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?