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Book: 'Girl, wash your face'

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Genre: psychology, personal development

Score (1 to 6): 4

With the first rays of sunshine and the glitter of spring, I'd like to introduce you to a light read that I think is appropriate for any season, but I always come back to it in the first days of spring. I've already told you about it on our Instagram account @booksy0 , but now I will try to convey to you all the potential this book holds - "Girl, wash your face" by Rachel Hollis. I've been following the author on Instagram for quite some time. She's a mother of four, inspires millions of people around the world, does workshops and whatnot. The energy she gives people I can boldly say is contagious and very energizing. Funny, outgoing, Rachel digitally can even become your best mentor, the person who supports you without even knowing she's doing it, or as they call her, "The best best friend to millions of women around the world". A smiling, cheerful, heroic woman who shows that everyone should be a hero in their own life. And before you say to yourself "That's not a person, that's a robot" or envy her life and how she manages to deal with it all, read the book. Every life has scars and we all have hardships and Rachel is no exception.

I know there are other books, but unfortunately they cannot be found on the Bulgarian market. But now we are here to talk and give due attention to "Girl, wash your face". In it the author has given 101% of herself, of her heart and soul, of who she really is. I guarantee you'll find yourself falling in love with every chapter, no matter your age, parent or not. The courage of a woman to talk about the most embarrassing moments of her life, nobly to help those of us who wouldn't. Life is not what we see on social media and it's definitely not always what we imagine it to be. And this cute blonde shows us that life is lived and hardships are something we can't be who we want to be without. Every woman fears not being able to cope in a given moment, but the lie that everything is okay is written on our foreheads through the years of accumulation. And lest anyone think I'm belittling men, I don't mean that they do nothing and we take everything. On the contrary. I'm saying that the phrase "I'm fine", "I'm fine" shouldn't be present if it really isn't. We need to know when to stop and take a breath. You can't be a super hero 24 hrs. The book is about the importance of loving yourself as you are and if you are willing to change in some aspect, but to only do so if you want it yourself, not because someone or society forces it. I'm definitely not of the opinion that the book is self help, at least not in the literal sense. The cliché is highly inappropriate and unused in it. It is real, with Hollis' true stories, with her life as it was and as it is now. You can feel how it is written with kindness, without reproach, with desire and positivity. Human life is an ocean of emotions and feelings and we need to be aware that we don't have to hide them or make someone else do it. It is important to love and respect those who are different. And although this sentence has become a cliché of every advertisement, the book can make the reader not only hear the words RESPECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS, but really dig deep into the meaning. To look at the font under the capital letters. Humans are different - externally and spiritually. We communicate differently, we behave differently, we look differently and that's a good thing, that's what sets us apart as individuals, as characters, that's what makes us special. I read Rachel Hollis' book during a very difficult time for me and without exaggeration, it made a difference (in a good way). It pushed me to change, I started to step out of my comfort zone and I felt understood - by others but also by myself. I was empowered to be myself, to wear my grin wide and not care if anyone likes it because you don't have to ask everyone in the roadway for comfort. It had a rebooting effect on me. Now I revisit it from time to time and each time it's like a new read, it's not the same, it brings me a different message, I understand it differently. To me, that's the author's mastery - to have it written so that whenever you open it, it's like your prop, where you find the answers to the right questions no matter what's going on in your life. A little magic gathered between pages of paper, ink, and actually signs that help you live not as you should, but as you want to, but right. A book in which, you see the author's life just as messed up as yours is now or has been. You can always lose your direction of flying, but the heart remembers the path, remembers happiness, and can love even the most imperfect spot on you or in people. "Girl, wash your face" can make you see the beauty in the sky, the melody of the branches moving in the wind. To love yourself as you are is a gift, and to love and understand others, even greater because everyone struggles to be comfortable, everyone wants to be liked, noticed. But most importantly everyone deserves to be respected.