About this episode

The hosts share their most embarrassing stories and listener confessions for comic relief.

Pod Squad, we’ve been doing a lot of hard things—so today, in the midst of all of it, we’re offering a little comic relief to keep us laughing, keep us dancing, keep us going. In this episode, we’re sharing our most mortifying, cringe-inducing, please-let-me-disappear moments… along with your voicemail confessions that had us cry-laughing and peeing our pants in solidarity. We promise you: you need this. We needed this. - Glennon, Abby, and Amanda share their most humiliating, unforgettable stories - Pod Squad voicemail confessions that will make you laugh until you cry - Why normalizing our worst moments is the antidote to shame - Our new go-to strategy for surviving humiliation (spoiler alert, it involves a prosthetic penis) Follow We Can Do Hard Things on: Instagram — ⁠https://www.instagram.com/wecandohardthings⁠

People in this episode

Hosts: Glennon Doyle, Abby, Amanda

Topics covered

• humor
• embarrassing stories
• shame
• comic relief
• normalization of experiences

Keywords

• humiliation
• funny stories
• voicemail confessions
• shame
• comic relief

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pod Squad

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