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We Can Do Hard ThingsWhat Psychedelics Taught GlennonJoin us for the hilarious, unfiltered, and vulnerable story of the time Glennon tried therapeutic psychedelics. At last, Glennon reveals to the Pod Squad:
- The mishap that turned a “micro-dose” macro;
- What Glennon encountered on her guided psychedelic journey; and
- How Sinéad O’Connor, a basement vision, and the magic words “I don’t know” helped Glennon heal.
Disclaimer: We are sharing lived experience, not medical advice.
00:00:00 Welcome to WCDHT
00:04:30 Glennon sets the stage for her treatment with therapeutic...
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We Can Do Hard ThingsTesting Abby: How Well Does She Really Know Glennon?435. Testing Abby: How Well Does She Really Know Glennon?
Amanda puts Abby in the hot seat to find out how well she knows Glennon. Find out who WINS and how you can start to use these questions to get to know your people better.
Listen to Part 1 here: 434. The Not-So-Newlywed Game with Glennon & Abby: Who Wins?
List of Date Qs:
1. What’s your favorite room in your house?
2. Which one of you is most likely to initiate a home improvement project?
3. What is your favorite family tradition?
4...
2025-08-0747 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsThe Not-So-Newlywed Game with Glennon & Abby: Who Wins?434. The Not-So-Newlywed Game with Glennon & Abby: Who Wins?
Amanda gets to live out her life-long dream of being a game show host and Glennon and Abby are put to the test! How well DO these two lovebirds really know each other? Listen to part one and find out! This time Glennon’s in the hot seat. Come back for part two to see how Abby does!
2025-08-0551 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsThe Trick to Finally Becoming an Adult430. The Trick to Finally Becoming an Adult
Glennon, Abby, and Amanda revisit the six family roles, uncover which ones they've each lived out, and share how they're working to heal and grow beyond them.
-How shifting some of their family roles is shifting Glennon and Amanda’s personal dynamic;
-The schism rejecting a family role can create;
-Why apologies you get from your family of origin might not be resonating; and
-How Glennon stopped thinking she was born ‘broken’ and how you can, too.
2025-07-2257 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsWhat Glennon Saw at LA Protests & Immigration Court with Lillian Aponte Miranda420. What Glennon Saw at LA Protests & Immigration Court with Lillian Aponte Miranda
We’re in the midst of hard things: ICE raids are escalating, fascism is rising—and unaccompanied immigrant children, some as young as two, are being forced to face U.S. immigration court alone. In this urgent episode, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda speak with Lillian Aponte Miranda of The Florence Project to explain what’s happening and how we can show up to help.
-Why unaccompanied children are being left to navigate the legal system alone -A firsthand look at what unaccompanied immigrant childr...
2025-06-171h 04We Can Do Hard ThingsThe Best Advice We’ve Ever Received (Best Of)The Best Advice We’ve Ever Received
Today, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda remember – and share! – the best advice they’ve ever received:
How to honor your needs and become the ultimate expert of you;
Why we all need a friend who believes in our greatness;
How to encourage your kids to live open-hearted;
And why Glennon’s truest thing is that she doesn’t know anything.
Plus, we hear from two pod treasures – Sara Bareilles and Glennon’s 7th grade government teacher, Mrs. Yalen – on their best advice.
2025-06-0150 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsQUITTING: When is it time to let something or someone go? (Best Of)1. The one question to ask yourself when deciding whether it’s time to quit something.
2. Why Glennon actually believes that quitting each day is necessary for her survival.
3. The big quits that led Abby to Glennon.
4. Amanda’s unexpected great relief—and hope for your relief—in learning about how we’re all just as happy as we’re ever going to be. (And how, as expected, Glennon disagrees.)
5. Rethinking the ending of a marriage as a positive quit and how to talk to friends going through it.
2025-05-2559 min
We Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon and Abby on Finding Family Success, from IMORecently, Glennon and Abby had the pleasure of being guests on a new podcast from our dear friend Michelle Obama, called IMO. You know on WCDHT, we have insightful conversations that give fresh perspectives, uplift you and leave you feeling more fulfilled.
And on IMO, Michelle and her big brother Craig Robinson bring candid perspectives to the everyday questions shaping our lives, relationships and the world around us. Each week, they’re joined by a guest to tackle real questions from real folks just like you offering practical advice, personal storytelling, and plenty of laughs. In this ep...
2025-05-181h 07We Can Do Hard ThingsMothers & Sons with Ocean Vuong (and Chase Melton) (Best Of)Glennon’s son, Chase, joins Glennon for a special conversation with his hero, author Ocean Vuong, to discuss:
1. Chase shares with Ocean the impact his work has had in his life–and Glennon thanks Ocean for helping mother her son.
2. What Ocean learned from his mother about how to navigate being an Asian boy in America–and Glennon’s recognition that she did not prepare Chase for the same realities.
3. Ocean’s new book, Time is a Mother, and why watching his own mother die gave Ocean a deep empathy and connec...
2025-05-1159 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsWhat Abby Learned On Tour with Tish408. What Abby Learned On Tour with Tish
Last year, Tish went on her very first international music tour. Today Abby, Glennon, and Amanda reflect on what it was like to watch Tish step toward her dream and how they, especially Abby, supported her through her journey.
-How this tour changed and solidified Abby and Tish’s relationship forever
-What this tour taught Glennon and Abby about the power of community
-How it felt to Abby and Glennon to watch Tish on stage every night alone with her guitar
2025-05-0659 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsWhat Anxiety Feels Like (Best Of)At the end of our first full year together, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda reflect on We Can Do Hard Things, this community, some of their favorite episodes, and they reshare the very first show:1. The original idea for the podcast and how it’s evolved.2. Glennon describes how an anxiety attack feels – and the 3 strategies that help her find calm.3. Amanda shares some special “thank you” messages to Glennon, Abby, and the Pod Squad.
