The Rachel Hollis Podcast

922 | ASK RACH: Your Goal-Setting Questions Answered!

January 1, 2026

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  • When dealing with immense grief, attempting to force motivation is a scarcity mindset; instead, allow time for your cup to refill before pouring out to others. 
  • To define your 'future self,' focus initially on the 'what' (the inspiring vision) rather than the 'how' (the logistics), and imagine your ideal self in optimum health. 
  • Breaking through significant business revenue thresholds, like the million-dollar mark, often requires overcoming a psychological barrier, which can be addressed by surrounding yourself with entrepreneurs who are already achieving higher levels of success and by mastering your business finances. 

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Goal Setting Introduction
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(00:00:59)
  • Key Takeaway: Goal setting is foundational to all life achievements, including family, business, and personal well-being.
  • Summary: Rachel Hollis states that achieving everything important in her life—children, marriage, business, faith, and health—is the result of mastering goal setting and achievement. This episode of “The Rachel Hollis Podcast” is dedicated entirely to answering listener questions specifically about goals. She actively solicited these questions via social media to focus the New Year’s episode content.
Grief and Motivation Advice
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(00:03:38)
  • Key Takeaway: Motivation cannot be forced during immense grief; instead, one must allow time for emotional capacity to replenish, like a bulb buried in the ground, to avoid burnout or poor performance.
  • Summary: When struggling with motivation after loss, the listener’s cup is likely empty, and forcing productivity is a scarcity mindset. Forcing a bloom when energy is depleted, similar to forcing a bulb, leads to failure or burnout. Two paths are suggested: wait until inspiration returns naturally, or reignite the podcast to authentically discuss the current season, potentially interviewing experts on related topics like grief counseling.
Premium Content and Coaching Launch
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(00:15:24)
  • Key Takeaway: The premium podcast experience launches January 5th, featuring a monthly mastermind class on goal setting for $10/month, and live coaching returns January 17th.
  • Summary: The first premium podcast class, premiering January 5th, is a deep dive on setting goals for 2026, offering paths for those crushing it and those moving slower. This premium tier costs $10 monthly and includes a downloadable workbook and ad-free listening. Traditional monthly coaching, which focuses on the ‘how’ of achieving goals, resumes live on January 17th, preceded by a free webinar for interested parties.
Future Self Visualization
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  • Key Takeaway: Future self visualization requires imagining the best possible version of oneself over 5-10 years, living optimally in all areas, and then determining ‘what must be true’ to achieve that state, not immediately focusing on ‘how.’
  • Summary: Future self is defined as the person you would be if you lived every day for 10 years on your absolute best day, committing to known best practices. When visualizing, one must imagine the ideal scenario, including perfect health, even if current reality differs, to avoid self-sabotage. The crucial next step after defining the vision is identifying ‘what must be true’ for that reality to manifest, rather than getting bogged down in the ‘how.’
Breaking Business Revenue Barriers
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(00:32:19)
  • Key Takeaway: Breaking past revenue psychological thresholds, like seven figures, requires getting into environments with entrepreneurs achieving higher numbers and gaining financial literacy to manage increased income.
  • Summary: Rachel Hollis spent four years stuck below the seven-figure revenue mark due to a psychological threshold, which she overcame by attending a high-cost business conference to normalize large numbers. To break through, entrepreneurs must be in community with people doing bigger business than they are, ensuring they are the ‘dumbest person in the room.’ Additionally, fear of managing large sums must be addressed by learning finance fundamentals, as the skills for six figures directly translate to seven figures.