Glennon Doyle Melton

Glennon Doyle Melton, known simply as Glennon Doyle, is an American author, activist, and public speaker, born on March 20, 1976. She is best known for her books Love Warrior and Untamed, both of which explore themes of personal growth, vulnerability, and self-discovery.

Doyle's writing often draws from her own experiences, including her struggles with addiction, her journey toward self-acceptance, and her personal story of healing. Her memoir Love Warrior was a bestselling book and was named an Oprah's Book Club selection, which significantly boosted her profile. Untamed, which followed, became a massive bestseller and further solidified her position as a leading voice in the realms of self-help and personal development.

In addition to her writing, Glennon Doyle is an advocate for social justice, women's rights, and LGBTQ+ issues. She is the founder of the nonprofit organization Together Rising, which focuses on providing support to women and children in need through charitable giving.

Doyle has also been open about her personal life, including her marriage to her husband, Craig Melton, and their subsequent divorce, followed by her relationship with soccer player Abby Wambach. Her honesty about her struggles with perfectionism, identity, and relationships has resonated deeply with many readers, especially women, who appreciate her raw and authentic approach to difficult topics.

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When people express opinions that differ from yours, take it as a chance to grow. Seek to understand over being understood. Be curious, not defensive. The only way to disarm another human being is by listening.

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To me, full-time mothering felt like way too much and yet not nearly enough. Lost in a landslide of diapers, birthday parties, and others' needs, I ached to reestablish myself.

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The amazing thing about love and attention and encouragement and grace and success and joy is that these things are infinite. We get a new supply every single morning, and so we can give it away all day. We never, ever have to monitor the supply of others or grab or hoard.

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A safe life includes following your dreams with the full knowledge that doing so is not, in any way, shape or form, safe in the traditional meaning of the word. Because living safely means dying without too many regrets. That is safe.

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I think of love and marriage in the same way I do plants: We have perennials and annuals. The perennial plant blooms, goes away, and comes back. The annual blooms for just a season, and then winter arrives and takes it out for good. But it's still enriched the soil for the next flower to bloom. In the same way, no love is wasted.

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Making sensible family rules around cell phones and driving is a way to love yourself, your marriage, your children, and the world well.

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Parenting is the most important thing to many of us, and so it's also the place we're most vulnerable. We're all a little afraid we're doing it wrong.

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I ask only child-free pals for parenting advice because they're the only ones sane and well-rested enough to have any real insight.

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We all have this misunderstanding about heartbreak, which is we think we should avoid it. But what I think is that heartache is a clue toward the work we're supposed to be doing in the world. What breaks each person's heart is different - be it racial injustice, war, or animals. And when you figure out what it is that breaks yours, go toward it.

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We are all trained by Disney to believe that the wedding is the finish line, but the wedding is just another starting line. In light of this fact, we should quit the huge, fancy, debt-inducing weddings.

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Young people: marry simply, start your life, and party later. Think of how much babysitting for your future colicky baby you could buy with that wedding budget. Think of how much marriage therapy you could buy. Invest in your marriage, not your wedding.

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