Rachel Hollis

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https://people.com/books/author-rachel-hollis-difficult-decision-end-marriage-husband-dave/
https://www.today.com/series/love-your-body/mom-flaunts-flab-stretch-marks-viral-bikini-photo-t10936

Rachel Hollis
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Rachel Hollis
Born	January 9, 1983 (age 37) Weedpatch, California
Occupation	Author
Language	English
Nationality	American
Citizenship	U.S.
Genre	Self-help
Notable works	Girl, Wash Your Face Girl, Stop Apologizing
Spouse	Dave Hollis (separated 2020)
Children	4(Jackson, Sawyer, Ford, and Noah)[1]
www.thehollisco.com

Rachel Hollis is an American author, motivational speaker and blogger. Her first self-help book Girl, Wash Your Face—since its release in February 2018—has maintained a spot in the top 10 best-selling books in the country for seven months, held the top spot for 12 of those weeks and has sold more than 880,000 copies in the United States. It was the second-most popular book of 2018 on Amazon.com.[2]
Contents

• 1Early life and education
• 2Career
• 3Personal life
• 4References
• 5External links

Early life and education[edit]
Hollis's grandparents were Okies who picked cotton to support their six children.[3]
After graduating high school, Hollis moved to Los Angeles, CA. Once there, she got a job at Miramax. While working there, she met her husband and founded an event-planning company called Chic Events.[2]
Career[edit]
Her breakthrough moment on social media came in March 2015, when an Instagram photo of her celebrating her stretch marks went viral.[4] "I wear a bikini because I'm proud of this body and every mark on it. Those marks prove that I was blessed enough to carry my babies and that flabby tummy means I worked hard to lose what weight I could," she wrote in the post. It garnered more than 10 million views.[5]
Hollis' book Girl, Wash Your Face is described by The Washington Post as mixing "memoir, motivational tips, Bible quotations and common-sense girl talk."[4] The prevailing message of Girl, Wash Your Face is one largely of female self-reliance, summed up by Hollis as "You, and only you, are ultimately responsible for how happy you are."[4]
Since the success of her book, Hollis and her family have moved outside of Austin, Texas.[1] She frequently posts YouTube videos with motivational messages, and has garnered over 163,000 subscribers.[2]
In 2019, Hollis released a follow-up book, Girl, Stop Apologizing.[6]
Hollis has been accused of plagiarizing quotes in her work, on her Instagram as well as in many of her motivational speeches by several publications. There are several instances of her using, claiming and rebranding titles from self-help and motivational bestselling books as well as quotes from influential figures not limited to Eleanor Roosevelt, Tim Hiller, Debra Condren and Terry Cole-Whitaker.[7]
Rachel and Dave Hollis co-host a podcast titled RISE.[8]
On July 27, 2020, HarperCollins announced their intentions to release a new book by Hollis on September 29, 2020. The book, entitled Didn't See That Coming, will be about navigating through crisis, loss, and grief.[9]
Personal life[edit]
Rachel and Dave Hollis have four children together[10]. They announced their separation in 2020.[11]
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Mom proudly flaunts flab, 'saggy' belly button in viral bikini photo



March 24, 2015, 3:46 PM EDT / Updated March 24, 2015, 3:46 PM EDT / Source: TODAY
By Eun Kyung Kim
Rachel Hollis has become a swimsuit role model.
Over the weekend, Hollis proudly embraced the battle wounds from her pregnancies by posting a photo of herself on the beach in a bikini.

Courtesy of Rachel Hollis
"I have stretch marks and I wear a bikini. I have a belly that's permanently flabby from carrying three giant babies and I wear a bikini. My belly button is saggy... (which is something I didn't even know was possible before!!) and I wear a bikini," she writes in the caption. "I wear a bikini because I'm proud of this body and every mark on it. Those marks prove that I was blessed enough to carry my babies and that flabby tummy means I worked hard to lose what weight I could."

The caption ends with a message to other moms: "Flaunt that body with pride!"
The photo has gone viral, racking up more than 10 million views and 325,000 likes on the Facebook site for her business, The Chic Site. It also prompted thousands of comments, mainly from women empowered by Hollis' message. A few even posted their own belly-baring photos in response.
“It touches my heart that people are having this reaction to it,” Hollis told TODAY.com.
Hollis, 32, posted the photo Saturday from Cancun, where she tagged along with her husband on a business trip and a rare getaway without their three kids, ages 8, 6 and 2. The photo was taken one week after Hollis had completed her first marathon.
“I thought, it’s not going to get better than this. You ran the 26 miles, and I had been training for six months. My body is never going to be smaller than it is right now, so if there’s ever time to show off your belly, this is probably it,” she recalled.

Rachel Hollis after completing the Los Angeles marathon, her first ever.Courtesy of Rachel Hollis
Hollis initially had her husband take a photo of her because the bikini top bore her initials, which she found amusing. She also features a monthly color theme on her Instagram account and March’s hue was orange, just like the bikini top. She instructed her husband to “just take 100 photos” and they could pick one she liked — but that didn’t happen.
“I had tried to take this posey, pretty shots, and I looked so awkward that it didn’t work. I started laughing, and that's when he happened to get that picture,” she said.
While she had some thoughts about cropping out her stomach, she quickly decided against it after realizing, "This looks pretty good.” Apparently, hundreds of thousands of other people agreed.
Hollis said even though she grew up “a little chubby,” she never tried to lose weight until after she had children. She gained 45 pounds on her 5-foot-2 frame with her first pregnancy, and soon got pregnant again before losing her initial baby weight. Because she has been open about her life's struggles, including postpartum depression, she felt comfortable sharing her victories, too.
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“I feel like I’ve worked so hard to lose the weight. Those marks are always going to be there. Without plastic surgery, there’s no way I’m getting rid of that extra skin. It is what it is,” she said. “I had been working so hard training for this race and I felt so proud of my body. It’s never ever going to be like a Victoria’s Secret model, but I think I look good and my husband wants to make out with me, so I’m doing something right.”
Still, she said she was caught off guard and has cried from the overwhelming response to her photo, including one from Facebook user Samantha Bain.
"Wow, well done mamma! You look amazing. Perfect child bearing tummy. We shouldn't shy away for the sake of an imperfect tum. Gorgeous! Here [is] my imperfect tummy but from it I have a perfect daughter xxx," she wrote, attaching a photo of her own belly.

Although most of the comments have been from women, Hollis said men also have spoken up.
“There were so many men who said, ‘Whenever I see such marks, I’m reminded of what she did for us,'" she said. "Or a lot of guys who said, 'Just so you women know, we don’t even notice that in the photo. We just see a girl on a beach, so stop second guessing yourself."
Hollis said she's glad that the photo she posted, and the message in her caption, reflects the same tone she's always used for her blog and website.
"I’m so grateful that it’s a photo that is on brand, because I do post stuff like this all the time and I do speak like this all the time," she said. "If it was a picture of $800 shoes that went viral, we’d be in trouble, because they’re never going to see that again!"
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