2025-02-091h 09We Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon: You Can’t F With Art & Other Parenting Lessons381. Glennon: You Can’t F With Art & Other Parenting LessonsIn the midst of the LA Fires, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda take a moment to pause and reflect on a cozier time. In part two of this holiday discussion Glennon shares the life-changing lesson she got about love, control and parenthood and how that culminated in her gift from Abby. Amanda shares the unexpected way she learned more about her children this holiday season. -Why there is a safety net for your kids—and why (Spoiler Alert) it’s not you-Why your kids ma...
2025-01-3046 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsLA Fires: Jessica Yellin Reports From Glennon’s Home376. LA Fires: Jessica Yellin Reports From Glennon’s HomeJessica Yellin was forced to evacuate the LA Fires, and is sheltering at Glennon and Abby’s home. She sits down with Glennon and Amanda to report what is really going on with the wildfires raging across Los Angeles. -Why there wasn’t enough water to fight the Palisades Fire -How to decide what to put in your “go bag” and how Jessica packed up her house to evacuate -Misinformation and lapses of leadership and what LA needs right...
2025-01-141h 09We Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon’s Dramatic Social Media Plan with Amelia Hruby367. Glennon’s Dramatic Social Media Plan with Amelia HrubyToday, we’re finally doing it: talking about leaving social media. On the episode you’ll hear Glennon, Abby and Amanda chat with their guest, Amelia Hruby about the challenges and impacts of social media on mental health, personal relationships, community building, and self-worth. Glennon shares her experience of stepping away from social media and possible next steps. Discover: -How social media is linked to codependency and anxious attachment -The two must-do practices to evaluate your current r...
2024-12-0357 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsStart a Daily Delights Practice with Abby, Glennon & Amanda! (Best Of)Glennon’s hilarious misunderstanding with a TSA agent she’ll remember 'til she dies; Amma’s delightful response when Abby rushed onto the soccer field; and the delight Amanda experienced the day she switched it all up by not freaking out.This episode was inspired by our conversation with Ross Gay – if you missed it, check out: Episode 216 How to Find DELIGHT Today (and Every Day) with Ross Gay.
2024-11-2754 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon: Is it Insanity or Life?363. Glennon: Is it Insanity or Life?Glennon discusses an existential and emotional revelation with Abby and Amanda.Discover:
Diving into the abyss; what is the abyss and what does it mean?
The time a child’s soccer triumph left Glennon in tears
Growing out of coping mechanisms
Metabolizing the “muchness” of being alive and big feelings
2024-11-1457 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsThe Advice That Changed Our LivesGlennon, Abby, and Amanda remember – and share! – the best advice they’ve ever received:- How to honor your needs and become the ultimate expert of you; - Why we all need a friend who believes in our greatness;- How to encourage your kids to live open-hearted; and- Why Glennon’s truest thing is that she doesn’t know anything. Plus, we hear from two pod treasures – Sara Bareilles and Glennon’s 7th grade government teacher, Mrs. Yalen – on their best advice.
2024-10-3051 min
Overwhelmed Working Woman: Boost Productivity, Master Time Management, Overcome Overwhelm & Stop People Pleasing#82| Why Does Other People's Relaxation Feel Offensive and Overwhelming?Ever find yourself annoyed by someone relaxing while you’re hard at work? If you struggle with the pressure to stay productive 24/7. Even when we try to relax, guilt creeps in, making it feel impossible to enjoy downtime. If you’ve ever felt frustrated by someone else's chill attitude, this episode will give you the perspective shift you need to stop taking it personally and find balance.In this episode you'll learn: How to uncover the beliefs you’ve developed about rest and productivity.How you might be secretly judging people. How to reframe your thou...
2024-10-1704 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsThe Cycles We’re Breaking: Abby, Amanda & Glennon347. The Cycles We’re Breaking: Abby, Amanda & GlennonAbby, Glennon, and Amanda discuss Tuesday’s conversation with Dr. Mariel Buqué about intergenerational trauma. Each share examples of how they’re working on healing it in their lives and families. Discover:-Abby’s hilarious and heartbreaking breakdown that revealed how deeply she’s into her healing work.-Why Glennon no longer believes that she has a debilitating mental illness; and-The shocking study that made Amanda feel a kinship with mice (literally).Ch...
2024-09-1939 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon: Learning to Love without Control345. Glennon: Learning to Love without Control Glennon shares more about going off of antidepressants including a rock bottom moment, what this time of discovery has revealed about where she still needs to heal and the latest tool she has found that’s helping her through. Please note this episode does not contain medical advice and only serves to share Glennon’s personal experience. To hear part one of this conversation, Ep 344 Glennon: Her New Life Off Meds, click here!
2024-09-1254 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon: Her New Life Off Meds344. Glennon: Her New Life Off MedsGlennon shares her experience of going off medication after decades on…the highly personal reason she did it, what it’s been like so far, and what’s next. Please note this episode does not contain medical advice and only serves to share Glennon’s personal experience.
2024-09-1053 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsHow to Heal Unhealthy Relationship Patterns + Glennon & Abby On Marriage337. How to Heal Unhealthy Relationship Patterns + Glennon & Abby On MarriageGlennon and Abby are talking about relationships, including the relationship to self, marriage, and how to start dating again post-divorce. Discover: -The three vital steps to heal an unhealthy pattern in your life;-How Glennon truly feels about taking your spouse’s last name; and-Advice on where queer people can go in real life to meet each other!
2024-08-1556 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsHow to Stop Avoiding Yourself: Feel The Loneliness, Jealousy & Longing328. How to Stop Avoiding Yourself: Feel The Loneliness, Jealousy & LongingGlennon, Abby, and Amanda discuss how to move through loneliness, longing and jealousy. Glennon and Abby also share their experience at The Gracie Awards and recap their heartfelt speech about breast health and dense breasts dedicated to Amanda. Discover: -What loneliness might be trying to teach us; -How Glennon really feels about jealousy and women supporting women; -Why it’s so hard to remove all the obstacles we create to connection and love; and
2024-07-1654 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsInside Out 2 Review + Our Fav Books & TV Right Now327. Inside Out 2 Review + Our Fav Books & TV Right Now Glennon, Amanda, and Abby discuss Pixar’s new film, 'Inside Out 2,' exploring its depiction of emotions, particularly focusing on anxiety and its role in our lives. Per Pod Squad request, they also share what they’ve each been reading and watching, so you can add to your list! Discover: -Which emotion from Inside Out 2 they each related to the most; -Glennon’s new morning practice to help ease her anxiety; -Why Glennon rarely shares what...
