We Can Do Hard Things

Our Most Hilarious Episode EVER: Embarrassing Stories Comic Relief!

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Mar 31, 2026
A laugh-packed collection of mortifying stories and listener confessions that turn cringe into comic relief. Tales range from spray-tan breastfeeding mishaps and accidental stalls to wrong‑car mixups and TSA vibrator nightmares. Listeners call in with outrageous confessions and a cheeky catchphrase surfaces as a survival ritual for humiliation.
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INSIGHT

Normalization Of Humiliation Builds Connection

  • Sharing mortifying stories reduces shame and increases connection among listeners.
  • Glennon frames this as an experiment influenced by Jenny Lawson and Brené Brown about normalization as the antidote to shame.
ANECDOTE

Zoom Roast Backfires When Dog Is Named That

  • Amanda told how she criticized a rescue dog's pretentious name on a Zoom with her accountant and then learned the dog's name was exactly that name.
  • She mocked the name as 'dripping with waspiness' and then the owner displayed the dog named Bentley, causing immediate embarrassment.
ANECDOTE

Teacher Wears Childs Inappropriate Gift Proudly

  • Glennon recounted receiving a construction-paper-wrapped gold chain from a student that read 'number one sex machine.'
  • She wore it publicly from classroom to cafeteria to avoid hurting the child's feelings, amplifying the mortification.
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