so empty inside that you don't dream of being kind, or loving and being loved, or of being able to provide for others- you dream of owning a symbol of wealth, and that represents everything about your aspirations. Fuck, man.

I didn’t think 45 minutes about this cliche narcissist could keep me listening for more than 10. You’re an excellent chronicler and narrator. Not a misstep or dull moment and you seem to be straight-up objective. Well done!

I survived a physical and emotionally abusive relationship. When I was finally free and able to start healing I found it was the EMOTIONAL and VERBAL abuse I had the hardest time getting past; ten years later if a man becomes verbally abusive and aggressive I suffer PTSD. Being physically abused is scary when it happens especially when it is serious to kill you, but when it’s over you heal. The emotional and verbal abuse an become like a tape playing in your head 24/7; this is what broke me. There were days when I had constant panic attacks and you know what you need to do to stop a panic attack? JUST BREATHE! Sounds simple but it can be really hard! I had to turn off the volume when that annoying cow was having that diatribe over something that SHE CLEARLY doesn’t understand, I seriously doubt she was ever in an abusive relationship unless SHE WAS THE ABUSER! I literally wanted to punch HER OBNOXIOUS FACE through my TV. It’s sad there are SO MANY DAMAGED PEOPLE looking for help in all the wrong places!

“You’re either growing or dying” is such a brainless statement. Everything is in the process of dying.

I hope the poor woman who cleans Rachel Hollis's toilets quit and got a new job with someone who respects her.

My sister was a fan until Rachel released a book on how to get over her divorce within just a few months of getting divorced. Didn’t seem to ring true.

Its crazy how people will say "you need to love yourself before you love someone else" in a break up yet when its about a career or schooling all i hear is "get up and do it! No matter what"

As a content creator and long time motivational speaker... her message has ALWAYS rubbed me the wrong way. Seeing that clip about the "sometimes if all you can do is breath..." Pinterest post... WOW. As a disabled woman who has also struggled with severe mental illness, this just screamed, "I'm privileged" - I've accomplished a lot in life, despite my challenges, but hell... sometimes I still wake up and all I can do that day is breath AND THAT'S OKAY. damn...

I HATE the whole “we have the same 24 hours as Beyoncé” concept. It’s so dangerous. Beyoncé also has a full staff, billions of dollars, and resources that everyone may not have access to. So no, we don’t have the SAME 24 hours.

So i just googled Rachel, and by default Dave, and he died this past February of an OD. They both seemed toxic, great video with a wealth of comprehensive amd informative info!

It's such a pet peeve for me when people list all the people they blame, and then say they take responsibility as the boss

Hearing what she said about "it's okay if all you did today was breathe" hurt alot more than I expected it to. I am 21, and have struggled daily with a chronic illness, since I was 11, a chronic illness that has taken everything from me, despite fighting it with everything in me. Because of that I'm severly depressed, and just staying alive is all I can handle right now. "Just breathe" is everything I can handle right now. Hearing priveleged, lucky people who have never had to experience anything like that act like it's all about your attitude and putting in the work, makes me so mad. I have fought everyday since I got sick, since I was a CHILD, just to give myself a future, and despite all the energy and strenght I have put into this battle, nothing has changed, because it's not that easy. Sorry for the rant, but people like her have no idea what it's like in the real world, have no idea what it's like to have all the odds stacked against you.

Momfession.. we all don’t get the same 24 hours because some moms are doing it completely alone. Some moms get up at 5 to catch a bus to get the their first job, some moms are struggling with debilitating mental issues and just barely able to get out of bed to get their kids off to school… I could go on and on!! I’m glad Rachel finally got knocked off her high horse cause she isn’t helping anyone using sayings like this infact I bet she has hurt way more than she’s helped

The cat gagging at "goop for red state women" had me ROLLING 🤣 I had to play it back

As a British person looking at the Rachel Hollis fiasco from the outside. I can say that it is clear that Hollis was contemptuous of her target audience of chubby rubes with dull lives, duller husbands and disappointing unphotogenic children from the start. She saw them as sheep to be shorn from the very beginning. It was never a case of someone sincere getting corrupted over time by money and fame.She probably wanted to call her first book: "Girl, Wipe Your Bottom" to reflect her private low opinion of her fan base but was talked out of it by the publishers.