2024-07-1156 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon & Abby's Guide to Confronting Crisis with Compassion325. Glennon & Abby's Guide to Confronting Crisis with CompassionGlennon and Abby discuss how they have gotten through recent crises, and take your questions on how to get through life’s most challenging moments. Discover: -Why Glennon suspects this time might actually be beautiful and why Abby feels like an exposed root;-From laying on the floor to finding solace in art, what to do tumultuous times; and-A tip for how to start processing when you feel emotionally blocked.
2024-07-0446 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon’s Friendship Contract with Alex Hedison323. Glennon’s Friendship Contract with Alex HedisonPart two of our conversation artist, actor, photographer, filmmaker and bestie of Glennon and Abby, Alex Hedison! In this episode, Alex talks about what it means to stress a relationship, authentic friendship, and the importance of being authentic in every area of your life. Check out our first episode with Alex HERE: [insert link here]Discover: -Glennon and Alex’s friendship contract and the terms they agreed to;-How to make room for the aw...
2024-06-2751 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsThe One Who Taught Glennon Friendship: Alex Hedison322. The One Who Taught Glennon Friendship: Alex Hedison Today is a big day. Artist, actor, photographer, filmmaker, and dear bestie of Glennon and Abby, Alex Hedison is here! Alex is the person who Glennon credits with teaching her how to be a friend. HUGE! In this episode, they share how their friendship started, how they make it work, and Alex offers amazing life advice. It’s like being a fly on the wall in one of their hangouts. You will LOVE this chat between Alex, Glennon, Abby and Amanda!Disc...
2024-06-2553 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsAbby On Healing From Religious TraumaIn honor of Pride month, Glennon shares an encore conversation that she and Amanda had with Abby about how she healed from religious trauma and found spirituality again.Originally titled, QUEER FREEDOM: How can we be both held and free? Abby, Amanda and Glennon discussed: -How Abby learned from church as a child to hate herself—and the healing moment she realized that God and religion are not the same.-The miraculous letter Glennon received from a reader the day after she came out.-Glennon’s res...
2024-06-121h 13We Can Do Hard ThingsJealousy: Glennon & Abby Share It All314. Jealousy: Glennon & Abby Share It All Glennon and Abby candidly discuss their personal experiences with jealousy. They explore how jealousy manifests, its implications on their connection, and the steps they've taken toward understanding and addressing it.Discover:-Abby and Glennon’s jealousy origin stories;-Abby’s confession to Glennon about her jealousy;-Why self trust might be the key to overcoming jealousy; and-How Glennon and Abby protect each other’s hearts AND wounds in their relationship.
2024-05-281h 10We Can Do Hard ThingsPotholes & Productive Conflict in Relationships with Abby & Glennon312. Potholes & Productive Conflict in Relationships with Abby & GlennonAbby and Glennon answer ALL of your relationship questions. We get into juicy topics like how to fight better, the balance of individuation and connection in relationships, and how to take ownership of your own feelings vs. judging your partner’s behaviors. Discover: -What introverts and extroverts have to learn from each other and how they can be in a relationship effectively;-Abby and Glennon’s unbelievable golf cart fight and tips on how to have more produc...
2024-05-2259 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsPost Diagnosis: Glennon & Abby Reflect and Decide What Needs to Change311. Post Diagnosis: Glennon & Abby Reflect and Decide What Needs to Change Glennon and Abby reflect on the dynamics of love, control, and support in relationships in the wake of Amanda’s diagnosis. Discover: -The simple sentence that Tish said to Glennon that shattered her reality;-Glennon’s creative way of reading books & what it has to do with controlling others; and-Why Glennon didn’t speak for a week after finding out sister’s diagnosis & what it felt like inside.
2024-05-2157 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsHow to Make The Ordinary Come Alive with Amanda DoyleGlennon shares an encore conversation that she and Abby had with their favorite person and co-host: Amanda Doyle!This episode, originally titled, How to Face Your Biggest Fear with Amanda Doyle, examines the relationships, decisions, and travels that led Amanda to today – from hitchhiking across Ireland, to prosecuting child sex offenders in Rwanda, to making the biggest decision of her life in an Ethiopian airport – they dive into Amanda’s lifelong fear of the ordinary.About Amanda:Amanda Doyle is Glennon Doyle’s Business Manager and co-host of the W...
2024-04-241h 07We Can Do Hard ThingsHow to Survive Your 20s, Abby On Bonus Parenting & IS Anyone TRULY Toxic?298. How to Survive Your 20s, Abby On Bonus Parenting & IS Anyone TRULY Toxic?Amanda, Glennon and Abby give an update about things they’re thinking about including: Glennon’s favorite memes, Amanda’s realization about leadership in her family, and Abby’s exhaustion turned to joy. Plus, we answer questions from the Pod Squad on surviving your 20s, and how to navigate bonus parenthood.Discover: -The simple, three-step process that revolutionized the way Amanda thinks about leadership and parenting; -Abby’s heartfelt advice to a Pod Squader...
2024-04-1148 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsInside an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy Session with Glennon & Richard C. Schwartz295. Inside an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy Session with Glennon & Richard C. SchwartzYou don’t want to miss this riveting deep dive into Internal Family Systems (IFS) – the revolutionary therapy model that Glennon has been using in her recovery – with IFS founder Dr. Richard C. Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz even does an on-air IFS session with Glennon! Discover: -Finally, the answer to the question “Why do I do what I don’t want to do?” -How our parts get exiled or locked away and the path to free them...
2024-04-021h 00We Can Do Hard ThingsDr. Ford Debrief: Glennon & Amanda are Fired Up!Episode 291. Dr. Ford Debrief: Glennon & Amanda Are Fired UpGlennon, Abby and Amanda dive into their questions, struggles, and reactions to yesterday’s powerful interview with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford – including asking Why Are We Asked to Do the “Right” Thing for a System that Refuses to do Right by Us?
