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Life is freaking hard. We are all doing hard things every single day – things like loving and losing; caring for children and parents; forging and ending friendships; battling addiction, illness, and loneliness; struggling in our jobs, our marriages, and our divorces; setting boundaries; and fighting for equality, purpose, freedom, joy, and peace.
On We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle, author of UNTAMED; her wife Abby Wambach; and her sister Amanda Doyle do the only thing they’ve found that has ever made life easier: Drop the fake and talk honestly about the hard things including sex, gender, parenting, blended families, bodies, anxiety, addiction, justice, boundaries, fun, quitting, overwhelm . . . all of it.
We laugh and cry and help each other carry the hard so we can all live a little bit lighter and braver, free-er, less alone.

We Can Do Hard Things Glennon Doyle and Audacy

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Life is freaking hard. We are all doing hard things every single day – things like loving and losing; caring for children and parents; forging and ending friendships; battling addiction, illness, and loneliness; struggling in our jobs, our marriages, and our divorces; setting boundaries; and fighting for equality, purpose, freedom, joy, and peace.
On We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle, author of UNTAMED; her wife Abby Wambach; and her sister Amanda Doyle do the only thing they’ve found that has ever made life easier: Drop the fake and talk honestly about the hard things including sex, gender, parenting, blended families, bodies, anxiety, addiction, justice, boundaries, fun, quitting, overwhelm . . . all of it.
We laugh and cry and help each other carry the hard so we can all live a little bit lighter and braver, free-er, less alone.

    Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Speaks Out

    Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Speaks Out

    Episode 290. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Speaks Out

    We all remember the moment we held our breath as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford courageously raised her right hand and spoke her truth in the Kavanaugh hearings.

    She takes us back to that moment – what led to it, and what followed:


    Why we should stop saying, “trust women” & “I believe you” – and what to do instead;

    Why we should shift our faith to the  “other them;” 

    How Professor Anita Hill made Dr. Ford’s courage and testimony possible; and

    The hope and heartbreak of being a woman in America. 


    Please come back tomorrow for a special episode debriefing this powerful conversation!

    Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is a professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a clinical professor and consulting biostatistician at the Stanford University School of Medicine. On September 27, 2018, Dr. Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding her sexual assault in connection with the Committee’s consideration of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s lifetime confirmation to the United States Supreme Court. Following her testimony, Ford and her family endured constant intimidation, harassment, and death threats forcing them to move out of their home, living in various secure locales with guards. In 2019, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in Time 100.  Dr. Ford’s memoir, ONE WAY BACK, is available today.  

    CW: Sexual assault and harassment

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    289. The Sports: The Kind of Embarrassing Psychology of Winning & Losing

    289. The Sports: The Kind of Embarrassing Psychology of Winning & Losing

    Today we are talking about THE SPORTS. Podsquader Naomi calls in – confused, and slightly embarrassed – about how distraught she is over the loss of her new favorite sports team, asking how to handle it and what, exactly, is going on with her? 

    Glennon, Abby and Amanda attempt to answer: What IS it about The Sports that makes it so damn emotional?   

    We go into:

    The psychology of why our bodies are taken over when our favorite team (or our kid!) is playing; 

    Glennon’s recent suboptimal moment with a referee, 

    Why Amanda truly believes she is has a JOB while watching games; and 

    The way Abby creates an “energy shift” to help her kids win.



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    How to Rethink Being “Left Out” & Glennon’s Top 3 Embarrassing Mishaps Going Out

    How to Rethink Being “Left Out” & Glennon’s Top 3 Embarrassing Mishaps Going Out

    In this follow up to our previous episode on Being Left Out – Episode 241 Being Left Out: Navigating that Lifelong Ache – Abby, Amanda and Glennon dive into a listener question about being left out and having to leave people out: Why it hurts so much; advice for listeners on a kinder, more honest way to leave someone else out; and some of the times Glennon has felt wildly left out at big, scary, fancy events.

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    288. Alanis Morissette On Highly Sensitive People & Empaths

    288. Alanis Morissette On Highly Sensitive People & Empaths

    Music legend Alanis Morissette (!) is here to discuss her life as a Highly Sensitive Person and why HSPs so often turn to addiction. Alanis shares strategies for managing the flood of emotions and information that she experiences as a life-long empath.