Why do people who buy in to hustle culture always say stuff like "I get up at 5am" and then a year later say "I get up at 4am"? Is that some kind of flex? When will it go to 3am? Or 2? Why sleep at all? Sleep deprivation is foolish and will have the opposite effect on reaching your goals. 🙄

uhh Hollis sis, most people DO get up at 4am, for low wages, WORKING THEIR A $ S OFF in horrible conditions, so people like you can buy and fill your house with stuff to make it look pretty. Some people work like this all their life and they never get as rich as you, they don't have the opportunities and the world isn't a fun nice place. She doesn't even know what it means to really work HARD like she says, but so many people do, not because they want to its because they have to, it's the only way they can merely survive. Barely making enough to eat. UGH.

More important than ever to educate teens about the toxic hustle culture. I see my daughter consuming this fantasy thinking and it worries me.

I love that you highlighted this story next to the ‘prosperity gospel’ and MLMs. I love when the flaws are exposed in these systems

“If your partner is emotionally unavailable and refuses to value or validate you, play mind games with him until he marries you” is atrocious advice.

her: admits to having an unhealthy relationship with a benzo and alcohol her: i hate addicts 🤦🏼‍♀️

Excellent coverage. This might be my favourite video on the subject!! ❤️

I can't believe it took the algo two years to put your content into my feed. Your content is as good as anything available on streaming platforms for pay.

"Whatever you believe is true, is true" Ah yes, being disabled, chronically ill, mentally ill, or just a person who doesn't have someone to clean their toilets is just something we all 'believe'

Someone gifted me her first book and I got about a quarter of the way in and I thought “Girl, this isn’t who I want to be.”

I am blown away by your videos. I just discovered your channel a few days ago and I'm an instant fan. You have a real talent for storytelling and the production/editing/music are all top notch!! I'm so happy I found your channel!

you want to shout to this woman: "What do you know about life, girl?!" I've had a really bad life and I've experienced a few tragedies, I have an incurable autoimmune disease, I'm a single mother of a wonderful daughter and I do my best every day and I smile at everyone and I always hear "you can't see that you are so seriously ill", "you can't see that you've been through so much" and despite the fact that I do my best, there are days when the only thing I did was breathe. That's ok.

"it's okay if the only thing you did today was breath" Rachel may think it's a load of crap but as someone with severe depression sometimes just getting through that day is an accomplishment. Maybe not the most productive one but you can't always force yourself to do things. It only makes people like us feel even worse for not being able to get up and be Super productive like others.

She bragged that she made another "Rachel" in her office go by just her initials, because "there could only be one Rachel" (paraphrased). This is very telling of her sense of self-importance and delusion.

I enjoy the way you let the images tell the story and the audio is good. You're doing a great job.

I'm so glad you do this videos! I myself have a very successful bookkeeping business I took years to grow and throughout my 20s and even 2 brief times in my 30s I fell prey to MLM companies because they sold me on their products and companies. Thankfully the last one I joined in 2022 I was only "sucked in" for about 2 months and then quickly scaled back to only keeping the discount on the products because I do use and love it. But I'm glad you do these videos on these spiritual cults because I had a run in with one of those as well because I've always wanted to be a motivational speaker and a self help author. I actually even wrote the book but have never published it. I fell into this web that was a mentor for life coaches to go from $50 sessions to $15,000 courses and boy did she do a great job at convincing me. I even paid $10,000 for her course and after TONS of hours over 3 months with almost nothing tangible to show from it, I walked away. And I realized in some of your other videos that it was 100% a cult environment. Your videos about these spiritual leaders who turn out to be nightmares and villains sent chills down my spine and it really made me question if I want ANYTHING to do with that arena. I have a wonderful business I'm great at, I love it, my clients love me. Rachel Hollis, I remember the buzz around her. I read the first book and I felt envious of her success as I wanted the same thing but I was so put off by her book, it was very poorly written and I couldn't imagine how she had gotten so famous over it. Now I'm gonna watch your video, curious to see how or why she isn't popular anymore because I assumed she'd just be trucking along making a killin still.

What is this obsession with depriving yourself of sleep? Sleep is so fundamental to our health it just makes no sense to give up. Get your hours, people!

One thing that baffles me from Rachel Hollis to Kim Kardashians, is that they seem to “forget” where they came from. How much privilege was involved in helping them attain their goals. They like to speak to the masses as if we are all lazy and navel gazing while the select few started from nothing and worked hard enough to reach the pinnacle. So insane.

😮..you’re documentaries are very interesting ,just discovered them..Thanks you

Im officially binge watching your channel. Amazing content!

Her comment about breathe quote was so disrespectful. She then proceeded to indicate that only certain trauma's that she approves of should prevent someone from having a productive day. That is gaslighting at it's finest. She has no right to tell another human being what qualifies as an excuse and what doesn't when we all experience real and valid pain and suffering everyday.

no stop. my stomach dropped when you read "it was the wake-up call he needed"... she married that guy she is openly writing about as an abuser???????? This girl is LOST.