How Amanda opened the dialogue with her kids about consent, sexual violence, and what happens when our leaders do the wrong thing – and how you can do the same;
How those in power exploit our innate willingness to sacrifice; and
Wheth...
2024-03-2047 minWe Can Do Hard ThingsHow to Rethink Being “Left Out” & Glennon’s Top 3 Embarrassing Mishaps Going OutIn 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.
2024-03-1354 minWe Can Do Hard Things283. How Glennon Transforms Sadness into PowerGlennon, Abby, and Amanda respond to a listener’s question about how to find yourself when you’re at your lowest – diving into how to embrace and move through sadness, the gifts of the low times, and what they tell us about our future selves.Discover:
Why feeling anything depends on an understanding of its opposite;
The true colors of sadness;
Why Abby has come to believe that sadness is “kind of cool,”& how she’s navigating her current grief;
How to find joy and love yourself the most through a time of sadness; and
Why...
2024-02-2245 minWe Can Do Hard Things269. Glennon Shares Her Love Letter with Liz GilbertGlennon FINALLY UNDERSTANDS FORGIVENESS! She reads a gorgeous letter about her newfound, hard-earned understanding of forgiveness and it helps us all breathe deeper.What happened when Glennon finally surrendered to the “Letters From Love” experiment. The dance of forgetting and remembering – a cycle that holds the essence of what's worth living for;How to overcome fear and blocks that get in the way of creative expression; andLiz challenges Amanda to try doing something without being attached to the outcome.About Elizabe...
2024-01-041h 01We Can Do Hard Things255. Glennon on One Year of Recovery!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.
2023-11-0250 minWe Can Do Hard Things243. Oprah Shares “The Letter from Glennon that Freed Me”
The moment Oprah finally knew who she really was;
The hidden gift of criticism, and the image to remember when you’re envious;
Why “Slugging It Out” is a losing game;
How to let go of outcomes – and make peace with what you have to offer; and
Oprah reads the letter Glennon wrote to her after her mother died – which she says changed her life.
Read Oprah’s newest book BUILD THE LIFE YOU WANT.TW: @OprahIG: @Oprah
2023-09-211h 06We Can Do Hard Things234. Glennon’s Diagnosis & What’s NextGlennon reflects on the episode that has been the biggest marker of change in her life in the last five years. Glennon shares from the messy middle about her new diagnosis and what’s next for her recovery.If talk about eating disorders and mental illness helps: Listen today.If it triggers: Skip today.CW // eating disordersIf you have an eating disorder, you may find the National Alliance for Eating Disorders a helpful resource: https://www.alli...
2023-08-081h 05We Can Do Hard Things233. What’s Next for We Can Do Hard ThingsJoin Glennon, Abby, and Amanda in celebrating, and closing out, the first season of the pod – and help them write the next chapter:
What it felt like for Glennon to listen – for the first time – to her anorexia diagnosis episode;
How their parents’ 50th Wedding Anniversary party showed Glennon how to stop performing and just BE;
The crucial distinction Amanda is exploring between tension and conflict;
Abby’s recent decision to explore her relationship with anger; and
How to join in shaping the future of the pod.
For the other conversations mentioned in this...
2023-08-031h 12Overwhelmed Working Woman: Boost Productivity, Master Time Management, Overcome Overwhelm & Stop People Pleasing#17| How to Feel Your Feelings (& Why You Should), To Find Your Calm & Stop People PleasingLet's talk about our feelings!If that makes you want to run away, I get it. I used to not want to talk about my feelings either. But not feeling our feelings cuts us off from information about our lives, makes it hard to connect with others, and ultimately robs us of joy. In this episode we'll talk about why we should feel our feelings, and how to do that if it doesn't come naturally to you. I have some great tools for you that will help you navigate and deal with your emotions more...
2023-07-3119 minWe Can Do Hard Things230. The Best Advice We’ve Ever ReceivedThe Best Advice We’ve Ever ReceivedToday, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda remember – and share! – the best advice they’ve ever received:
How to honor your needs and become the ultimate expert of you;
Why we all need a friend who believes in our greatness;
How to encourage your kids to live open-hearted;
And why Glennon’s truest thing is that she doesn’t know anything.
Plus, we hear from two pod treasures – Sara Bareilles and Glennon’s 7th grade government teacher, Mrs. Yalen – on their best advice.
2023-07-2556 minWe Can Do Hard Things217. Start a Daily Delight Practice with Abby, Glennon & Amanda!Glennon’s hilarious misunderstanding with a TSA agent she’ll remember 'til she dies; Amma’s delightful response when Abby rushed onto the soccer field; and the delight Amanda experienced the day she switched it all up by not freaking out. Today’s episode was inspired by our conversation with Ross Gay – if you missed it, check out: Episode 216 How to Find DELIGHT Today (and Every Day) with Ross Gay.
2023-06-0855 minWe Can Do Hard Things206. How to Follow the Wisdom of Your Body with Dr. Hillary McBrideEmbodiment teacher, Dr. Hillary McBride, joins us to discuss: what embodiment and disembodiment are; dissociation as survival response, somatophobia, and how to get more comfortable with fear. She offers concrete practices to stop blaming our bodies, and help us become attuned to our body’s messages. If you haven’t listened to Glennon’s latest episodes about her recovery journey and embodiment, check them out here: Episode 199 Why Glennon Says We Should All Be In Recovery and Episode 200 Don’t Tell Glennon to Love Her Body.CW: eating disorders
2023-05-091h 15We Can Do Hard Things200. Don’t Tell Glennon to Love Her BodyWhy Glennon respects “body positivity” – but it doesn’t work for her. What if every single thing we’ve learned about who we are is wrong? What if we ARE our Bodies?What if instead of trying to love our bodies, we could experience being alive on this planet… as bodies? If talk about eating disorders and mental illness helps: Listen today.If it triggers: Skip today.CW: eating disordersIf you have an eating d...
