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We Can Do Hard Things Glennon Doyle and Audacy
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4.9 • 35.9K Ratings
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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.
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261. How to Stretch Time with Jenny Odell
Author and artist, Jenny Odell, discusses how to break from the attention economy long enough to feel fully alive in a culture obsessed with productivity. She shares stories of her encounters with nature, how to be creative instead of productive, how to be less useful in order to survive, and the real reason for art and rest. This is a deep dive about how to stay human in a world that wants us to become machines.
About Jenny:
Jenny Odell is a multidisciplinary artist and the New York Times bestselling author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy and Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Sierra magazine, and other publications. She lives in Oakland, California.
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Your Hilarious (& Heartwarming) Holiday Stories! (Encore)
Glennon, Abby, Amanda and the Pod Squad share their most brutiful and hilarious holiday stories.
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260. Roxane Gay: Should We Quit Social Media?
Author and cultural observer, Roxane Gay, examines the landscape of the internet and our relationship with it. We discuss the line between constructive criticism and online toxicity; how to decide when to speak up and when to stay quiet; and how to stay human and allow redemption in an online world that demands perfection.
Plus, a breakdown of our shared unguilty pleasure: Naked Attraction.
About Roxane:
Roxane Gay is the author of several books, including Ayiti, An Untamed State, New York Times bestsellers Bad Feminist and Hunger; and the national bestseller Difficult Women.
Her writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories, Best American Short Stories, Best Sex Writing, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.
She also has a newsletter, “The Audacity” – and once had a podcast, The Roxane Gay Agenda.
Her latest book, Opinions, is available now.
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IG: @roxanegay74
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259. The Cure for Emotional Isolation
How do we bring our full selves into our relationships without fear of rejection?
Today, Abby shares more about what’s been happening in her life since she’s stopped “bright siding” including powerful truth-telling she’s unleashed in business and her family of origin.
Glennon shares how Abby embracing her full emotions has led to deeper intimacy and connection, and a feeling of “un-loneliness” in their partnership – the opposite of what Abby feared might happen.
Plus, we discuss how toxic positivity and polarized dynamics in relationships can lead to emotional disconnection and loneliness.
For the first part of our conversation, check out 258. Abby Asks, “Why Can’t I Love Myself?”
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258. Abby Asks, “Why Can’t I Love Myself?”
Abby opens up about starting therapy and the work she’s been doing to unearth and express uncomfortable emotions like anger and sadness. She shares her long-held fear that if she feels and expresses her full self, people will leave her.
In a profound moment, Abby shares a deep longing to truly love herself. She explains that this love has been clouded by messages she’s received since childhood which have led to difficulty trusting others, equating anger with not being okay, and a feeling like something is “wrong” with her.
For the episode Abby mentions with Suzanne Stabile, check out Fix Your Most Important Relationships with the Enneagram: Suzanne Stabile
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257. How to Finally Forgive with Nadia Bolz-Weber
Where does all our suffering come from and how can we free ourselves?
Pastor, author, and speaker, Nadia Bolz-Weber, discusses how she finally became healed and whole enough to choose romantic love from freedom instead of desperation. With her characteristic raw honesty, Nadia shares that the secret to her healing has been “honestly, a lot of pain.”
Plus, Nadia leads Abby to a heartbreaking, cathartic moment of clarity – and shares a blessing that she wrote for Abby and all queer people.
About Nadia:
Nadia Bolz-Weber is an ordained Lutheran Pastor; founder of House for All Sinners & Saints in Denver; host of The Confessional podcast; and author of three NYT bestselling memoirs: Pastrix, Accidental Saints, and SHAMELESS. Nadia writes and speaks about personal failings, recovery, grace, faith, and really whatever the hell else she wants to.
She always sits in the corner with the other weirdos, and she can be found a couple days a week inside the Denver women’s prison where she is a volunteer chaplain.
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Customer Reviews
Love!
I learn something new from every episode. Thank you 🫶🏼
Glennon’s antisemetic post on Instagram
was one of the most anti Jewish posts I’ve seen in some time. So disappointing that we’ve all fought for and done everything in our power to fight for Glennon and Abby’s rights, but they both seem to have no regard if Jewish people - including children, live or die. To care only about some groups and decide others aren’t worthy is opposite of all the nonsense Glennon spews. So disappointed that she’s just a hack who hates an entire group of people.
My Absolute Favorite
This is the best podcast! After reading “Untamed” I discovered We Can Do Hard Things. It’s so fun and real, I laugh out load, and sometimes I even cry! So much great information and the most amazing guests too. Abby, Glennon and sister are so open and real, sharing it all. I can’t say enough good things! This pod is packed with great information and stories to help you be a better human, and know you aren’t alone. Much love to these three wonderful people for being open, and honest.
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