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 (52)
Finally Some Good News! Wisconsin Deals Big Blow to Elon & Trump | Jessica Yellin
399. Finally Some Good News! Wisconsin Deals Big Blow to Elon & Trump | Jessica Yellin
Amanda and award-winning journalist Jessica Yellin break down this week’s biggest political stories—from...
The Rituals that Make a Magical Life with Michael Norton
The Rituals that Make a Magical Life with Michael Norton
Harvard Business School professor and author, Michael Norton, discusses the role and importance of rituals in everyday life–and how they can...
Ways to Be More Present: Indigenous Wisdom from Kaitlin Curtice (Best Of)
1. How to listen to the signals our bodies give us, and other concrete strategies to hold on to being human.
2. The healing power of honoring and reconnecting with our little girl selves and with our...
Women at Work & The Episode That Wasn’t with Sarah Spain (Best Of)
Pioneering sports journalist – the brilliant, hilarious, badass Sarah Spain – joins us to reflect on:
1. One of our most popular episodes – Episode 147: The Episode That Wasn’t – when we ended an...
Who Said What in that Group Chat Debacle & Is MAGA Starting to Fracture? | Jessica Yellin
397. Who Said What in that Group Chat Debacle & Is MAGA Starting to Fracture? | Jessica Yellin
This week, Amanda and Webby Award-winning journalist, Jessica Yellin, break down the most shocking...
Can You Change Your Partner? With Dr. Alexandra Solomon
396. Can You Change Your Partner? With Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Renowned relationship expert, Dr. Alexandra H. Solomon, joins to explore a common dilemma in relationships: determining when to accept...
No More Grind: How to Finally Rest with Tricia Hersey (Best Of)
1. The Nap Ministry’s Nap Bishop shares small, concrete ways to bring rest into our own lives – especially when rest seems impossible.
2. Why so many of us feel like machines instead of humans – and...
Indigo Girls: Sexuality, Sobriety, Faith & Freedom (Best Of)
1. Why Emily couldn’t stop crying (and it wasn’t because she was emotional).
2. The intervention that got Emily sober – and why Amy wasn’t there.
3. Glennon admits something that she’s never told...
Introducing The Women’s Hoops Show
Women’s basketball is on the rise and The Women’s Hoops Show is here for every buzzer-beater, breakout star, and game-changing moment. Join host Jordan Robinson as she dives deep into the WNBA,...
Will Our Courts Hold? What You Need to Know with Amanda & Jessica Yellin
395. Will Our Courts Hold? What You Need to Know with Amanda & Jessica Yellin
Award-winning journalist, Jessica Yellin joins Amanda to discuss the ongoing standoff between the Trump administration...
Why Do Birthdays Bring So Many Feels?? (Best Of)
Today, we’re attempting to solve birthdays. For most of us, it’s a complicated day full of mixed emotions, expectations, and comparisons.
Why birthdays have become a set up for...
Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done
394. Dylan Mulvaney On the Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done
Actress, singer, and creator of the viral TikTok series 'Days of Girlhood,' Dylan Mulvaney, shares her story of coming out as trans and all...
SELF CARE: How do we identify our real needs and finally get them met? (Best Of)
1. How to create lives that we don’t need to escape from.
2. Why our resentment toward others is our Secret Self-Care Signal.
3. Why refusing to be selfless is the best way to care for others and the...
Inside a WTF Week: Stock Market Nosedives, Dept of Ed Decimated & the Elon Circus with Jessica Yellin
393. Inside a WTF Week: Stock Market Nosedives, Dept of Ed Decimated & the Elon Circus with Jessica Yellin
Jessica Yellin and Amanda are together again to discuss the biggest news stories in what...
Being the Boss of Yourself with RHOBH’s Bozoma Saint John (Best Of)
1. The inspiring pep talk Bozoma gives herself in the mirror – and why we might all want to start using it to rally ourselves.
2. How to navigate the tightrope of corporate expectations for women:...
Our New Book & Tour! The Secret’s Out (password for tour in pod)!
392. Our New Book & Tour! The Secret’s Out (password for tour in pod)!
Today is a huge day for the We Can Do Hard Things Pod Squad! Abby, Amanda, and Glennon wrote a new book – We Can Do Hard...
