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We Can Do Hard Things

239. Why Are We Never Satisfied? with adrienne maree brown

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.841.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Are you capable of being satisfied? Today, adrienne maree brown helps us uncover: How to find beauty and connection in the everyday; How to stop wasting your time on things that don’t feel good; Why the greatest risk of life is also where its preciousness comes from; How, through the discipline of pleasure, we can ALL be satisfied. About adrienne: adrienne maree brown is a pleasure activist, writer, and radical imaginist who grows healing ideas in public through writing, music, and podcasts. adrienne has nurtured Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, Radical Imagination and Transformative Justice as ideas, frameworks, networks and practices for transformation. adrienne’s work is informed by 25 years of social and environmental justice facilitation primarily supporting Black liberation. adrienne is the author/editor of several published texts including Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds; Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good; Grievers; and Maroons. After a multinational childhood, adrienne lived in New York, Oakland, and Detroit before landing in her current home of Durham, NC. TW: @adriennemaree IG: @adriennemareebrown To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.

0:12.9

Today we are going to finally figure out how the hell to be satisfied in our lives.

0:21.3

I don't make that promise lately.

0:23.2

I think we have the one person on this planet who might be smart enough to help us with

0:29.3

this.

0:29.8

I really, really think they are.

0:31.6

The person who is on our podcast today, finally, sister has been counting down the days

0:36.0

till now.

0:37.0

Is Adrian Marie Brown?

0:39.9

Who grows healing ideas in public through writing, music, and podcasts?

0:44.8

Adrian has nurtured emergent strategy, pleasure, activism, radical imagination, and transformative

0:51.7

justice.

0:53.5

All the most important things in the world.

0:55.0

No pressure, Adrian.

0:56.0

No pressure.

0:57.0

Adrian's work is informed by 25 years of social and environmental justice facilitation

1:03.6

primarily supporting black liberation.

1:06.6

Adrian is the author and editor of emergent strategy, shaping change, changing worlds,

1:12.5

pleasure, activism, the politics of feeling good, grievers, and maroons.

1:18.0

And Adrian lives in Durham, North Carolina.

1:21.4

Thank you for being here, Adrian.

1:23.4

Thanks for having me, y'all.

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