We Can't Do It Alone

Nōn Wels

We Can’t Do It Alone is a podcast about the helpers—the humans who’ve come in and out of our lives and have played a role in who we are today. The teacher who fostered our love for reading. The partner who provided us with safety. The stranger who listened. The coach who believed in us when we didn’t. The friend who changed our mind. The dog who rescued us. This show is a reminder that helping is who we are. It’s a part of us. It’s what makes this life beautiful. We’re shaped by the help we receive, and the help we give. Help comes in many forms, and it’s not always obvious. Every so often, time has to pass before we can see how we’ve been helped. Sometimes we take the help for granted. Other times help is just a passing moment.  In a world that obsessively valorizes individual strength, We Can’t Do It Alone celebrates why we’re truly here: the helpers. Each of us. Our collective. However large, no matter how small, and everything in between. Asking for help is courageous, receiving help is essential, and helping one another is who we are.  Because we all need help, and we can’t do it alone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Finding My Worth Beyond Soccer (with Ali Riley)

    2D AGO

    Finding My Worth Beyond Soccer (with Ali Riley)

    On this episode of We Can't Do It Alone, Nōn sits down with Ali Riley, four-time Olympian soccer player and co-author of Girls Gone Veg, to explore Ali's early retirement and the grief and self-acceptance wrapped up in that, the continued fight for equality and inclusivity in sports, why allowing yourself to fall apart is a sign of strength, Ali's hopeful and beautiful IVF adventure that lies ahead in 2026, how refreshing storytellers like Sam Mewis, Kelly O'Hara, Darian Jenkins, and yes, Ali Riley, are changing the women's game for the better, and why your worth is less about what you do, and more about who you are. Helpful things mentioned during this episode: Ali on InstagramGirls Gone VegCamino Immigration Services Enjoy the podcast? Here are some ways to support to Nōn: Leave a 5-star rating and a wildly glowing review for We Can't Do It Alone on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods.Order The Feely Cards on Bookshop.org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your local indie bookseller for yourself and literally everyone you know.Listen to You, Me, Empathy, Nōn's previous podcast about mental health, empathy, and big feelings.Need some help with your podcast, or thinking about starting a podcast? Get in touch!Connect with Nōn at nonwels.com and on Instagram @youmeempathy. Thank you for listening to We Can't Do It Alone! Don't forget about the helpers. We all need help. Even you. xoxo nōn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    52 min
  2. Deep Listening Magic (with Emely Rumble)

    08/08/2025

    Deep Listening Magic (with Emely Rumble)

    On this episode of We Can't Do It Alone, Nōn sits down with biblio, poetry and hip hop therapist, creator of the Readers Who Run with the Wolves book club, and author of Bibliotherapy In the Bronx, Emely Rumble LCISW, to explore Emely's childhood being raised by her grandmother and the books that helped her to escape and to understand, foster care and the safety within being present, the life-changing power of public libraries, how hip hop therapy helped one of her client's open up his heart, and the connective, healing magic of deep listening. Helpful things mentioned during this episode: Bibliotherapy In the Bronx (Emely's book!)Emely on InstagramEmely's websiteReaders Who Run with the Wolves (free book club!)Bibliophobia by Sarah ChihayaWe Alive, Beloved by Frederick Joseph Enjoy the podcast? Here are some ways to support to Nōn: Leave a 5-star rating and a wildly glowing review for We Can't Do It Alone on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods.Order The Feely Cards on Bookshop.org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your local indie bookseller for yourself and literally everyone you know.Listen to You, Me, Empathy, Nōn's previous podcast about mental health, empathy, and big feelings.Need some help with your podcast, or thinking about starting a podcast? Get in touch!Connect with Nōn at nonwels.com and on Instagram @youmeempathy. Thank you for listening to We Can't Do It Alone! Don't forget about the helpers. We all need help. Even you. xoxo nōn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    45 min

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We Can’t Do It Alone is a podcast about the helpers—the humans who’ve come in and out of our lives and have played a role in who we are today. The teacher who fostered our love for reading. The partner who provided us with safety. The stranger who listened. The coach who believed in us when we didn’t. The friend who changed our mind. The dog who rescued us. This show is a reminder that helping is who we are. It’s a part of us. It’s what makes this life beautiful. We’re shaped by the help we receive, and the help we give. Help comes in many forms, and it’s not always obvious. Every so often, time has to pass before we can see how we’ve been helped. Sometimes we take the help for granted. Other times help is just a passing moment.  In a world that obsessively valorizes individual strength, We Can’t Do It Alone celebrates why we’re truly here: the helpers. Each of us. Our collective. However large, no matter how small, and everything in between. Asking for help is courageous, receiving help is essential, and helping one another is who we are.  Because we all need help, and we can’t do it alone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.