273. The Nine Truths That Just Might Heal Us with Laura McKowen

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Author Laura McKowen is back to share the nine essential lessons she learned in recovery, from accepting that it's not your fault to the importance of seeking community and reaching out for help. What it means to take responsibility and why accountability leads to freedom; How we’re all capable of everything – and how to get unstuck when you’re feeling bad about yourself; and The importance of being seen in your pain – and the transformative potential of helping others do the same. About Laura: Laura is the author of the bestselling memoir, We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life and Push Off From Here: Nine Essential Truths to Get You Through Life (and Everything Else). She has written for The New York Times and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Atlantic, the TODAY show, and more. In 2020, she founded The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support community. Laura lives with her daughter and partner on the North Shore of Boston. IG: @laura_mckowen 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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0:20.8	Paused out of my own pod squad.
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1:00.5	It actually matters to us when you listen to the pod. It makes a big difference. So thank you so much. Go to We Can Do Hard Things show page on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Odyssey, or wherever you listen to podcast and tap the plus sign in the upper right
1:15.0	hand corner or click on follow. And you know what? Tell your friends, maybe send
1:19.1	them a link to your favorite episode or to the show. We love you. We appreciate you so much,
1:25.1	Ponswad. Thank you are here, you are brave because you did the exercise that Laura asked us to do in the last episode, which is to figure out what our thing is that is keeping us from peace
1:56.4	freedom truth integrity whether that thing is overworking over shopping drinking
2:01.1	co-dependency, whatever it is.
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