2023-04-2046 minWe Can Do Hard Things199. Why Glennon Says We Should All Be In RecoveryGlennon shares what her recovery – leaving something you can’t live without – feels like: Almost impossible. She explains how she views recovery as an invitation to a great quest that improves life for every person who accepts it. If you haven’t listened to Glennon’s latest episode about her recovery journey and embodiment, check it out here: Episode 194 Glennon Finds Her Healing Partner. If talk about eating disorders and mental illness helps: Listen today.If it triggers: Skip today.CW: eating disorders
2023-04-1841 minWe Can Do Hard Things196. How Glennon & Abby Learned to Talk Dirty with Vanessa Marin1. How to finally discover what turns us on, how to discuss turn-offs – and how to create “sex menus” with our partners.2. The real reason so many of us don’t feel like having sex. 3. How to ask for more sex – and how to turn it down without hurting your partner. 4. Orgasm – why it’s not the whole shebang – and what to do if we’ve been faking it. 5. Glennon and Abby engage in an exercise to practice talking dirty. (Glennon has not recovered.)For the first part of our conversat...
2023-04-0658 minWe Can Do Hard Things194. Glennon Finds Her Healing PartnerGlennon takes us along on her “exile walk” to share how recovery’s going and some new found wisdom that will help us all including: 1. How to shut off the mind and stop over-intellectualizing to allow space for other parts and memories to rise up.2. Acknowledging that nobody’s “fine” – and we’re all either transforming or transmitting our pain. 3. Glennon's interaction with a young surfer that offended them both (in very different ways). 4. How to start to let go of the prize of privilege in order to receive the treasur...
2023-03-3056 minWe Can Do Hard Things182. Glennon Update: Lessons from TherapyGlennon shares what she’s learning in therapy and what she feels we all could benefit from knowing – especially about wanting, yearning, fixing, and the next right thing. If talk about eating disorders and mental illness helps: Listen today.If it triggers: Skip today.CW // eating disordersIf you have an eating disorder, you may find the National Alliance for Eating Disorders a helpful resource: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/
2023-02-2150 minWe Can Do Hard Things177. How to Face Your Biggest Fear with Amanda DoyleGlennon and Abby interview their favorite person and co-host: Amanda Doyle! Examining the relationships, decisions, and travels that led her to today – from hitchhiking across Ireland, to prosecuting child sex offenders in Rwanda, to making the biggest decision of her life in an Ethiopian airport – they dive into Amanda’s lifelong fear of the ordinary.About Amanda:Amanda Doyle is Glennon Doyle’s Business Manager and co-host of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast with her sister Glennon Doyle and sister-in-law Abby Wambach. She is Vice President, General Counsel, and a member of...
2023-02-091h 06We Can Do Hard Things172. How Glennon Knew She Needed Help: Recovery UpdateGlennon shares more from the messy middle about how she knew she needed help and what we can all learn from her early recovery.If talk about eating disorders and mental illness helps: Listen today. If it triggers: Skip today. CW // eating disordersIf you have an eating discover, you may find the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) hotline a helpful resource: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline
2023-01-241h 01We Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon’s Diagnosis & What’s NextGlennon shares from the messy middle about her new diagnosis and what’s next for her recovery.If talk about eating disorders and mental illness helps: Listen today. If it triggers: Skip today. CW // eating disordersIf you have an eating discover, you may find the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) hotline a helpful resource: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline
2023-01-031h 04We Can Do Hard Things164. What Anxiety Feels LikeAt the end of our first full year together, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda reflect on We Can Do Hard Things, this community, some of their favorite episodes, and they reshare the very first show:1. The original idea for the podcast and how it’s evolved.2. Glennon describes how an anxiety attack feels – and the 3 strategies that help her find calm.3. Amanda shares some special “thank you” messages to Glennon, Abby, and the Pod Squad.
2022-12-291h 10We Can Do Hard Things135. Letting Go of How It’s “Supposed to Be”1. The twinge of loneliness that comes with searching for what it *seems* like everyone else has. 2. A Varsity-level question from Christie that challenges everything we said about Help on Tuesday’s episode.3. How to make “your thing” more of an “our thing” in relationships–and how Abby got Glennon into the sports.4. If there is anything worse than vacationing with your own kids, it’s vacationing with other people’s kids–and the time Glennon staged a sketchy early exit from a group trip. 5. Abby and Glennon’s brilliant compromise boundaries for future extended fa
2022-09-2952 minWe Can Do Hard Things128. HOW GLENNON LOST HER MIND1. “Weird Glennon” comes back to the pod and shares her #1 sanity strategy.2. The rule Glennon and Abby set for their wedding week that made everything OK.3. How Amanda stopped accepting assignments from strangers.4. How Glennon discovered she couldn’t trust her thoughts – and found the part of herself she could trust.5. How to know if your thinking is disordered, and how to reorient it to be more effective in your life, relationships, and world.
2022-09-0659 minWe Can Do Hard Things122. Why We Should Stop Doing Our Best1. Abby’s new nightly ritual of 80’s parties and Amanda’s wild adventure at a crawfish boil.2. Glennon’s transition out of depression, and how she’s moving off “The Landing.”3. Why our parents are so triggering – and how we can see them differently.4. Glennon, Abby, and Amanda answer pressing Pod Squad questions.5. Amanda pays tribute to a particular Pod Squader, Lexi – and to all women of her generation.
2022-08-1651 minWe Can Do Hard Things116. Our Most Embarrassing Stories1. Glennon, Abby, and Amanda share the most mortifying moments of their lives.2. Pod Squaders’ hilarious voicemail confessions, which had Glennon, Abby, and Amanda cry-laughing in solidarity. 3. Our new go-to strategy when humiliated (it involves prosthetic penises).4. We test our hypothesis that sharing our most embarrassing experiences makes us feel less alone.
