CARE-FRONTATIONS: Three Keys for Giving & Receiving Criticism (Best Of)

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

1. What happens inside us when we receive criticism–and how our brains ensure we’re always in the right (even when we’re not). 2. The three-ingredient recipe for a positive, productive “care-frontation” exchange. 3. The single biggest relationship killer (it’s not conflict) – and how conflict can bring you closer. 4. Amanda navigates a “care-frontation” with her son’s friend’s family – and Abby reevaluates her past relationship with criticism. 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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0:00.0	Oh yeah, me.
0:11.3	Okay, we've just been sitting here staring at each other.
0:13.7	Hi.
0:14.6	I'm going to see.
0:15.2	I usually kick this off.
0:17.3	Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:18.8	We are thrilled and delighted.
0:20.9	Okay. God bless you and delighted. Okay.
0:21.6	God bless you and keep you and all the rest of you too.
0:24.9	Are here. Do you know that people say God bless you because in the olden days when people sneezed, they thought that evil spirits got into your body during the sneeze.
0:35.4	And so people would say, God bless you to make sure
0:38.2	that the evil spirits didn't settle.
0:40.6	It's just such horseshit.
0:42.2	Really?
0:43.0	I thought it was because your heart stopped
0:44.5	when you sneezed,
0:45.7	which now that I just said that out loud,
0:47.2	I'm embarrassed I said it because that can't be true.
0:50.8	You know, sometimes when I say things out loud,
0:53.2	I do wonder if I should check them first, because my dad used to tell me a lot of things that aren't true, just to embarrass me later.
1:01.6	Like, one time he told me that spam was called spam because it was used only in the Spanish-American War.
1:10.6	Oh, like the meat?
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