1. Why Ashley says we have to talk about what hurts if we’re ever going to heal.

2. Glennon asks Ashley about the power of apologizing—and why Ashley says we must begin apologizing to the people we love.

3. How many of us are really good at loving other people, but often struggle to let ourselves be loved.

4. Why Ashley says that nothing has ever given her more peace and power than knowing that she doesn’t really need others to believe in her—because she believes so deeply in herself.

About Ashley:

Ashley C. Ford’s New York Times best-selling memoir, Somebody’s Daughter, was published by Flatiron Books in June 2021. Ford is the former host of The Chronicles of Now podcast, co-host of The HBO companion podcast Lovecraft Country Radio. She currently lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, poet and fiction writer Kelly Stacy, and their chocolate lab Astro Renegade Ford-Stacy.

Ford has written or guest-edited for ELLE Magazine, Slate, Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Domino, Cup of Jo, and various other web and print publications.

Book: Somebody’s Daughter

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