2022-07-261h 04We Can Do Hard Things114. Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard?1. How to make the first friendship move – and how to move on from a friendship with kindness and clarity. 2. The advice Reese passes down to her kids about the three types of people you meet in life. 3. Reese’s Hollywood experience as a young woman – and the solidarity she found in the Time’s Up movement.4. How Elle Woods – in all her iconic glory – hilariously showed up while Reese was on real-life jury duty. 5. Where Reese, Abby, and Glennon come down on Glennon’s take that most women feel they are either too much o...
2022-07-1956 minWe Can Do Hard Things113. The Time Glennon & Abby Called It Off – and Live Pod Squad Q&A!1. How horrifying advice from a therapist led Glennon to end things with Abby–and how they reconnected.2. The moments from past episodes that changed us–including Amanda’s new strategy to prevent her anxiety from creating relationship problems.3. How we decide what to share publicly and what not to–and why we think the dichotomy of “sacred things” versus “private things” is dangerous. 4. Simple guidance to a man who asks how to stand in the fight for women’s rights, a question from 68-year-old Donna that we can’t stop thinking about, and the story of Tish’s We Can Do Hard T
2022-07-1451 minWe Can Do Hard Things112. Abby’s First Love, G Restarts Recovery, and Amanda Tries Meds: Live EventOver 15,000 Pod Squaders joined live to celebrate One Year of the Pod and discuss:1. Why Amanda started taking meds, Glennon keeps taking meds–and why Abby might consider taking meds :)2. The brilliant preemptive post mortem strategy to help you emotionally recover from any gathering. 3. Your frequently asked question of Abby: How she tracked down her first love connection at the Macaroni Grill.4. The pie chart of showing up–and why it’s rarely ever 100%. 5. Glennon shares her first steps up from the “landing” of her eating disorder relapse. ...
2022-07-1257 minWe Can Do Hard Things105. Restart Your Sex Life with Dr. Lori Brotto1. Answers to fascinating sex questions from Pod Squaders–including how to get real in the bedroom after regularly faking orgasm.2. Concrete mindfulness strategies to get out of your head and into your body, which have been proven to increase arousal and satisfaction.3. Busting the myth about how long it should take to orgasm. 4. Why talking about sex (including fantasies!) before having sex leads to more satisfying intimacy–and why that feels fun for Abby and impossible to Glennon and Amanda.5. Where to start if you’ve never discussed pleasure with a partner...
2022-06-161h 07We Can Do Hard Things96. Cameron Esposito: How to Save Your Damn SelfGlennon and Abby welcome their dear friend Cameron Esposito to discuss:1. Cameron’s brutiful relationship with her body–and how it feels playing a sexy TV role.2. The way Cameron grew up using humor as self-defense and to become socially “valuable”–and the moment she wondered if comedy was no longer working for her. 3. Why Cameron says she’s able to cry for the first time in 35 years. 4. How as a gender-nonconforming queer kid, Cameron felt “overnoticed”–and how being a comedian allows her to “hide in plain sight."5. The rule Cameron and G...
2022-05-171h 09We Can Do Hard Things94. Liz Gilbert Shares the Whole Story for the First TimePart One of our intimate conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert:1. When Glennon called Liz about Abby–and Liz then told Glennon about Rayya.2. The moment Liz imploded her life as she knew it.3. How, after a decade of friendship, Liz finally told Rayya that she was in love with her.4. The brutal chaos of Rayya’s addiction at the end of her life–and what Liz had to do and say to protect herself.About Liz: Elizabeth Gilbert is author of the international bestseller, EAT PRAY LO...
2022-05-101h 00We Can Do Hard Things89. Enneagram: What does your number say about you? with Ashton Whitmoyer-Ober1. What is your Enneagram number–and how does this ancient wisdom explain WHY you do what you do? 2. Why Glennon *really* didn’t want to accept her Enneagram number, and how she finally saw herself clearly in it. 3. How the Enneagram helps Amanda have much more compassion for herself–and how she uses it to understand common patterns in her marriage. 4. Glennon and Amanda use the Enneagram to dissect what is *actually* going on in their conflicts, and how to make each other feel seen and understood.About Ashton:
2022-04-211h 04We Can Do Hard Things87. Jen Hatmaker & Tyler Merritt Double Date!Jen Hatmaker is back with the new man in her life–actor, author, and activist Tyler Merritt–for a double date with Glennon and Abby discussing: 1. How Jen and Tyler met, what first attracted Jen and Tyler to each other–and who made the first move. 2. How not knowing any “dating rules” led Jen to jumpstart the “define the relationship” step. 3. The triggers for Jen that led to an early relationship “wobble” and how Jen is navigating issues of trust and safety after her divorce. 4. The joys and challenges of dating as t...
2022-04-141h 01We Can Do Hard Things84. Mothers & Sons with Ocean Vuong (and Chase Melton)Glennon’s son, Chase, joins Glennon for a special conversation with his hero, author Ocean Vuong, to discuss:1. Chase shares with Ocean the impact his work has had in his life–and Glennon thanks Ocean for helping mother her son.2. What Ocean learned from his mother about how to navigate being an Asian boy in America–and Glennon’s recognition that she did not prepare Chase for the same realities.3. Ocean’s new book, Time is a Mother, and why watching his own mother die gave Ocean a deep empathy and connec...
2022-04-051h 04We Can Do Hard Things80. This is 46: Why I’m Pumped About Midlife1. How Glennon is using her 46th birthday as an intermission–to slow down and decide what to bring with her into Act 2.2. The counterculture power of knowing what is enough, and letting ourselves go.3. The way to transition from Role Living to Soul Living–and why Glennon has Joni Mitchell on repeat.4. The real meaning of “crisis”–and the idea that living well now means reimagining everything we learned in the first half of life. 5. Amanda’ s good news that if you don’t feel like Glennon does at this moment in life, it is...
2022-03-221h 10We Can Do Hard Things76. Brandi Carlile: Live From My Couch!1. The two disagreements between Brandi and Glennon that started, and cemented, their friendship.2. Brandi’s lifelong quest to continuously “calibrate” herself so that her outsides are in tune with her insides.3. The trait Brandi loves most about Catherine—and the sticky note on Glennon’s desk with the same message. About Brandi:Brandi Carlile is a six-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, producer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and activist, who is known as one of music's most respected voices.Her new album, In These Si...
