Glennon
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That's what I was trying to do is just escape my life instead of deal with it, right? But this thing happens with people who allow themselves to break, right? So years and years of addiction led me to several rock bottom moments, which... Anybody, most people who have been to those places see them as this humongous blessing for many reasons.
But the reason for me is that when you hit rock bottom, it's like, and surrender, and you're very lucky because you have resources around you who will help you at that moment. You enter these spaces, which might be AA, or it might be therapy, or it might be whatever it is you use in that moment to grasp onto, which teach you how to be human. Okay.
But the reason for me is that when you hit rock bottom, it's like, and surrender, and you're very lucky because you have resources around you who will help you at that moment. You enter these spaces, which might be AA, or it might be therapy, or it might be whatever it is you use in that moment to grasp onto, which teach you how to be human. Okay.
But the reason for me is that when you hit rock bottom, it's like, and surrender, and you're very lucky because you have resources around you who will help you at that moment. You enter these spaces, which might be AA, or it might be therapy, or it might be whatever it is you use in that moment to grasp onto, which teach you how to be human. Okay.
This is a blessing of rock bottom that only people who have a break in their mental health receive because tragically we don't teach people how to be human. You know, we don't teach how, what yourself is and how you meet your needs so that you can live a good, solid life. I mean, I used to teach third grade and I used to think why I would sneak in these life lessons right into my morning meetings.
This is a blessing of rock bottom that only people who have a break in their mental health receive because tragically we don't teach people how to be human. You know, we don't teach how, what yourself is and how you meet your needs so that you can live a good, solid life. I mean, I used to teach third grade and I used to think why I would sneak in these life lessons right into my morning meetings.
This is a blessing of rock bottom that only people who have a break in their mental health receive because tragically we don't teach people how to be human. You know, we don't teach how, what yourself is and how you meet your needs so that you can live a good, solid life. I mean, I used to teach third grade and I used to think why I would sneak in these life lessons right into my morning meetings.
But these recovery groups taught me how to human, right? Taught me how to, that I had these different selves that I'd been ignoring for decades. And they were my emotional self and they were my intuitive self and they were my mind and they, and how to slowly build a life that you don't have to constantly escape from because that's what recovery is, right? So the,
But these recovery groups taught me how to human, right? Taught me how to, that I had these different selves that I'd been ignoring for decades. And they were my emotional self and they were my intuitive self and they were my mind and they, and how to slowly build a life that you don't have to constantly escape from because that's what recovery is, right? So the,
But these recovery groups taught me how to human, right? Taught me how to, that I had these different selves that I'd been ignoring for decades. And they were my emotional self and they were my intuitive self and they were my mind and they, and how to slowly build a life that you don't have to constantly escape from because that's what recovery is, right? So the,
The beauty of allowing yourself to break and ask for help is that you learn how to be human. So there's that. And then there was this moment when I fell in love with Abby, when I really had to put all of that to the test, right? So I had this moment where I...
The beauty of allowing yourself to break and ask for help is that you learn how to be human. So there's that. And then there was this moment when I fell in love with Abby, when I really had to put all of that to the test, right? So I had this moment where I...
The beauty of allowing yourself to break and ask for help is that you learn how to be human. So there's that. And then there was this moment when I fell in love with Abby, when I really had to put all of that to the test, right? So I had this moment where I...
Anybody who's read Untamed or listened to me do the 49,000 interviews about that knows that I had a real moment where I had to decide whether I was going to return to my broken marriage or whether I was really going to honor this self that kind of rose up and made itself known when I fell in love with Abby. And it didn't feel like a love decision.
Anybody who's read Untamed or listened to me do the 49,000 interviews about that knows that I had a real moment where I had to decide whether I was going to return to my broken marriage or whether I was really going to honor this self that kind of rose up and made itself known when I fell in love with Abby. And it didn't feel like a love decision.
Anybody who's read Untamed or listened to me do the 49,000 interviews about that knows that I had a real moment where I had to decide whether I was going to return to my broken marriage or whether I was really going to honor this self that kind of rose up and made itself known when I fell in love with Abby. And it didn't feel like a love decision.
Oh, should I go back to Craig or should I love Abby? Like that was not it. It was like, should I go back to my broken life where I'm slowly dying so that I don't rock the boat, so that I keep everyone else comfortable, so that I continue to honor everyone's expectations of me? Or do I break everybody's hearts, hurt my kids,
Oh, should I go back to Craig or should I love Abby? Like that was not it. It was like, should I go back to my broken life where I'm slowly dying so that I don't rock the boat, so that I keep everyone else comfortable, so that I continue to honor everyone's expectations of me? Or do I break everybody's hearts, hurt my kids,
Oh, should I go back to Craig or should I love Abby? Like that was not it. It was like, should I go back to my broken life where I'm slowly dying so that I don't rock the boat, so that I keep everyone else comfortable, so that I continue to honor everyone's expectations of me? Or do I break everybody's hearts, hurt my kids,
blow up my little on the outside perfect family so that I don't have to abandon myself again, right? Do I abandon everyone's expectations of me and honor myself or do I continue to honor everyone's expectations of me and abandon myself, right? It felt like a life or death situation for me. And as you know, I almost decided to go back to my broken life so that I didn't have to rock the boat.