The Rachel Hollis Podcast

908 Rach How Can I Find The Right Place To Go What S Your Evening Routine With Teenagers How Do I Stick To The Plan

November 13, 2025

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  • To stick to a plan when life intervenes, treat reviewing and working your existing plan like a non-negotiable, serious business meeting scheduled in your calendar. 
  • When choosing a personal development conference, first identify the area of life you want to improve, subscribe to experts' email lists to find events, and prioritize locations that offer a desirable overall experience. 
  • A successful evening routine for busy families requires building stability through consistent structure for children, while the parent must intentionally carve out personal decompression time, such as journaling, after the children are settled. 

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Podcast Subscription Request
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(00:00:56)
  • Key Takeaway: Subscribing to a podcast is one of the best ways listeners can support the show and its staff, ensuring they never miss new episodes.
  • Summary: Rachel Hollis requests listeners subscribe to The Rachel Hollis Podcast, noting that this action directly supports the show and its staff. Subscribing also guarantees the listener receives new episodes immediately upon release. Unsubscribing remains a simple, one-click option if the listener chooses to stop listening later.
Finding the Right Conference
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  • Key Takeaway: To select the right conference, first identify the specific area of life needing development, then follow teachers in that field via email lists to learn about their events.
  • Summary: The process for choosing a conference starts by identifying a personal development area, such as business or health, that requires focus. Listeners should sign up for the email lists of experts in that field, as this is the most reliable way to learn about upcoming events, rather than relying solely on social media. This method also reveals other events where those experts might be speaking.
Evaluating Conference Quality
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  • Key Takeaway: The determining factor for a conference’s value is the expertise of its leaders, and attendees should examine the schedule and audience photos to confirm the knowledge offered matches expectations.
  • Summary: After confirming the location and speaker interest, attendees should scrutinize the conference schedule to ensure the knowledge offered aligns with their goals, avoiding events that only announce details closer to the date. Reviewing photos from previous years helps gauge the audience vibe and the formality of the setting. Experienced conference creators, regardless of personal style preference, are generally better equipped to deliver transformational results than first-time organizers.
Evening Routine with Teenagers
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  • Key Takeaway: Managing an evening routine with teenagers and a full-time job requires structuring the evening around the children’s needs, including dedicated decompression time for them, before prioritizing parental self-care.
  • Summary: The speaker’s evening routine prioritizes stability for children, beginning with school pickup and navigating activities like sports and homework. Younger children require dedicated decompression time, such as watching a short show, after their brains have worked hard all day. The parent’s personal routine, including journaling for grounding, begins only after all children are settled for the night.
Sticking to The Plan
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  • Key Takeaway: The key to sticking to a plan is scheduling a sacrosanct appointment with yourself to work the plan, treating it with the seriousness of a major client meeting.
  • Summary: People often fail to execute plans because life intervenes, but the solution is not a better plan, but working the existing one through dedicated appointments. This planning meeting must be put on the calendar and treated as seriously as a business opportunity, ideally conducted away from home distractions like children. Furthermore, entrepreneurs struggling with execution should consider reading ‘Who, Not How’ to identify if they need to delegate tasks they are not best suited to perform.