Glennon Doyle Wants you to Abandon Identity

Worklife with Adam Grant

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4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Author and activist Glennon Doyle used to say “I am a Christian. I am straight. I am an addict.” Now she simply says “I am.” In this episode, Doyle sits down with Adam to discuss letting go of past identities — and rethinking the idea of identity as a whole. They explore insights from Doyle’s bestselling book, Untamed, on dealing with unpleasant emotions, redefining weaknesses and redefining ourselves. Warning: their conversation might lead you to start redefining yourself. For more from Glennon, check out her new podcast We Can Do Hard Things. You can find the full transcript at go.ted.com/WLTranscript45. WorkLife is made possible with the support of LinkedIn, Logitech, Morgan Stanley, SAP, and Verizon.

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0:00.0	Hey Worklifers, it's Adam Grant.
0:04.3	I hope you're enjoying season four.
0:06.6	Today I want to share a special bonus conversation with Glen and Doyle.
0:11.2	She made an appearance in our episode on Conflict.
0:14.1	She's a writer and activist, well known for her wisdom and openness about her struggles
0:18.8	with addiction, faith, family and identity.
0:22.8	Millions of people look to her for insight and inspiration, but she'll be the first to
0:26.8	tell you that she's not great at responding.
0:30.6	What I like to tell myself is that as a creative person I don't want to live every day just
0:35.3	in response to what other people are asking of me.
0:38.2	I feel very honored.
0:39.8	You don't like to respond to emails or texts and you answered mine.
0:43.7	I feel lucky.
0:44.9	Yes, I did it.
0:46.4	Don't tell my mom because I don't text her back.
0:54.6	This is Worklif, my podcast with the TED Audio Collective.
0:57.8	I'm an organizational psychologist.
0:59.8	My job is to think again about how we work, lead and live.
1:04.4	Special thanks to our sponsors.
1:05.9	LinkedIn, Logitech, Morgan Stanley, SAP and Verizon.
1:11.1	Glen and has written multiple bestsellers, including Untamed, her most recent memoir.
1:16.4	It was Audible's most listened to book of all of 2020.
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