We Can Do Hard Things
By Treat Media and Glennon Doyle
Come do life with Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle. With more than half a billion plays, We Can Do Hard Things is a hilarious, raw, comforting “support system for braving the everyday.” The Pod Squad goes hard ($56 Million raised in global aid) and stays soft: meet here on Tuesdays to laugh, talk, and cry our way through the pain and magic of being human. Subscribe, Follow, and join our social media community here: https://linktr.ee/wecandohardthingsshow
22 episodes
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Embracing Unknowing and Imperfection Cultivates Connection and Joy
Embrace imperfection to unlock deeper connection and lasting joy. Vulnerability and "unknowing" loved ones are radical acts that build resilience, not weakness.
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Treat Media's Independence: Reclaiming Control and Authentic Audience Connection
Radical independence unlocks creative freedom and authentic audience connection, revealing the hidden costs of traditional media middlemen and offering a blueprint for sustainable impact.
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Congress's Inaction Enables Trump, Eroding Democratic Safeguards
Congress's inaction, not Trump's actions, fuels democratic decline. Understand the systemic failures and donor influence to drive real policy reform and accountability.
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Jane Fonda's Embodiment: Wholeness Over Perfection for Lasting Impact
True strength comes from integrating your authentic self, not pursuing perfection. Embrace your "complicated parts" to build wholeness and lasting impact.
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Facing Change With Candor: Resilience Through Vulnerability and Collective Action
Facing life's inevitable changes requires honesty and vulnerability. Learn how to practice hard things with candor to build resilience and foster authentic connection.
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Sharing Mortifying Moments Cures Shame and Builds Community
Sharing mortifying moments dismantles shame and fosters genuine connection, revealing our shared humanity through laughter and vulnerability.
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Birthdays: A Cultural Performance Review Fueling Resentment
Birthdays are a secret test of our worth, often leading to disappointment. Reframe them from a performance review to an opportunity for genuine connection and self-expression.
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U.S. Regime Change Driven by Corporate Interests, Not Ideology
U.S. foreign policy consistently prioritizes corporate profit over sovereignty, using ideological rhetoric as a cover for interventions that fuel global conflicts and maintain economic dominance.
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Tracee Ellis Ross: Self-Acceptance Over External Validation
Reject the lie that your worth depends on being "chosen." True freedom comes from embracing your authentic, imperfect self, fostering resilience and genuine connection.
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Sacred Rage Reclaims Inner Authority and Fuels Love
Reclaim your sacred rage. Discover how trusting your inner knowing dismantles false authority and empowers authentic resistance, transforming disillusionment into a potent force for love.
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Mortality as Catalyst for Deeper Living and Joy
Embrace mortality not as an ending, but as a catalyst for deeper living and connection. Facing incurable cancer can unlock a more vibrant, joyful existence by confronting fear and re-evaluating what truly matters.
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Embracing Difficulty and Delayed Payoff Cultivates Vibrant Life
Embrace difficulty and delayed payoff to unlock a more vibrant, courageous life. Confronting life's hardest truths cultivates deeper appreciation, love, and art, offering a potent antidote to instant gratification.
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Systemic Collusion Shields Powerful Perpetrators, Re-Victimizing Survivors
Discover how legal processes, intended to protect, can shield the powerful, re-victimizing survivors through intentional institutional collusion and obfuscation.
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Systemic Corruption: How Justice Systems Facilitate and Shield Predators
Systems, not just individuals, shielded Jeffrey Epstein. Understand how wealth and connections subverted justice, creating a protected class and eroding public trust.
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Intentional Community Builds Safe Spaces for Liberation and Resistance
Curated safe spaces become potent engines for personal and collective liberation, transforming vulnerability and joy into acts of resistance. Build resilient communities where authentic self-expression thrives.
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Strategy of Overwhelm Undermines Local Organizing and Agency
Overwhelm is a deliberate strategy to disempower. Reclaim agency by understanding sustainable change is built from the ground up, not dictated from the top down.
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Local Organizing: The Antidote to Overwhelm and Individualism
Overwhelm is a strategy to disempower. Discover how grounded, local organizing builds resilience and true leadership, offering a tangible path to efficacy and sanity.
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Historical Roots of Oppression Fuel Authoritarian Escalation
Uncover how centuries of systemic oppression, not recent events, fuel current crises and authoritarianism. Learn the strategic, community-based organizing essential for an inclusive future.
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Trust Inner Signals--The Tingle--Over External Self-Correction
Trust your inner "tingle" to guide you. This reframes self-improvement from fixing flaws to embracing aliveness, revealing how self-correction drains energy while self-trust fuels authentic impact.
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Billionaire Wealth Is a Political Construct Sustained by Myth
Billionaire wealth is a policy construct, not merit, sustained by narratives that justify extreme inequality and co-opt reform, creating a system ripe for collective change.
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Embrace Inner Compass for Authentic Purpose and Freedom
True freedom and purpose stem from trusting your inner compass, not external validation. Suffering signals a loss of self, guiding you back to authentic living through physical warmth and joy.
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Podcast Pivots to Intentional Content, Prioritizing Listener Well-being
Podcast shifts to one intentional weekly episode, prioritizing listener well-being and authentic, difficult conversations over constant content and ad revenue.
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