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Feb 2024
45m 51s

283. How Glennon Transforms Sadness into...

Glennon Doyle and Audacy
About this episode

Glennon, Abby, and Amanda respond to a listener’s question about how to find yourself when you’re at your lowest – diving into how to embrace and move through sadness, the gifts of the low times, and what they tell us about our future selves.


Discover: 

  • Why feeling anything depends on an understanding of its opposite;
  • The true colors of sadness; 
  • Why Abby has come to believe that sadness is “kind of cool,”& how she’s navigating her current grief; 
  • How to find joy and love yourself the most through a time of sadness; and
  • Why sadness is an open floor plan. 

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