2022-03-081h 03We Can Do Hard Things71. Be Messy, Complicated & Afraid–and Show Up AnywayToday, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda continue their conversation about Glennon’s eating disorder relapse and the Next Right Thing for their family. CW // eating disorders
2022-02-1749 minWe Can Do Hard Things68. SARAH PAULSON IS PLAYING GLENNON ON TV!!1. Glennon reenacts her first emotional and hilarious email exchange with Sarah Paulson about the Untamed TV show. 2. Sarah contemplates how she will prepare for the role of Glennon–and why she’s “never been more excited about anything truly ever. ”3. Glennon, Sarah and Abby discuss who will play Abby–and how they will recreate the “There She Is” moment. About Sarah: Sarah Paulson’s acting work includes lead roles in FX’s anthology series "American Horror Story,” and playing Marcia Clark in "The People v. O. J. Simpson,” for which...
2022-02-081h 06We Can Do Hard Things60. Telling the Truth of Who We Are with Luvvie Ajayi Jones1. A hilarious, profound take on judging people, and why Luvvie’s telling the world–and has often told Glennon–to: “Fix your face.”2. How to prepare for hard conversations with those we love–including the lists Luvvie brings to those talks that help keep her calm and vulnerable.3. The importance of sitting with the fear behind the questions: “Who am I when I am not giving something to somebody?” and “What is my worth when I have nothing to offer?”4. How we can affirm our teen Troublemakers to keep being different–that their power is in remaining...
2022-01-111h 02We Can Do Hard Things54. Unexpected Joy: How do we redefine success so we can find joy?1. Glennon, Abby, and Amanda share how opening up and being vulnerable on the podcast has changed their lives. 2. What your preparation style says about your personality—and how some people bring their “magic” while others bring index cards. 3. Abby recalls “the biggest bomb of her life”—and why she was nervous to join Glennon and Amanda on We Can Do Hard Things.
2021-12-2155 minWe Can Do Hard Things50. GET UNTAMED (Live!): This is How You Find Yourself1. What Tish said when asked, “Who has taught you the most about love?”— why it was the best day of Abby’s life, and led her to redefine what it means to be a mother. 2. Glennon declares herself a great adventurer, without movement: an inner travel guide—and how the new journal will help steer us toward our next right thing. 3. How the pandemic brought Amanda’s anxieties, traumas, and relational cracks, previously on a slow burn, to center stage—and what she’s learning from “Be Still and Know.” 4. Why Glennon says whatever we’re envious of...
2021-12-071h 00We Can Do Hard Things49. Dr. Brené Brown: On Holding Boundaries & Facing Our Fear1. Brené and Glennon role play through a scenario on how to put boundaries in practice with family members this holiday season.2. Why Brené insists that starting “a love affair with the thing you’re most afraid of” will change your life. 3. Glennon asks Brené the question she’s been dying to ask about how a woman’s work is defined and received in the world compared to her male counterparts. 4. How understanding that grief and loss are an inevitable part of change helps us navigate toward the decisions that serve us. 5. Brené answers questions...
2021-12-0244 minWe Can Do Hard Things41. LANDING IN LOVE: Is the settling-in phase the best stage of love?1. How Glennon and Abby transitioned from the “falling in love” phase to “landing in love” at different times—and how Glennon felt “bamboozled” by it.2. How the self-inflicted guilt of pursuing joy ruins everything.3. Why a precious gift from Abby made Glennon feel like she’d finally landed in the right galaxy.4. How the things about our partners that drive us nuts are the same things that attracted us to them.
2021-11-0452 minWe Can Do Hard Things40. FALLING IN LOVE: Is there really “the one” or is “the one” YOU?1. Why “falling in love” feels like you’re losing your mind—and Amanda’s experience when Glennon fell hard for Abby. 2. Why Abby thinks the idea of “the one” is the most romantic way to live, and why Amanda thinks “the one” is unromantic and uninteresting. 3. Glennon’s belief that loves are like plants: some loves are perennials that continue to bloom, others are annuals, full for a season and then back to earth to nourish soil—but that no love is ever, ever wasted. 4. Why so many of us either think we can be fixed by love, or th...
2021-11-0259 minWe Can Do Hard Things38. HOW TO SAY NO with Simone Biles and Laurie HernandezHOW TO SAY NO with Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez In this very special conversation, three GOATs and Glennon discuss:1. What we can learn from Simone’s revolutionary decision at the Tokyo Olympics to choose her physical and mental health over the world’s expectations of her. 2. The tiny decisions that helped Laurie practice trusting herself again after surviving a toxic coach.3. Why Simone, Laurie, and Abby believe their talent is both a blessing and a curse. 4. The places and times Simone and Laurie create where they ha...
2021-10-2652 minWe Can Do Hard Things36. WRITING & ART: When does your real self get to breathe and be seen?1. How writing is a lifeline for Glennon because it’s the one place her real self can tell the truth.2. Why Abby feels that her time on the soccer field was art. 3. The unorthodox way Glennon’s writing evolved from hourly 5AM sessions to survive sobriety with three young kids to three New York Times Best Sellers.4. Why it’s horseshit that books by women authors are indiscriminately labeled “self-help.”
2021-10-191h 04We Can Do Hard Things33. Living by Your Own Original Music Instead of Crappy Cover Tunes1. Why Glennon believes the bravest thing she’s ever done was marching into her counselor’s office in high school—and what made her finally say, “I’m not leaving until I get some help.”2. How we can identify the difference between our Knowing versus our anxiety and conditioning.3. Why Glennon describes herself as Dory from Nemo, and how she returned to meditation when her mind became unmanageable.
2021-10-0741 minWe Can Do Hard Things29. People Pleasing, Unlocked Doors & First Kisses1. Why Abby says that people pleasing is both her superpower and her Achilles heel.2. Why Glennon says playing with kids is just the worst—and insists it’s okay for adults to sit it out. (This is why she’s not a parenting expert.)3. Why Glennon and Abby decided to say goodbye to Florida and hello to California.4. Glennon, Abby, and Amanda answer rapid fire questions about: their astrological signs, first kisses, and their morning routines.
