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We Can Do Hard Things

BEING BRAVE: What does it take to REALLY be Brave?

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.841.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

1. The story that led to Abby’s iconic haircut—how that decision terrified her, changed how she played the game, and changed how she lives her life. 2. How Abby and Glennon view “brave” differently—and why Amanda believes their perspectives may be more similar than they think. 3. Why for Amanda the bravest decisions feel like “lonely certainty” that can never be explained or defended to others. 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Stopped asking directions

0:04.4

Some places they've never been

0:10.4

Hi everybody, you came back!

0:14.0

So we can do hard things! Thank you for coming back!

0:17.4

We also came back because this is our favorite thing.

0:21.4

We absolutely love meeting you here every week.

0:26.4

We're going to start today's episode, which is all about what in the hell brave actually means.

0:35.8

With a story, I have a story which is a beautiful story about a man.

0:41.6

Huh! I know, right?

0:45.6

It's exciting because you know, sister, I have heard in the ether,

0:53.8

people suggest that perhaps I don't like men, and that is not true.

1:00.0

It is not true that I don't like men.

1:03.0

Here's the situation for me.

1:05.0

The situation for me is that I love humans.

1:08.0

I love human beings.

1:09.0

I feel like we're born with all of this, you know, unique wild energy and love and potential.

1:15.4

And then this thing happens on the earth where we are given these roles,

1:21.2

you know, your male, your boy, your girl, and we're given, along with our roles,

1:25.8

we're given these scripts and these costumes and these ways of being.

1:29.0

And like to the point where you all know, you to know,

1:31.8

sometimes when I'm out in the world, I'm looking around going,

1:34.4

oh my god, what is happening?

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