Brittney Griner On Coming Home & Recovering From Trauma

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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308. Brittney Griner On Coming Home & Recovering From Trauma Glennon and Abby talk with athlete, humanitarian, activist–and one of the bravest people they’ve met–Brittney Griner. Brittney discusses her harrowing experience in the Russian prison system, as well as her basketball career, recovering from trauma, and her excitement over becoming a parent. Discover: -Why she went to Russia in the first place – and the gender pay gap in women’s sports; -Her first thought as she stepped foot on American soil after her time in a Russian penal colony; -How she feels about America now that she’s back; and -How she reconciled her relationship with her dad after having a tough time coming out About Brittney: BRITTNEY GRINER is a pioneer, humanitarian, and activist and was named as one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2023. Griner is an NCAA champion, a WNBA champion, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. Winner of the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award, and a nine-time WNBA All-Star, Griner is one of the most decorated and influential athletes of this generation. IG: @brittneyyevettegriner

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0:00.0	Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:14.0	I guess today can fucking do hard things.
0:18.0	Yes, she can.
0:20.0	Oh my God, Brittany Griner is a pioneer humanitarian activist and was named one of Time
0:27.5	magazine's 100 most influential people in 2023. Also if that was only a list of five Brittany still would have been
0:35.6	one of the five most influential people of 2023. Griner is an NCAA champion
0:41.9	a W NBA champion and a two-time Olympic
0:45.0	medalist winner of the best female athlete Espi award and a nine-time
0:49.9	Wnba all-star. Griner is one of the most decorated and influential
0:54.8	athletes of this generation and so much more. Brittany, thank you so much for
1:00.4	being here with us today. Oh, thank you. I'm honored. I'm honored. I'm on her.
1:05.0	I hearing that nine times. I was like, wow, you're getting old.
1:08.0	I've been doing it a minute.
1:10.0	Yes. I have to tell you that two nights ago, I woke up at like midnight and I was thinking there was a light on in our room and I was needed to like go turn the bathroom light on because it wasn't dark enough.
1:22.0	And I turned around and I see my wife and she's
1:26.5	sitting up in bed and she's got her REI headlamp on and she's still reading your freaking book and I just go oh my I've never
1:36.0	seen her do this before in our life together then 6 a.m. comes around I'm always the
1:42.1	first one up.
1:43.0	Abby's rolling out of bed with your book. I said, what are you doing up?
1:47.0	She said, I can't stop. I cannot stop.
1:50.0	Yes. And just to be clear, I'm not a voracious reader like Glennon.
1:55.0	I listen to most of the books because your book hasn't come out yet,
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