FUN: What the hell is it and why do we need it? (Best Of)

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this episode—in which Abby confronts my sister and me about our inability to have fun—discover: 1. The one “fun” post that caused more people to unfollow me on social media than any other. 2. Why girls may disassociate early from their ability to access fun. 3. Science’s insistence that when we’re gloomy, rest won’t fix us. We gotta play the blues away. 4. A playlist I created for YOU—if you, like me, need daily help awakening your dormant Fun Self:https://open.spotify.com/user/f50axmsbwkhwq81ttiwovo1yf?si=707cb22232aa4cdf To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.0	Hello, everybody. Thank you for coming back to We Can Do Hard Things. I am really thrilled
1:17.1	about this episode because it's about fun. Okay? So last night I sat down in preparation for this
1:24.0	introduction here and I wrote down every single thing I know about fun. And in front of me,
1:30.7	I now have a blank sheet of paper. I know nothing about fun. I am unfun. And so for today's
1:38.4	episode, we have brought in our resident Fun expert. She is my wife. Her name is Abby Wambach. She has found a way to make
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