We Can Do Hard Things

Answers to Life's 20 Questions

By: Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle

Narrated by: Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle, Full Cast

NEW YORK TIMES AND #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The award-winning authors and podcasters Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle created We Can Do Hard Things—the guidebook for being alive—to help fellow travelers find their way through life.

When you travel through a new country, you need a guidebook.

When you travel through love, heartbreak, joy, parenting, friendship, uncertainty, aging, grief, new beginnings—life—you need a guidebook, too.

We Can Do Hard Things is the guidebook for being alive.

Every day, Glennon Doyle spirals around the same questions: Why am I like this? How do I figure out what I want? How do I know what to do? Why can’t I be happy? Am I doing this right?

The harder life gets, the less likely she is to remember the answers she’s spent her life learning. She wonders: I’m almost fifty years old. I’ve overcome a hell of a lot. Why do I wake up every day having forgotten everything I know?

Glennon’s compasses are her sister, Amanda, and her wife, Abby. Recently, in the span of a single year, Glennon was diagnosed with anorexia, Amanda was diagnosed with breast cancer, and Abby’s beloved brother died. For the first time, they were all lost at the same time. So they turned toward the only thing that’s ever helped them find their way: deep, honest conversations with other brave, kind, wise people.

They asked each other, their dearest friends, and 118 of the world’s most brilliant wayfinders: As you’ve traveled these roads—marriage, parenting, work, recovery, heartbreak, aging, new beginnings—have you collected any wisdom that might help us find our way?

As Glennon, Abby, and Amanda wrote down every life-saving answer, they discovered two things:

1. No matter what road we are walking down, someone else has traveled the same terrain.
2. The wisdom of our fellow travelers will light our way.

They put all of that wisdom in one place: We Can Do Hard Things—a place to turn when you feel clueless and alone, when you need clarity in the chaos, or when you want wise company on the path of life.

We are all life travelers. We don’t have to travel alone. We Can Do Hard Things is our guidebook.

Featuring wisdom from: ALOK • Sara Bareilles • Dr. Yaba Blay • Kate Bowler • adrienne maree brown • Brandi Carlile • Brittney Cooper • Brittany Packnett Cunningham • Kaitlin Curtice • Megan Falley • Jane Fonda • Stephanie Foo • Ashley C. Ford • Ina Garten • Roxane Gay • Andrea Gibson • Elizabeth Gilbert • Dr. Orna Guralnik • Tricia Hersey • Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson • Luvvie Ajayi Jones • Dr. Becky Kennedy • Emily Nagoski • Esther Perel • Ai-Jen Poo • Cole Arthur Riley • Dr. Alexandra Solomon • Cheryl Strayed • Sonya Renee Taylor • Ocean Vuong • And many others


* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF of additional information about the authors and Wayfinders.

Critic reviews

“Gathering insights from Michelle Obama on staying in love, Chelsea Handler on getting over a broken heart, and Martha Beck on overcoming anxiety, this book offers a cheat sheet to living.”—Oprah Daily

Truly a guide to love and life

Cannot wait to listen to this one over and over again - just like I do with the podcasts! As always, I’m blown away, inspired, feeling all the feelings and so grateful that these three beings have come together to gift us with their work.

Made me smile

Loved the wisdom, but the format didn’t quite land for audio

I loved it. I’m a huge fan of Glennon, Abby, and Amanda, and this was a beautiful collection of quotes and a tome of “collective wisdom” (in Glennon’s words). I especially appreciated how Glennon used the book and her platform to elevate a diverse range of voices, particularly Black voices—it added much-needed depth and perspective.

That said, I do wish it had been marketed more clearly as a collection of podcast quotes. It didn’t translate well into audiobook format. The audio was often confusing, especially when the names of speakers came before or after the quotes inconsistently. It left you guessing who was speaking or when the speaker would be revealed.

I think this could have worked better as a traditional book—using the quotes to support a cohesive narrative with context and clear citations. As it stands, the result felt a little random and disjointed at times.

Still, the wisdom shared was powerful. I loved the idea behind the project, and I’m planning to buy the hard copy so I can return to it again and again.

Pep talk

This is the pep talk we all need right now. take it all in.

Sincere advice on living

I love Glennon, Abby and Amanda and have followed them from the beginning. I didn’t expect this book to read like a novel because of course it wasn’t one. Instead it was great answers to life’s questions by some of the people I love and admire most. THANK YOU!❤️

This book is healing for your soul.

Beautifully written. The collaboration with so many amazing and wise people makes this book a must listen.