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Episode Date: March 31, 20221. How to know when to dig deep–and when to quit digging. 2. The greatest blocker of connection–and how to remove it. 3. How to handle our fear (with...
I’m Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed, the book that was released at the very start of the pandemic and became a lifeline for millions. I watched in awe from my home while this simple phrase from Untamed – WE CAN DO HARD THINGS – the mantra that saved my life twenty years ago, became a worldwide rally cry. Life is freaking hard. We are all doing hard things every day – we love and lose; we forge and end friendships; battle addiction, illness, and loneliness; care for children and parents; struggle in our jobs, our marriages, our divorces; we try to set and hold boundaries – and we fight for equality, purpose, joy, and peace right in the midst of all the hard. On We Can Do Hard Things, my wife Abby Wambach, my sister Amanda Doyle, and I do the only thing that has ever made life easier: We talk honestly about the hard. 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.
404 episodes transcribed1. How to know when to dig deep–and when to quit digging. 2. The greatest blocker of connection–and how to remove it. 3. How to handle our fear (with...
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In this hilarious and heartwarming in-person double date with Abby and Glennon—and their dear friends and brilliant artists Brandi and Catherine Carli...
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1. Glennon reenacts her first emotional and hilarious email exchange with Sarah Paulson about the Untamed TV show. 2. Sarah contemplates how she wi...
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