Abby Wambach & Amanda Doyle on Doing Hard Things, Finding Answers & Staying Human

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In one life-altering year, Abby Wambach lost her beloved brother, Glennon Doyle was diagnosed with anorexia, and Amanda Doyle faced a breast cancer diagnosis. For the first time, the trio behind the We Can Do Hard Things podcast all found themselves simultaneously lost and searching for answers. So they did what they do best—turned to deep, honest conversations with brave, wise souls to help light the way. In this powerful episode, Jen Hatmaker and Amy Hardin sit down with Abby and Amanda to unpack the wisdom they've gathered from some of today’s most brilliant voices—Elizabeth Gilbert, Jane Fonda, Michelle Obama, Ocean Vuong, Esther Perel, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and more. The result? Their new book: We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions. Together, they explore some of life’s biggest questions: Why are we like this? How do we figure out what we really want? How do we let go, forgive, or get unstuck? Why do we wake up every day having forgotten everything we know? Why is self-loyalty so damn hard for women? Quotes to Remember: “I'm just trying to remain a human in this political environment, in this place of deep fear where so much is at risk. And I think the way we do that is continuing to see each other as human and continuing to let our hearts break over what should break our hearts.” – Amanda Doyle “After 400 or so conversations, it was so wild that, whether we were talking to a person who's been a therapist for 40 years, or a person who's a poet, or a person who's an activist, there were just a handful of questions that all of these people are struggling with.” – Amanda Doyle “Parenting is an easy label to carry and leave yourself behind. And that is utterly terrifying to me because I went from soccer player to mother and now what? I have held onto this parenting thing with white knuckles as a way to avoid parts of myself.” – Abby Wambach Tune in for an honest, hope-filled conversation about facing life’s hardest moments with courage, community, and compassion. Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Forward: A Memoir by Abby Wambach - https://amzn.to/4ckZOFi WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach - https://amzn.to/4cpazqg We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle - https://amzn.to/3EfeZ6r Glennon Doyle - https://momastery.com/ Amanda Doyle Stops Keeping Score And Stays In The Moment - https://jenhatmaker.com/podcasts/series-60/amanda-doyle-stops-keeping-score-and-stays-in-the-moment/ Brené Brown - https://brenebrown.com/ Kate Bowler - https://katebowler.com/about/ Suzanne Stabile - https://suzannestabile.com/ Guest’s Links: Website - https://abbywambach.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/abbywambach/ Twitter - https://x.com/abbywambach Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/abbywambach/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCej3anJvC-rSMd63asN8cXg Podcast - https://wecandohardthingspodcast.com/ Guest’s Links: Twitter - https://x.com/amandafdoyle Podcast - https://wecandohardthingspodcast.com/ Connect with Jen! Jen’s Website - https://jenhatmaker.com/ Jen’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/ Jen’s Facebook - https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker The For the Love Podcast is presented by Audacy.