2021-09-2351 minWe Can Do Hard Things27. California Love, Sex Fantasies & How to Know What to Do (in Bed)1. The amazing life hack that has Glennon and Abby replying “Yes” to social invitations.2. Glennon acknowledges her sexual fantasies … and TRIES (but fails) to share them.3. Glennon talks about how she “knew what to do” the first time she and Abby were together.4. The best and worst parts of Glennon and Abby’s big California move.
2021-09-1648 minWe Can Do Hard Things26. SEXUAL DESIRE: How do we know who and what we really want?1. How Abby discovered she was gay while out to dinner with her parents at a Macaroni Grill.2. The moment Glennon knew for sure she was queer (in an Amish Boogie Nights bathroom)—and the song that sealed the deal.3. How, as a straight, cis woman, Amanda never had to wrestle with her sexuality, why she thinks that stunted her exploration.4. How Glennon’s failed Van Gogh visit inspired Amanda’s next sex steps.
2021-09-1458 minWe Can Do Hard Things25. You’re NOT A MESS. The world is.1. The viral note Glennon wrote to herself in her car this week—and how the world’s response confirmed that we’re all struggling right now.2. How we tend to either Avoid the world’s pain or Be Consumed by it—and how to survive the overwhelm by embracing the Third Way.3. What Glennon fears most as her oldest child leaves for college.4. Why we can’t let the fact that we can’t fix everything keep us from doing something—and how Together Rising began.
2021-09-0954 minWe Can Do Hard Things24. ALL THE FEELS: Can we experience our emotions—not as good or bad—but as information to guide us?1. Glennon describes how she’s feeling as her oldest leaves for college—and the survival strategy that’s getting her through.2. The life secret someone told Glennon in early sobriety that changed her life.3. Amanda discusses the only two strategies that are proven to help us cope with our emotions and become more resilient. 4. How hard feelings always reveal something to you about you.5. How the life hack Glennon calls “Save as Drafts” has saved her relationships.
2021-09-0757 minWe Can Do Hard Things23. Lightning Love & Not Calming Down1. Amanda presents a case for “summer rain” love—and rejects “lightning love” as the highest form of romantic love.2. Glennon’s theory for when to speak up and when to shut up.3. How Abby’s experience in a mostly male meeting showed her that “silent solidarity” is a cowardly lie.4. The trick Glennon uses to communicate with highly sensitive kiddos. (Abby swears it works every time.)
2021-09-0242 minWe Can Do Hard Things22. REAL TALK: How can we begin to use conversation as a key to unlocking each other?1. Five communication ideas that might help us connect more deeply with people.2. How Glennon feels that “everyone is talking but nobody is listening to each other ever” and why that’s one of the reasons most of us feel lonely. 3. The conversation strategy that Glennon and Abby use at the dinner table with their kids and friends.4. Why we love talking about ourselves—and when it helps (and when it hurts) our relationships.
2021-08-3154 minWe Can Do Hard Things21. On Cussing, “Cattiness” & What Feminism Means to G1. Glennon lets f-ing loose about the misogyny in our cursing lexicon—and how it reveals our hidden conditioning. (Note: Don’t listen with the kiddos.)2. The connection between how little girls are taught to avoid conflict with each other and how adult women are called “catty.” 3. What Glennon really means when she says she’s a feminist—and why she’s baffled when a group fighting for their own equality turns on another group fighting for theirs.4. Why Glennon says that the teenage years may be her favorite parenting era yet.
2021-08-2643 minWe Can Do Hard Things19. SISTER ACT: Who is Amanda—and seriously, how does she know all the things?1. The Pod Squad is peeved that Glennon refers to Amanda as “Sister”—so what should we call her?2. How Glennon and Amanda both spent their college weekends in jail—but for very different reasons.3. Getting to know Amanda and her innate obsession with the link between our personal experience and our location within systems of power.4. What’s making life a little easier for the Doyle sisters this week.
2021-08-1940 minWe Can Do Hard Things17. EASY THINGS: Why, for some of us, is lightening up the hardest thing to do?1. Glennon’s radical acceptance that she’s always going to be a midnight person in a sunshine world.2. Our favorite movies and music—and what they reveal about our personalities.3. Why Abby is objectively hot, but please don’t say that to Glennon at parties.
2021-08-1251 minWe Can Do Hard Things16. QUITTING: When is it time to let something or someone go?1. The one question to ask yourself when deciding whether it’s time to quit something.2. Why Glennon actually believes that quitting each day is necessary for her survival.3. The big quits that led Abby to Glennon. 4. Amanda’s unexpected great relief—and hope for your relief—in learning about how we’re all just as happy as we’re ever going to be. (And how, as expected, Glennon disagrees.) 5. Rethinking the ending of a marriage as a positive quit and how to talk to friends going through it.
2021-08-1059 minWe Can Do Hard Things14. SILENT SEX QUEEN: Why aren’t we talking about sex more?1. Glennon, Amanda, and Abby discuss their sex origin stories and how that shapes their current sex fears.2. Glennon’s high-pressure situation of sex with Abby for the first time—and how it didn’t go quite as you’d expect.3. The biggest sex challenges in Glennon, Abby, and Amanda’s marriages now.4. What Amanda regrets about her past sex life—and how she’s already worried about what she’s going to regret when she’s eighty.5. How Pod Squaders taught Glennon and Abby about “lesbian deathbed.”
2021-08-031h 01We Can Do Hard Things13. Brave Parenting Qs & the Power of Saying YES!Glennon and Amanda decided to add a second episode each week after Glennon’s big move to California—in the first Thursday episode, they discuss:1. Glennon’s experiment of Saying Yes to anything the universe invites her to.2. How much screen time is too much screen time?3. Are we all just Pendulum Parenting (over-correcting parents’ mistakes and screwing our kids up in the equal and opposite way our parents screwed us up)?
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