Bonus: We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle

A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

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Sports, Basketball, Soccer

4.4 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus episode of A Touch More, we bring you an extensive interview with Abby Wambach, Glennon Doyle and Amanda Doyle about their new book “We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions.” This is A Touch More’s inaugural book club selection, and you can order it now here or get the audiobook here. In this interview we get deep and personal, getting into the pitfalls of striving for greatness, how women can start to figure out what they want, and how sports – as much as we love ‘em – can be limiting. A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home.
0:02.0	I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.
0:05.0	I've ruled out uni because of my grades.
0:10.0	Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything.
0:13.0	With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study.
0:17.0	We're open to all. Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your
0:23.6	future with the degree you didn't think was possible. The Open University. The future is open.
0:31.4	Welcome to a special bonus episode of A Touchmore. We are kicking off the A Touchmore Book Club
0:36.9	powered by Athena Books featuring our inaugural book club selection. We can do hard things, answers to
0:42.8	life's 20 questions. We actually set the intention this year to start a book club. I can't
0:51.1	believe we're actually doing it. And this is actually happening in that it coincided
0:55.5	with the release of Y'all Three's book. I can't wait for this. This is so exciting. We wanted to make
1:02.9	our first pick something that just felt really foundational for our listeners and something also
1:08.3	that felt like important to the times that we're in, which are
1:13.4	wild. And this book just felt so perfect. So we can do hard things is truly a guidebook for life.
1:19.5	We are thrilled to welcome in authors Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle. Welcome to the show.
1:26.1	Yay!
1:29.0	Thank you, Megan, too.
1:37.5	First, okay, you are in the midst of a book tour, which is crazy. The world is also crazy.
1:44.4	How are you? Start with just a really loaded question. How is everybody doing? Glennon, hear from you first.
1:46.1	Wellness checks.
1:46.7	Yeah, wellness check.
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