We Can Do Hard Things
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.
Episodes
November 28, 2023 • 65 mins
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:
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November 23, 2023 • 54 mins
Glennon, Abby, Amanda and the Pod Squad share their most brutiful and hilarious holiday stories.
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November 21, 2023 • 65 mins
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:
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November 16, 2023 • 47 mins
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...
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November 14, 2023 • 54 mins
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...
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November 9, 2023 • 58 mins
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 shar...
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November 7, 2023 • 74 mins
Priya Parker is here to discuss what Glennon called “the most important thing in the world” – connection – and how to make our time with other people have more of it. She teaches us:
How – whether it’s a wedding or a retirement party – you can create new gathering rituals that forge truer, deeper relationships;
Why the outcome of every gathering is decided before anyone steps in the room; and
Why so many of us hate parties – a...
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November 2, 2023 • 50 mins
Glennon tells three stories that reveal how recovery from anorexia has changed who she is and how she experiences the world.
Together in G’s home, recording for the first time, Abby and Amanda respond with their reflections and the impacts that G’s recovery work has had on the entire family.
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October 31, 2023 • 41 mins
In this special episode, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda sit down with icon Dolly Parton for a heartfelt conversation about how to start something new at 77, how she mothers the world, and how she broke her own heart when Elvis asked to record her hit song.
Plus, the advice Dolly would give to Glennon and Abby’s daughter, Tish, as she enters the music business.
About Dolly:
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October 26, 2023 • 44 mins
Brilliant life coach, Martha Beck, works her magic for our Pod Squad.
In this treasure trove of profound insight and practical guidance, Martha teaches us how to find purpose in midlife, how to use our longing as a map, and how to know for sure if what we have is real love.
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252. Martha Beck Helps Amanda Let Go
238. How to...
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October 24, 2023 • 67 mins
In this incredibly raw episode, Martha Beck coaches Amanda through a transformative, therapeutic session to help heal her overfunctioning, resentment, and burnout. Martha uncovers the different parts of Amanda that have existed inside her since childhood – and invites them to speak and then finally rest into peace, joy, and enoughness.
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October 19, 2023 • 57 mins
Singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Allison Russell, shares her incredible life story and teaches us how she healed from abuse through music, sisterhood, and returning to her body. This hour is a soul-stirring reminder of the life-saving, cycle-breaking power of truth telling, art, and love.
About Allison:
Allison Russell has spent her career in multiple bands, including Po’ Girl, Our Native Daughters and Birds of Chicago. A...
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October 17, 2023 • 63 mins
Today, Angela Chen teaches us how understanding asexuality helps us understand ourselves and the true meaning of sex. Angela describes:
The misconception that blocks us from fully understanding our own sexuality;
Why your sexuality is a relationship between YOU and YOU;
How there are MANY reasons people have sex. (Glennon says sexual attraction only accounts for 5% of her sexual experiences.); and
The shame underlying compul...
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October 12, 2023 • 51 mins
Who do we go to for advice? And do we really even WANT advice — or just a good listener?
Glennon, Abby, and Amanda tell us who they each go to when they don’t know what to do next — and offer their best advice to Pod Squaders dealing with loneliness and the unexpected jealousy of their partner's affection for a pet.
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October 10, 2023 • 56 mins
Amanda shares the one proven way to get the truth from someone – plus:
Why Glennon calls her lying style “The Puppeteer” – and why you’ll never know what Amanda’s really feeling.
Amanda defends our right to lie, and debunks myths about how we can tell if someone is lying.
What’s the difference between lying and controlling, manipulating, and filtering the truth?
Glennon’s fear of judgment from the next generation, and
How ...
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October 5, 2023 • 69 mins
Kerry Washington shares the deeply personal story of what happened when her parents finally told her the truth about a long-held and shocking family secret:
How uncovering the truth – as painful as it was – led Kerry to reclaim her self trust;
How the revelation made her the lead character of her own life for the first time;
Walking the line between protection and deception;
Breaking the cycle of gaslighting within families; ...
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October 3, 2023 • 66 mins
Calling all Caregivers!
Today is a tribute to the everyday efforts of all caregivers who are holding up the sky for everyone else.
Ai-jen Poo is here shining a light on why caregivers are exhausted, unsupported, and overwhelmed – all while doing the work that makes everything else possible.
We talk about how to give the people we love the care they deserve without neglecting our own needs, and what can be done to right the sy...
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September 28, 2023 • 75 mins
Andrea Gibson returns with their partner, Megan Falley, for a gorgeous, hilarious double date with Glennon and Abby:
An Andrea health update and what each has learned since Andrea’s cancer diagnosis;
How their chemistry ignited with Andrea’s questionable move on a sweaty dance floor – and the text moment Andrea knew Megan was the one;
How each of their relationships with their bodies has been transformed by Andrea’s illness;
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September 26, 2023 • 58 mins
Where do you go to escape the pain of reality? Today, author Chloé Cooper Jones shares:
The survival strategy many of us use to retreat from our lives and how to become more present;
How she grapples with the world dehumanizing her disabled body;
Why desire and disgust are so connected – and what they teach us; and
The thing Chloé wants most – to be seen as inherently whole – and how to get it.
About Chloé:
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September 22, 2023 • 4 mins
In the world of feelings, there are winners and losers, and somebody has to be the judge. World-renowned, self-proclaimed couples therapist Dr? Sheila invites you to sit in on her private sessions with clients. (For legal reasons, Dr? must be said in the form of a question.) Each week, a new couple…and a new puzzle to crack. You’ll get to hear, and benefit from, many of her famous techniques as she counsels patients on overcoming d...
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