Her going off on the Pinterest post is pure comedy when it's being spoken by someone who was handed everything they own on a silver platter off someone else's work 😂

Your videos are so well made and informative and interesting 🎉

“The woman who cleans my toilets, the woman who cleans my toilets…” I’m sure that woman has a NAME and is a whole person aside from just someone who cleans her toilets. How does she not see how disrespectful and demeaning that is to refer someone that way? Even if she didn’t want to say her name online, calling her a housekeeper or maid would’ve been more appropriate unless she hired a lady to literally clean just the toilets and nothing else. She said a lot of offensive things but that one really got to me.

As a Christian I have a huge distrust in televangelists there is just something about super rich pastors that seems weird

She obviously has never had health issues where some days your goals aren't about hustling or prosperity and that life comes down to just breathing in some moments, but people like her only realize that in a crisis

There is nothing so low, no scam as transparent, no con so obvious, as prosperity gospel.

Many of these prosperity gospel believers have obviously never read the verse ‘it’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a wealthy man to enter the kingdom of heaven’ .

As a believer or the Bible - the prosperity Gospel is not the Gospel. It is absolutely wrong and disgusting. It literally goes against the true message.

Great channel. You sure do in depth research ^ well put together. New subscriber. Thank you

As a BIPOC woman and attorney, I found her vibe to be dishonest, an example of toxic positivity and mindless conservatism. Thank you for calling out this woman. She seems to be most interested in replenishing her own narcissistic supply. Just another Karen.

Yeah she’s literally man-made not self-made smh. Also, her calling that Pinterest post trash is so damaging, my therapist had to explain to me what false positivity is and this woman reeks of it. She’s the embodiment of “since I haven’t gone through a rough time in life, others can get over their mental health concerns”…S.M.H.

I’ll bet Rachel wouldn’t last one shift as a hospital nurse. I would love to watch her try actual hard work.

Great show. I look forward to more of your work. Thank you

I seriously am surprised I hadn’t stumbled upon your channel until now (yesterday) considering how many documentary style videos I watch. Great work!

I wish I had a rich husband to use as a safety net 😂

Most people don’t get up at 4 AM. Has she heard about teachers? And Janitors? And trade workers? And bus drivers? God. SHe’s so out of touch.

That was very well done, a stellar production. Good for you. As for Ms. Hollis, I never heard of her so I am not seeing the smoking gun. I think truth has a resonance to it and we must all strive to develop our connection to our gut wisdom. Extract what nutritional wisdom you can from others and throw the rest away, just like your food. I have struggled for decades wanting better for loved ones, I can see me getting angry saying you can do more!! But now, I let them be. I don't know if its better for them and in a way it feels like giving up bit we are all doing the best we know how at any given point in time. Continued Blessings

Literally discovered this documentary yesterday and just today news of Dave Hollis' death is in the news. Crazy timing 😳

She married a rich, well-conected man. She took money from people seeking marriage counseling, yet they were having major issues, why isn't Dave not been canceled? They both created the Hollis company. Both took money from people, yet she is the only been dragged down. Both are at fault.

“Goop for red state women” I’m crying

She got that pressed over a PINTREST POSTTTT

Love love love josie.i binge watche literally❤️❤️❤️🌹

So, she married a super rich man while she was young, had every option and opportunity in the world placed in the palm of her hand but tells others to "hustle hard" to get what she "worked" for? Ma'am, we are not the same.

Ironically, if you want 6 pack abs, losing sleep will not help you. Being tired makes you want to eat more to make up for the energy deficit and is generally bad for your health over all 👀 But thanks Rachel. Good to know we should not sleep or just breathe.

You make great content, thanks :) It can be hard to find. x

New listener. Really enjoyed your content. Sadly, these influencers make money and get rich off of people who are desperate for a way to feel better about themselves. And the fact that so many celebrities endorse and follow them, makes their platform grow. Great job at highlighting this very toxic woman.

Hustle culture in a nutshell: If you just believe in yourself, i.e. never sleep, break yourself and hustle, then someday you, too, can have lots of cr*p you don't need.

My Sister posted the same quote she mentions at 8:12… she lost her teenage son to suicide, and her other daughter is homeless and presumed dead. So yeah, it’s MORE than okay if she spent the day literally breathing through each moment. F your superiority Rachel.

It always strikes me as odd that anyone would listen to people who obviously have never had to struggle but want to help you out of hardship. 😂😂