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Sep 2022
52m 59s

135. Letting Go of How It’s “Supposed to...

Glennon Doyle and Audacy
About this episode

1. The twinge of loneliness that comes with searching for what it *seems* like everyone else has. 

2. A Varsity-level question from Christie that challenges everything we said about Help on Tuesday’s episode.

3. How to make “your thing” more of an “our thing” in relationships–and how Abby got Glennon into the sports.

4. If there is anything worse than vacationing with your own kids, it’s vacationing with other people’s kids–and the time Glennon staged a sketchy early exit from a group trip. 

5. Abby and Glennon’s brilliant compromise boundaries for future extended family gatherings.

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