Glennon Doyle
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Podcast Appearances
We had a doozy of a year. Within the year, Abby lost her brother, Peter. I was diagnosed with anorexia, which I've been dealing with eating disorders since I was 10. So this was just the latest round. And my sister, who does the podcast with us, was diagnosed with breast cancer. And I think we just, we depend on each other so much, the three of us.
We had a doozy of a year. Within the year, Abby lost her brother, Peter. I was diagnosed with anorexia, which I've been dealing with eating disorders since I was 10. So this was just the latest round. And my sister, who does the podcast with us, was diagnosed with breast cancer. And I think we just, we depend on each other so much, the three of us.
And you know how when you have a small group, you usually, one of you keeps your shit together when the other two are losing it, right? Like you have somebody who has a clue, but we just all lost it at the same time. And to survive, we started sending each other like little clips of things or little quotes.
And you know how when you have a small group, you usually, one of you keeps your shit together when the other two are losing it, right? Like you have somebody who has a clue, but we just all lost it at the same time. And to survive, we started sending each other like little clips of things or little quotes.
And you know how when you have a small group, you usually, one of you keeps your shit together when the other two are losing it, right? Like you have somebody who has a clue, but we just all lost it at the same time. And to survive, we started sending each other like little clips of things or little quotes.
And then we started keeping them in files and they just became like these really helpful anchoring places. And we sent it to a friend who, And she wrote back and said, can you make this sort of file for every category of life for me? And we were like, huh. Because it feels like sometimes the harder life gets, the more you forget everything you know. Like it's a really bad system.
And then we started keeping them in files and they just became like these really helpful anchoring places. And we sent it to a friend who, And she wrote back and said, can you make this sort of file for every category of life for me? And we were like, huh. Because it feels like sometimes the harder life gets, the more you forget everything you know. Like it's a really bad system.
And then we started keeping them in files and they just became like these really helpful anchoring places. And we sent it to a friend who, And she wrote back and said, can you make this sort of file for every category of life for me? And we were like, huh. Because it feels like sometimes the harder life gets, the more you forget everything you know. Like it's a really bad system.
Like you should remember then. But there's a little bit of dissociation that comes with trauma. And I think that's what we figured out.
Like you should remember then. But there's a little bit of dissociation that comes with trauma. And I think that's what we figured out.
Like you should remember then. But there's a little bit of dissociation that comes with trauma. And I think that's what we figured out.
I dissociated after you said I did not have a lot of fear that troubled me. I cannot understand that sentence.
I dissociated after you said I did not have a lot of fear that troubled me. I cannot understand that sentence.
I dissociated after you said I did not have a lot of fear that troubled me. I cannot understand that sentence.
What the hell? What that must be like. I only have fear that troubles me.
What the hell? What that must be like. I only have fear that troubles me.
What the hell? What that must be like. I only have fear that troubles me.
Oh, I mean, we were a small family, which is my sister and I and my parents. How is it different? There was a lot less going on. We were like kind of a little island. I was raised by a football coach, though. So I do know more about sports than I let on. Yeah. Yeah. But my sister and I were just I mean, sometimes when I go to Abby's house,
Oh, I mean, we were a small family, which is my sister and I and my parents. How is it different? There was a lot less going on. We were like kind of a little island. I was raised by a football coach, though. So I do know more about sports than I let on. Yeah. Yeah. But my sister and I were just I mean, sometimes when I go to Abby's house,
Oh, I mean, we were a small family, which is my sister and I and my parents. How is it different? There was a lot less going on. We were like kind of a little island. I was raised by a football coach, though. So I do know more about sports than I let on. Yeah. Yeah. But my sister and I were just I mean, sometimes when I go to Abby's house,