Untamed and Unstoppable: Glennon Doyle on Living Wildly Free
- Jul 2
- 3 min read
Glennon Doyle is a woman who decided to stop asking for permission and start living on her own terms. A bestselling author, podcast host, and founder of the nonprofit Together Rising, Glennon has built a movement rooted in truth-telling, authenticity, and raw courage. Her story isn’t a fairy tale—it’s a revolution. And like any true revolution, it began with a breaking point.
In her widely acclaimed memoir Untamed, Glennon writes about the moment she realized she was living a life that looked good on paper but felt suffocating at the core. After years of battling bulimia, navigating motherhood, and surviving a marriage rocked by infidelity, she came to a radical decision: she would stop abandoning herself. She would stop trying to be what others expected and start becoming who she truly was. In doing so, Glennon didn’t just reclaim her own voice—she handed countless women the permission slip to do the same.
Freedom, for Glennon, didn’t arrive with applause or easy answers. It arrived quietly, in the middle of her discomfort, when she chose to listen to her inner knowing instead of the world’s noise. It came when she fell in love with soccer star Abby Wambach and, despite the pressure to preserve her image as a Christian mom and wife, chose to honor what was real. That decision to walk toward love, truth, and wholeness was not just brave—it was wildly liberating.
In a society that teaches women to be small, pleasing, and self-sacrificing, Glennon challenges the narrative at every turn. She speaks openly about the ways we’re conditioned to betray ourselves: to shrink for approval, to numb instead of feel, to settle instead of soar.
And she offers a new path—one where feeling deeply, living messily, and telling the truth are not liabilities, but superpowers.
What makes Glennon’s voice so powerful is not just her wisdom—it’s her willingness to be fully human in front of us. She doesn’t speak from the mountaintop of perfection, but from the trenches of transformation. Whether she's sharing about her past struggles with addiction, the hard conversations with her children, or the ongoing work of untangling from cultural conditioning, Glennon does it all with unapologetic honesty.
Her message is a lifeline to the women who feel trapped in lives that don’t fit. She reminds us that we were never meant to be tamed. That the voice inside—the one that whispers “There’s more”—is not our enemy but our guide. And when we follow that voice, we don’t just become unstoppable—we become fully alive.
Through her work with Together Rising, Glennon also turns inner liberation into outward impact.
The organization has raised tens of millions of dollars for women, children, and families in crisis, proving that when women come home to themselves, they don’t just find freedom—they share it. They lift others. They lead revolutions.
Glennon Doyle’s life is proof that the most powerful transformation begins with a quiet decision: I will not betray myself any longer. From that moment on, everything changes. Not because the world suddenly makes it easy, but because you finally trust yourself enough to do what’s hard.
In this Voices of Freedom edition, Glennon’s story rings like a bell—clear, bold, and unwavering. She reminds us that freedom isn’t about escaping responsibility or running from the hard
stuff. It’s about owning your truth, writing your own story, and refusing to live anyone else’s version of your life. Glennon isn’t just untamed—she’s unstoppable. And in her wild, beautiful example, she calls every woman to unleash the power within and run toward the fire of her own becoming.
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