Someone Tell G What People Do After Dinner!
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What do Glennon, Abby, and Amanda discuss about empty‑nest life after dinner?
Hi everybody. Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things. Hi. Hi Amanda. Hi. Hello. Hello. So Abby and I were talking this morning about how it was gonna be lovely to do an episode because we could just catch up. We haven't talked for a while. I
know. I have like I has a sad. I know. I has a sad because do you know this feeling that happens? Like the family was talking on the text chain yesterday, and I learned something that happened on the text chain that I didn't know about. And I felt sad. I was like, oh, I'm missing things that are important that are happening. Oh, what were you missing? Yeah, what was it? But was that Emma had to move out of her dorm into a different dorm? And I was like, oh my God. God, what happened? And I don't even know it and
Oh yeah. It's just a soccer thing. They they have summer dorms and then they move into their fall dorms.
Oh, so it wasn't like a drama. No.
So
so I I was like,
oh no. Well, this is interesting because I don't know what has happened, but usually we don't go weeks without a checkup or what's going on. But we have gone several weeks without Me knowing what's going on with your fam and you, you knowing what's going on with us and our fam. So why don't we just do it here? I wanna know what's going on with you. How are you? How are you and John? How are the kids? I did hear that maybe Alice had a g gathering yesterday that you might want to talk to us about. How is back to school? Just give us an update about anything you want to chat about.
Well, let's see. We started, we're in the middle of middle school. And we are in the first year of high school, which feels utterly impossible. It is true, but apparently it is. We have had a bunch of like illnesses at the beginning of the year. So I feel like normally We don't miss that much school and we've already missed like three days of school and we're in the second week of school, which feels like I don't know, like we're already failing figuratively and maybe literally. So that's a kick in the shorts. We are Doing sports. Bobby's doing golf and he's very in love with that. But this is something that is a major, I just feel like the cruelty of that sport is like, I don't understand. Yeah. It's brutal.
Calling all masochists. I don't understand it. What do you mean? Okay, so you're always Failing. That's sports, baby. Especially golf. It's like just you can stop a forest fire, right? Like it's only you at a time, but also you're representing your team. So you're it's only up to you, but you're also letting everyone know.
Oh okay, so it's like I'm a child. So what I need to do is while everyone watches, I need to use this metal stick to get this centimeter ball in that tiny hole that's one mile away. That's what I need.
To do. Right. I just feel like there's something that is like majorly very wise evolved people, which are not high school boys. Like you hit a bad shot because you will, because apparently, even the pros, they're like, I had one perfect shot in my 18 holes. And then you immediately have to be like, that's finished. I'm done with that and now I have to go again. And pretend like that thing didn't happen and keep my mind set. And it's just I can see so much of myself. in him in the like getting fired up about it. And I'm just like, I'm so sorry that I passed that on to you. Um, so that's a challenge, but it's interesting and he loves it and it's fun. Hold on, I have
a question about golf because I assume that all the time people when they mess up in sports and then they are they get very angry and then they get it out. Like animals have to shake to get their anger out and start over. But it feels to me like the the couple times that I've watched golf. that the law is that you just have to silently not have any expression about being angry and then begin again. Is that true? Like I don't see people like slamming their golf clubs down a lot and shaking it off.
Not supposed
to. You're not supposed to it occasionally. supposed to educationally.
But you're there's no, no. Here's the psychological thing about it that I think that I have seen in myself in like multiple things of my work.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What do Glennon, Abby, and Amanda discuss about empty‑nest life after dinner?
0:07–5:42
2
How does Abby describe feeling and releasing anger after a mistake?
5:42–15:49
3
Why do the hosts compare golf to life and what lesson do they draw from it?
15:49–29:28
4
What sports‑psychology insights do they share about handling failure and moving forward?
29:28–40:31
5
How do they explore mid‑life challenges and the search for new hobbies?
40:31–53:19
6
What observations do they make about the US Open, influencer culture, and elite sports events?
53:19–1:04:11
7
How do they reflect on parenting, community, and letting kids be themselves?
1:04:11–1:17:15
8
What final takeaways do they offer about love, discipline, and embracing the present?
1:17:15–1:21:09
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