Today we are talking about THE SPORTS. Podsquader Naomi calls in – confused, and slightly embarrassed – about how distraught she is over the loss of her new favorite sports team, asking how to handle it and what, exactly, is going on with her?  Glennon, Abby and Amanda attempt to answer: What IS it about The Sports that makes it so damn emotional?    We go into:<ul>
<li>The psychology of why our bodies are taken over when our favorite team (or our kid!) is playing; </li>
<li>Glennon’s recent suboptimal moment with a referee, </li>
<li>Why Amanda truly believes she is has a JOB while watching games; and </li>
<li>The way Abby creates an “energy shift” to help her kids win.</li>
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We Can Do Hard Things

289. The Sports: The Kind of Embarrassing Psychology of Winning & Losing

Life is freaking hard. We are all doing hard things every single day – things like loving and losing; caring for children and parents; forging and ending friendships; battling addiction, illness, and loneliness; struggling in our jobs, our marriages, and our divorces; setting boundaries; and fighting for equality, purpose, freedom, joy, and peace.On We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle, author of UNTAMED; her wife Abby Wambach; and her sister Amanda Doyle do the only thing they’ve found that has ever made life easier: Drop the fake and talk honestly about the hard things including sex, gender, parenting, blended fami...