Brandi Carlile Has Returned to Herself

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Brandi Carlile joins Glennon for her rawest and most vulnerable conversation yet, sharing the story behind her deeply personal new album Returning to Myself—the songs that broke her open, the love that holds her steady, and what it means to truly come home. In this family meeting, Brandi bares her heart and reminds us we’re only here for the blink of an eye—so we must stay relentlessly joyful, soft, and human—and we must, together, find the beauty in the wildfire sun. About Brandi: Brandi Carlile is an eleven-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, producer, and activist. Over two decades and landmark albums like By the Way, I Forgive You and In These Silent Days, she has co-founded the Highwomen, launched the all-female Girls Just Wanna Weekend festival, founded the Looking Out Foundation, and helped bring Joni Mitchell back to the stage for a historic, Grammy-winning live album. Brandi Carlile’s new album, Returning to Myself, will be out October 24th. Follow We Can Do Hard Things on: Youtube — @wecandohardthingsshow Instagram — @wecandohardthings TikTok — @wecandohardthingshow

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0:00.0	I don't know if it's just like my dykiness, but like I say, I'll say to like my, you know, seven-year-old be like,
0:06.2	oh, you look so beautiful, I can hardly talk to you right now.
0:09.1	And Catherine's like, that is not the right thing to see.
0:12.4	Stop talking about her.
0:14.2	Hey, Pod Squad.
0:16.2	I'm sitting in my basement and waiting for Brandy Carlisle and Catherine Carlyle to arrive at my house.
0:25.2	They're about to get here.
0:26.8	They're about to come down here.
0:29.0	And Brandy is about to sit with me and talk to me about her new album, returning to myself, which is the most personal portrait of Brandy Carlisle's mind and heart
0:45.0	that I've ever witnessed. And as Brandy's fan and more importantly, dear friend,
0:53.3	I'm so excited for you to meet this side of Brandy.
0:59.8	Kath's going to be here.
1:01.4	Abby's going to be here.
1:03.7	And I just don't think that you're going to miss, want to miss this conversation because
1:08.9	Brandy's about to get more vulnerable and raw than she ever
1:12.4	has.
1:15.2	And the Carlisles are people who have changed our lives and who have become family to us.
1:23.1	Brandy Carlisle's new album, which is my personal favorite that Brandy's ever written, is called Returning to Myself, and it is out tomorrow.
1:36.6	When I was little, I was really, really cute. Are we recording? Okay. I was a really, really cute little kid. And then I,
1:46.3	and I actually remember the energy of that power. I only remember energetic things. Like,
1:51.4	I remember the power of that. I remember, like, a leaning in, of a tension of a, whatever,
2:00.4	like a power in the world and when i 2012 i got so
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