Why Am I Like This? | Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach

Why Am I Like This? | Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach

Why even self-help authors can still be messy.

Glennon Doyle is the CEO and Founder of Treat Media, an award-winning media company that makes art for humans who want to stay human. She is an author, podcaster, producer, and philanthropist. Her books include the #1 New York Times bestsellers Untamed and Love Warrior; the New York Times bestseller Carry On, Warrior; and Get Untamed: The Journal.

Abby Wambach is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, FIFA World Cup champion, six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award and one of Time's Most Influential People. She is a founder of Treat Media, and the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Wolfpack and the New York Times bestseller Forward.



In this episode we talk about:

  • Significant personal struggles that happened simultaneously for Glennon, Abby, and Glennon's sister, Amanda
  • How that led to them writing a book about the fundamental life questions they believe everyone grapples with
  • Why people in the self-help world don't always have their shit together
  • Why trauma leads to dissociation
  • How to "go on" after the experience of grief
  • Why we are the way we are
  • Family roles, attachment theory, and learned behaviors
  • The possibility of personal change
  • Our thoughts on the latest season of the White Lotus
  • And much more



Related Episodes:



Join Dan's online community here

Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel



Additional Resources:

Jaksot(1011)

How to Make it in Hollywood (and everywhere else), Brian Grazer

How to Make it in Hollywood (and everywhere else), Brian Grazer

Brian Grazer is a Hollywood giant! He's made more than 100 films including Splash, Apollo 13 and the best-picture-winning A Beautiful Mind. He tells Dan this week how he has used his own curiosity in ...

30 Loka 20191h 16min

Meditation, Therapy, and "Murderous Rage", Dr. Susan Pollak

Meditation, Therapy, and "Murderous Rage", Dr. Susan Pollak

Dr. Susan Pollak found refuge in meditation at a young age, introduced to it by a family member. Describing herself as an anxious and neurotic kid, she noticed how meditation offered her some relief. ...

23 Loka 20191h 28min

Kryptonite for the Inner Critic, Self-Compassion Series, Kristin Neff, PhD

Kryptonite for the Inner Critic, Self-Compassion Series, Kristin Neff, PhD

Life can be challenging. It's comforting to have kind, supportive people around you to help you through it. Dr. Kristin Neff believes it's equally important to cultivate a kind, supportive inner voice...

16 Loka 20191h 35min

Doing Diversity Work Without Shame, Self-Compassion Series, Sydney Spears

Doing Diversity Work Without Shame, Self-Compassion Series, Sydney Spears

Dr. Sydney Spears is a professor at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare and holds a PhD in Clinical Social Work from Smith College. As a woman of color, she tells us she has experienced ...

9 Loka 20191h 49min

A Radical Approach to Productivity, Self-Compassion Series, Jocelyn K. Glei

A Radical Approach to Productivity, Self-Compassion Series, Jocelyn K. Glei

We are all guilty at times of taking on too much. Our guest this week, Jocelyn K. Glei, explains some of the benefits of taking a step back. She discusses the importance of slowing things down to prev...

2 Loka 20191h 33min

Finally... The Joseph Goldstein Episode

Finally... The Joseph Goldstein Episode

One of the first American Vipassana teachers and the co-founder of Insight Meditation Society, Joseph Goldstein, is a highly recognized name to many in western meditation. He has studied and practiced...

25 Syys 20191h 59min

Living on Overtime, David C. Fajgenbaum

Living on Overtime, David C. Fajgenbaum

David Fajgenbaum, a young, promising medical student, could not have imagined he would become a patient in the same hospital he was serving his residency. After being diagnosed with a very rare illnes...

18 Syys 20191h 10min

Love, Death, Tech and Psychedelics, Jack Kornfield, Meditation O.G.

Love, Death, Tech and Psychedelics, Jack Kornfield, Meditation O.G.

As far as meditation teachers go, they don't come more highly regarded than our guest this week, Jack Kornfield. Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. H...

11 Syys 20191h 24min

Suosittua kategoriassa Terveys ja hyvinvointi

unicast
rss-hanna-tikander
rss-pitaisko-erota
tiedenaiset-podcast
voi-hyvin-meditaatiot-2
rss-narsisti
vakeva-elama-viisaampi-mieli-vahvempi-keho
puhu-muru
psykopodiaa-podcast
rss-kuumilla-aalloilla
meditaatiot-suomeksi
katilon-kahvitunti
fitnessvastaanotto
rss-vapaudu-voimaasi
terapiassa
rss-pt-paahtio
rss-en-saa-unta
rss-duodecim-lehti
rss-rentoudu-podcast-rentoutumiseen-hanna-viljanmaa
junnut-pelissa