Glennon Doyle

So good. It's a safety measure. So good.

So good. It's a safety measure. So good.

And what she just said, though, is so profound about consider the stores like that is actually really important. We take everybody's word at face value. It's like. oh, this thing was written on my Twitter feed. I say shit to you sometimes and you're like, who wrote that? And I'm like, I don't know. We're all susceptible of believing everything we hear and read. Like, so I love that.

And what she just said, though, is so profound about consider the stores like that is actually really important. We take everybody's word at face value. It's like. oh, this thing was written on my Twitter feed. I say shit to you sometimes and you're like, who wrote that? And I'm like, I don't know. We're all susceptible of believing everything we hear and read. Like, so I love that.

And what she just said, though, is so profound about consider the stores like that is actually really important. We take everybody's word at face value. It's like. oh, this thing was written on my Twitter feed. I say shit to you sometimes and you're like, who wrote that? And I'm like, I don't know. We're all susceptible of believing everything we hear and read. Like, so I love that.

Hey y'all, today's episode is my favorite episode we've ever done. Probably the conversation that has meant the most to me, maybe on or off the pod, in a long time. It's also deep and funny and will help you see the world and your life in a different way. You won't end this episode without being a new person. It's also got some stuff in it about death, about illness, about suicide ideation.

Hey y'all, today's episode is my favorite episode we've ever done. Probably the conversation that has meant the most to me, maybe on or off the pod, in a long time. It's also deep and funny and will help you see the world and your life in a different way. You won't end this episode without being a new person. It's also got some stuff in it about death, about illness, about suicide ideation.

Hey y'all, today's episode is my favorite episode we've ever done. Probably the conversation that has meant the most to me, maybe on or off the pod, in a long time. It's also deep and funny and will help you see the world and your life in a different way. You won't end this episode without being a new person. It's also got some stuff in it about death, about illness, about suicide ideation.

So if hearing people talk honestly about those things hurts you, don't listen. And if it helps you listen. Today's conversation is with Andrea Gibson. Andrea Gibson is one of the most celebrated and influential spoken word artists of our time. Best known for their live performances, Andrea has changed the landscape of what it means to attend a poetry show.

So if hearing people talk honestly about those things hurts you, don't listen. And if it helps you listen. Today's conversation is with Andrea Gibson. Andrea Gibson is one of the most celebrated and influential spoken word artists of our time. Best known for their live performances, Andrea has changed the landscape of what it means to attend a poetry show.

So if hearing people talk honestly about those things hurts you, don't listen. And if it helps you listen. Today's conversation is with Andrea Gibson. Andrea Gibson is one of the most celebrated and influential spoken word artists of our time. Best known for their live performances, Andrea has changed the landscape of what it means to attend a poetry show.

Andrea's poems center around LGBTQ issues, spirituality, feminism, mental health, and the dismantling of oppressive social systems. Andrea is the author of seven books, most recently, You Better Be Lightning. So PodSquad, welcome to We Can Do Hard Things. I need to tell you how this conversation that you're about to hear began.

Andrea's poems center around LGBTQ issues, spirituality, feminism, mental health, and the dismantling of oppressive social systems. Andrea is the author of seven books, most recently, You Better Be Lightning. So PodSquad, welcome to We Can Do Hard Things. I need to tell you how this conversation that you're about to hear began.

Andrea's poems center around LGBTQ issues, spirituality, feminism, mental health, and the dismantling of oppressive social systems. Andrea is the author of seven books, most recently, You Better Be Lightning. So PodSquad, welcome to We Can Do Hard Things. I need to tell you how this conversation that you're about to hear began.

Maybe a couple months ago, I was struggling in my recovery, just having a moment that I I was just stuck and nothing was getting better. And I, uh, was talking to my doctor, who's a amazingly wise and world renowned eating disorder specialist. Okay. And I was telling her, that the problem was that in any of my therapy sessions, which were wonderful, I just felt like nothing was true enough.

Maybe a couple months ago, I was struggling in my recovery, just having a moment that I I was just stuck and nothing was getting better. And I, uh, was talking to my doctor, who's a amazingly wise and world renowned eating disorder specialist. Okay. And I was telling her, that the problem was that in any of my therapy sessions, which were wonderful, I just felt like nothing was true enough.

Maybe a couple months ago, I was struggling in my recovery, just having a moment that I I was just stuck and nothing was getting better. And I, uh, was talking to my doctor, who's a amazingly wise and world renowned eating disorder specialist. Okay. And I was telling her, that the problem was that in any of my therapy sessions, which were wonderful, I just felt like nothing was true enough.

Like we were just like scratching the surface of something and I couldn't get to the truth of things. We're talking about eating strategies and I need to talk about like, are we sure that we should be doing life at all? And so she was quiet for a while because she's heard these sort of ideas from me. And then she said, Glennon, What I want you to do is I want you to find the poet Andrea Gibson.

Like we were just like scratching the surface of something and I couldn't get to the truth of things. We're talking about eating strategies and I need to talk about like, are we sure that we should be doing life at all? And so she was quiet for a while because she's heard these sort of ideas from me. And then she said, Glennon, What I want you to do is I want you to find the poet Andrea Gibson.

Like we were just like scratching the surface of something and I couldn't get to the truth of things. We're talking about eating strategies and I need to talk about like, are we sure that we should be doing life at all? And so she was quiet for a while because she's heard these sort of ideas from me. And then she said, Glennon, What I want you to do is I want you to find the poet Andrea Gibson.