Gloria Steinem: Laughing Our Way to Liberation (Best Of)
GLORIA STEINEM – who dedicates her life to ensuring we know that we are not broken, but were born into a system intended to break us – lives in the DNA of millions who are giving birth to movements...
Amanda & Jessica Follow the Money: Who’s Getting Rich and Who’s Getting Cheated
Award-winning journalist, Jessica Yellin, and Amanda are together in-person, broadcasting from Washington, D.C. where Jessica has been reporting on President Trump’s recent address to Congress....
Codependence: How to Stop Controlling Others with Melody Beattie (Best Of)
1. The Mother of Codependence shares the difference between healthy and unhealthy helping.
2. The daily practice that helps Melody stop controlling others and “Let Life Happen.”
3. Why no one is...
Manifestation: Is it Real or BS?
390. Manifestation: Is it Real or BS?
Today we have a treat for you. Abby’s excited, Glennon is nervous and Amanda’s skeptical because we are finally talking about…MANIFESTATION. What is it, is it...
Cameron Esposito: How to Save Your Damn Self (Best Of)
Glennon 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...
One Change to Go From Being Time Poor to Time Rich with Cassie Holmes
389. One Change to Go From Being Time Poor to Time Rich with Cassie Holmes
Chaired professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and best selling author, Cassie Holmes, discusses how much time...
Elon’s Email Power Grab, What to Do & Why to Have Joy: Calm News with Jessica Yellin
Elon’s Email Power Grab, What to Do & Why to Have Joy: Calm News with Jessica Yellin
Award-winning journalist, Jessica Yellin, breaks down the latest news unfolding in the US and world. Today,...
LIVE from Mexico with Brandi and Catherine Carlile
388. LIVE from Mexico with Brandi and Catherine Carlile
A big treat for you! In our first-ever live podcast recording from the Girls Just Wanna Weekend, Glennon and Abby welcome very special...
Hannah Gadsby: How to Communicate Better (Best Of)
1. Why Hannah describes her later-in-life Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis as “an exfoliation of shame.”
2. How neurodiversity affects Hannah’s relationships–and how she connects to the world...
Find Your “Tingle” & Live Wild with Justina Blakeney
387. Find Your “Tingle” & Live Wild with Justina Blakeney
Multidisciplinary artist and designer – Justina Blakeney – joins Glennon, Abby, and Amanda to discuss living close to one's true self and...
What is Elon Musk Doing to America Today & What Can You Do About it? Calm News with Jessica Yellin
What is Elon Musk Doing to America Today & What Can You Do About It? Calm News with Jessica Yellin
Award-winning journalist, Jessica Yellien, is back to walk us through what's going on right now in...
How to Talk to Kids About Hard Things: Sonya Renee Taylor
386. How to Talk to Kids About Hard Things: Sonya Renee Taylor
Sonya Renee Taylor returns to help us talk to kids about hard things like climate change, racial injustice, and sex.
-The three rules...
What Your Sign Says About How You Love: Chani Nicholas (Best Of)
1. How to recognize when you’re dysregulated – so you can slow down and help yourself.
2. The beauty and wisdom in being judgmental, and how that saved Chani’s life.
3. The liberating idea that “The...
The Science of Healing Heartbreak with Florence Williams
385. The Science of Healing Heartbreak with Florence Williams
Author and journalist, Florence Williams discusses the science of heartbreak and the key to healing.
-The four crucial steps to take...
Calm News with Jessica Yellin: Stay Sane AND Informed
Calm News with Jessica Yellin: Stay Sane AND Informed
By popular demand, we present Calm News with our dear friend, and Award-Winning Journalist, Jessica Yellin. Together, we explore a new approach...
Date Nights: Why they Suck & How to Make them Great
384. Date Nights: Why they Suck & How to Make them Great
Glennon, Abby and Amanda delve into the nuances of salvaging a relationship’s spark or excitement and discuss the role of “date nights” in...
What 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...
Let Our Sundance-Winning Film Remind You What Love Is with Megan Falley
383. Let Our Sundance-Winning Film Remind You What Love Is with Megan Falley
Glennon, Abby and Amanda sit down with poet and friend, Megan Falley, to discuss the magic that is their Sundance...
