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Abby Wambach

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We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

And it's just like, it isn't interior.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

Because it's interior, everything that you talk about has structural and societal and political implications.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

It is called interior because it is a woman exploring it.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

Like, I always think of the Audre Lorde quote, like, anything that I accept about myself cannot be used against me.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

And so this idea that you are naming all of the things about yourself, which then other women can see in themselves and name for themselves and claim for themselves, it stops being a weapon used against us if it's something that we see and claim on our own.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

And that is...

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

Hugely important because everyone's scared to say the thing because they know it's weaponized.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

But here's the truth.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

If you say the thing and claim the thing, it defangs the thing.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

Okay, the next question is, Amanda, you've shared a lot about control, handling it all and feeling overwhelmed.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

Where are you with that right now?

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

Have you found anything that is helpful?

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

Just an easy one.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

Yeah, help the people.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

Help the people.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

I'm thinking.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

So I had I shared a little bit about this on the tour.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

But I what happened was I went through, you know, the year long cancer situation and

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

And someone texted me about, oh, no, it was, like, the day of the year anniversary of my diagnosis and was like, holy shit, it's been a year.

We Can Do Hard Things
Amanda’s Breakthrough: Finally Letting Go

Like, congratulations.