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Aug 2021
59m 16s

16. QUITTING: When is it time to let som...

Glennon Doyle and Audacy
About this episode

1. The one question to ask yourself when deciding whether it’s time to quit something.

2. Why Glennon actually believes that quitting each day is necessary for her survival.

3. The big quits that led Abby to Glennon.  

4. Amanda’s unexpected great relief—and hope for your relief—in learning about how we’re all just as happy as we’re ever going to be. (And how, as expected, Glennon disagrees.) 

5. Rethinking the ending of a marriage as a positive quit and how to talk to friends going through it.

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