How to be Sexually Confident with Mae Martin (Best Of)
1. Mae, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda each explore their sexuality by delving into what sexually attracts each of them.
2. The sex-positive way Mae’s parents taught them about sex – and orgasm(!) – and...
What If My Partner’s Jokes Hurt My Feelings?
382. What If My Partner’s Jokes Hurt My Feelings?
Abby, Amanda, and Glennon get to forget their problems for a while as they answer your questions on relationships and anxiety.
-How to know if...
How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of)
1. Sam’s life-changing strategies for (reluctantly) interacting with humans.
2. How we use humor to hide the lava of rage churning beneath our surface.
3. Sam’s friendship theory and why she doesn’t...
Glennon: You Can’t F With Art & Other Parenting Lessons
381. Glennon: You Can’t F With Art & Other Parenting Lessons
In 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...
How to Find Good Love After Bad with Lily Collins (Best Of)
Today we’re talking about how to build healthy relationships — with ourselves and others — after enduring toxic relationships with both.
1. Signs of emotional toxicity in romantic relationships –...
Abby’s Greatest Fear & the One Gift that Freed Her
380. Abby’s Greatest Fear & the One Gift that Freed Her
In the midst of the LA Fires, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda take a moment to pause and reflect on a cozier time. They discuss the holiday gift that...
The Bravest Conversation We’ve Had: Andrea Gibson (Best Of)
In the conversation that’s meant the most to Glennon, Abby, and Amanda – poet and spoken word artist, Andrea Gibson makes the bravest announcement we’ve ever heard. Andrea shares how to boundlessly,...
Post-Inauguration Family Meeting: How We Will Get Through with Brittney Cooper & Rebecca Traister
379. Post-Inauguration Family Meeting: How We Will Get Through with Brittney Cooper & Rebecca Traister
Activists, writers, and organizers – Brittney Cooper and Rebecca Traister – join us to talk...
Find Your Towanda with Tig Notaro & Stephanie Allynne (Best Of)
1. Tig and Stephanie’s highly effective and hilarious ways to diffuse their marital feuds.
2. Stephanie’s experience figuring out her sexuality (years after she married Tig)–and how Tig knew...
Are Old Women Really Irrelevant?
378. Are Old Women Really Irrelevant?
Glennon, Abby and Amanda are talking with you, Pod Squad, about questions around women and aging and wtf “processing emotions” really means in action.
-How...
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)
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...
What Is Intuitive Eating? Evelyn Tribole on Trusting Your Body
377. What Is Intuitive Eating? Evelyn Tribole on Trusting Your Body
Glennon and Abby talk to renowned expert, Evelyn Tribole, about the principles of intuitive eating, the roots of diet culture,...
Double Date with Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird! (Best Of)
For their first (of hopefully many) podcast double dates, Abby and Glennon sit down with the icons, activists, and Olympians Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird. In this honest and hilarious conversation, we...
LA Fires: Jessica Yellin Reports From Glennon’s Home
376. LA Fires: Jessica Yellin Reports From Glennon’s Home
Jessica 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...
How to Be More Alive with Cole Arthur Riley (Best Of)
In this beautiful conversation–in which Glennon names Cole’s book “This Here Flesh” the Next Right Book–we discuss:
1. What we learned from Cole’s insight that, “If you’re not in your body, someone...
How to Stop Worrying with Martha Beck
375. How to Stop Worrying with Martha Beck
Martha Beck shares more on how to lessen anxiety’s grip by coaching Amanda, Abby and Glennon out of their anxiety spirals.
Discover:
-How to uncover the...
How to Lose Half of Your Guilt (Best Of)
Glennon, Abby, and Amanda help us shed guilt through a freeing reframe inspired by a conversation with Dr. Becky Kennedy.
Listen to learn: How to know what is true guilt and what is just the...
Life Beyond Anxiety with Martha Beck
374. Life Beyond Anxiety with Martha Beck
Martha Beck, bestselling author and life coach, returns to discuss anxiety including actionable strategies for quelling it and achieving a state of calm....
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