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“I’m Rachel Hollis,” a female voice chirps in the introduction to the first episode of the inspirational podcast
Rise Together, which premiered in the summer of 2018. “I’m Dave Hollis,” a male voice responds. The two describe their marriage of 14 years and their four kids (“which is like a thousand kids!” Dave jokes). They talk about what it’s like to run a business together, the Hollis Company, a fount of conferences, merch, and multimedia content centered on improving yourself, your life, and your moneymaking abilities. (Rachel’s mega-bestseller, the vaguely Christian
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be, had come out earlier that year.) Then, the conversation hits on the core message for the new podcast, which promises to be all about bettering yourself as part of a couple: “We feel like it’s possible we know it’s possible to have an exceptional relationship despite the stresses you
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FILE Rachel Hollis and her now-former husband, Dave Hollis, record a podcast in Austin, Texas, March 5, 2019. Hollis, the best-selling author and motivational speaker, built a blockbuster business sharing her “authentic” self then things got a little too real. (Katherine Squier/The New York Times)KATHERINE SQUIER/NYT
May 14 was supposed to mark Rachel Hollis’ return to her happy place: a stage in front of an adoring audience.
That was the day that Rise, her self-improvement company’s conference for women, was scheduled to begin in Austin, Texas. At least 100 people would attend in person, and more than 2,000 had registered by mid-April to join online. It would be a fraction of her usual crowd nearly 50,000 people logged on for a virtual event in May 2020 but would put her on track to business as usual.