    The normalization of under communication and the impact of being a child of the "white knuckle generation”;

    Addiction as a means of self regulating – and how to recognize dysregulation and find healthier coping mechanisms; and

    The beauty of getting older and finally recovering the person you were always meant to be.


    About Alanis: 
    Alanis Morissette is one of the most influential singer-songwriter-musicians and artists. Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned multiple awards – including 7 Grammy® Awards. She has sold over 75 million albums worldwide and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and The Canadian Songwriter Hall of Fame. 

    Her debut album JAGGED LITTLE PILL, was followed by nine more eclectic and critically acclaimed albums. Her artistic impact can also be seen via the two-time Tony Award winning “Jagged Little Pill, the Musical,” which continues to tour globally. 

    Alanis is also a dedicated supporter and student of spiritual, psychological, and physical wholeness which includes addiction and trauma recovery, female empowerment, and the advancement of a more “whole” approach to children’s education. Her podcast “Conversation with Alanis Morissette,” features conversations covering a wide range of psychosocial topics extending from spirituality to developmentalism to art.  

    TW: @Alanis
    IG: @alanis

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    Introducing After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

    Introducing After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

    Real talk? Modern parenting is a doozy. There’s never been more pressure to be perfect with social media readily at our fingertips - mixed with total isolation and no help. Where the f*ck is that village everyone talks about? Consider After Bedtime your village. Led by Kristin and Deena - founders of the largest online parenting community, Big Little Feelings - After Bedtime is the place you can go at the end of a long hard day to find your “enough”-ness. We’ll laugh, we’ll cry, we’ll maybe pee our pants a little as we unpack things we’re ALL experiencing but too ashamed to talk about: imperfect marriages, miscarriages, managing toddler mania, apologizing to our kids and everything in between. You’ll leave with actionable, realistic tips to make this whole parenting thing smoother - small changes, big impact. In an age where parents need more *real* connection than ever, let’s talk honestly about the hard - and remind ourselves we are not alone, we are not failing. In fact, we’re f*cking crushing it.

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    287. Alabama IVF Ruling: How to Stop the Attacks on Infertility Treatments & Reproductive Health with Jessica Yellin

    287. Alabama IVF Ruling: How to Stop the Attacks on Infertility Treatments & Reproductive Health with Jessica Yellin

    What is happening in America – where apparently women who don’t want to be pregnant have to be pregnant, and women who want to be pregnant have to not be pregnant?!?

    In today’s conversation with Jessica Yellin, former chief White House Correspondent and founder of News Not Noise, we discuss exactly what happened in the recent Alabama ruling that halted IVF treatments, what it means for access to fertility treatments, which states could be next – and how it is all an attack on reproductive rights. We discuss the fetal personhood movement’s trajectory that would jeopardize birth control and even same-sex marriage.  

    We also talk about how to stay motivated and involved in these collective struggles (and the election season ahead) while also taking care of yourself. 

    Another must-listen on what is going on with Reproductive Justice in America – where we are, how we got here, and four things we need to do to get out of here, listen to Episode 108: ABORTION: Family Meeting on Four Things to Do Next


    About Jessica: 
    Jessica Yellin is the founder of News Not Noise, a pioneering Webby award-winning independent news brand. Over 1M+ subscribers and followers across Instagram and other digital media rely on Jessica and News Not Noise to understand what matters, which experts to trust, and to manage their “information overload.” She is the former chief White House correspondent for CNN and an Emmy and Gracie Award-winning political correspondent for ABC, MSNBC and CNN. 
    Follow Jessica on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @JessicaYellin. 
    Also, don’t miss her nervous-system regulating You can also find the News Not Noise Newsletter on Substack.

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Customer Reviews

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37.2K Ratings

37.2K Ratings

Alessandra di Lampedusa ,

Sports Episode March 14

You hit the nail on the head about sports. Men, though may be hesitant to "fan boy" women's sports teams because they've never been socialized to identify with women or actualize female athletic prowess.

CaraMHyland ,

The only podcast I listen to

I’m not big into podcasts, but this one is worth it bc I am guaranteed to get something out of it every time…and most times I’m still thinking about it days later.

Svacher ,

YES ABBY!

“We come into this world alone, we leave this world alone, and I think in the middle, we are trying to convince ourselves that we aren’t actually, in fact, alone”

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