(BEST OF) How to Get Your Joy Back: Ross Gay

Apr 28, 2026 · 1h 2m

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0:00Welcome back to We Can Do Hard Things.

0:03Today we are sharing one of my favorite kinds of episodes.

0:10The conversations with people who don't deny how hard it is right now, but somehow hand you a way to stay human and loving and alive inside the heart.

0:24The question we're asking today is how do we keep noticing what is beautiful while everything is on fire?

0:32And the person who's answering it is the one and only Ross Gay.

0:37In this conversation, Ross teaches us that joy isn't escapism.

0:42Joy is not denial.

0:44Joy is the evidence that we are connected, entangled, belonging to each other as though our lives depend on it, because they do.

0:53Ross teaches us that joy is not denying reality.

0:58Joy is not a break from the fight.

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