The title was frequently highlighted as a candid memoir that explored love, sobriety, and personal transformation, resonating with guests who related its themes to their own journeys. Hosts and guests such as Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Handler, and Brandi Carlile’s wife cited its emotional honesty and vivid metaphors, like staying in a hot yoga room, as especially impactful. Listeners even shared personal anecdotes of reading it on flights and getting tattoos inspired by its message, indicating strong endorsement across the show.
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Episode: 253. Is it Real Love or Spider Love? With Martha B...
Love Warrior was mentioned as a book Glennon Doyle was promoting when she met Abby.
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I mean, like, Flannan, when you were married and you were busily out promoting Love Warrior, and then you met Abby, did you sit down at some point and say, well, yeah, I'm going to stay in this marriage forever.
Episode: 189. Abby for the 1st Time On Divorce & Her Unrequ...
It was mentioned briefly during a story about Abby meeting Glennon Doyle at a book event; Abby read it the same night and was a little disappointed in how it ended.
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And then I see love warrior on there and I read the little bio that Glennon had.
And it had something in there like about being sober.
I went back to my room that night and I read Love Warrior until one or two in the morning.
So was I, babe. So was I.
Episode: 189. Abby for the 1st Time On Divorce & Her Unrequ...
It was mentioned that Abby read it after meeting Glennon at the Palmer House event and it was said that it was about sobriety, a theme that was relatable to Abby's recent sobriety journey.
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And so I scanned through the authors and I'm like, nah, and then I see love warrior on there and I read the little bio that Glennon had.
And it had something in there like about being sober. I was newly sober and I remember being like, oh, that's a sober person. I've heard of those people, but I've never met one.
I went back to my room that night and I read Love Warrior until one or two in the morning.
So was I, babe. So was I.
Episode: 161. How to Let Go of Perfection this Holiday
It was mentioned as a book where the major life metaphor for Glennon was the ability to stay in a hot yoga room no matter what was happening, representing her strength and perseverance during difficult times.
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And then in Untamed, it was like the metaphor was, oh, I can just pick up my mat and leave this room. I don't have to be in this hot room anymore with these people.
And for some reason, like the big metaphors in my books are often about yoga and, you know, in Love Warrior, the big life metaphor for me was I can stay in this room no matter what's happening.
Episode: 115. Chelsea Handler: On Breaking Up & Being Unbre...
Chelsea mentioned this book while discussing her new book deal regarding her love story, noting that her new book is similar to this one, but different, as her story has continued.
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And I was like, oh, well this is kind of similar to what happened with, uh, Love Warrior, you know?
Episode: 114. Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like I...
It was mentioned that Reese Witherspoon read 'Love Warrior' in her early twenties and felt a strong connection to the emotions described within the book, specifically feelings of fear and uncertainty about the future.
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I remember reading Love Warrior and just feeling like, oh my God, I had all those feelings. I was so scared. I was so scared.
Episode: 106. Astrology: Your Sign’s Secrets with Heidi Ros...
It was mentioned as one of Glennon's books that Heidi had read, and the title was said to be fitting for an Aries.
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Love Warrior is an Aries name.
Episode: 86. Jen Hatmaker: What We Win When We Lose It All
It was discussed in relation to Jen Hatmaker's experience as a writer who also constructs narratives. It was suggested that Jen may have written this book with the hope of experiencing the positive narrative it portrayed, but did not necessarily live it out before writing the book.
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Did I live Love Warrior and then write it? Because I don't think so. I think I wrote Love Warrior and then hoped that I would live into that version of the redemption story.
Episode: 80. This is 46: Why I’m Pumped About Midlife
Glennon mentioned writing about the root of the word 'crisis' in this book, explaining that it means 'to sift' and relates to letting go of what doesn't matter in life.
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I wrote about this in Love Warrior. I remember learning from Kathleen Norris in one of her books that the root of the word crisis is a Latin word that means to sift.
Episode: 76. Brandi Carlile: Live From My Couch!
Brandi's wife, Catherine, had been reading Glennon's book, Love Warrior, before Brandi and Glennon connected, and it was part of the reason for Brandi to reach out for a conversation with Glennon.
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My wife had just read, um, Love Warrior and Untamed and she was talking about you all the time.
Episode: 63. How to Live a Little Happier with Dr. Laurie S...
Glennon Doyle mentioned writing her book, "Love Warrior", while she was in a closet, before she had an office, indicating it was a period of intense creative focus in a confined space.
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I wrote all of Love Warrior from a closet, okay?
Episode: 40. FALLING IN LOVE: Is there really “the one” or...
It was mentioned that Glennon Doyle was high on love when it was released, and it appears to be a book relating to her experience with love.
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it happened to intersect with the weeks and months right before the biggest book I'd ever written was coming out called love warrior.
Episode: 25. You’re NOT A MESS. The world is.
The book was mentioned when a listener described having read it on an airplane and getting a tattoo about the podcast after finishing the book.
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I have to love on pain. Funny story. I actually read the book on an airplane in one sitting. And then once I got off the airplane a few days later, I got, we can do hard things tattooed on my arm.
Episode: 18. “BEAUTY”: How did we get trapped in this cage,...
Glennon Doyle mentioned writing about the word 'beautiful' in her book, 'Love Warrior', and how it has shifted in meaning to be about outer appearance rather than inner beauty.
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I wrote in Love Warrior about the word beautiful.
Episode: 11. REDEFINING FAMILY with Craig: Does letting go...
It was mentioned as a book that Glennon wrote about her marriage to Craig, and some readers believed she was hinting at her later relationship with Abby in it.
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I mean, I have had people who have read Love Warrior and said to me that they knew that I was gay just from that book.
Episode: Cheryl Strayed’s Best Advice: Co-Parenting, Bounda...
The podcast mentioned a book signing for this book where Cheryl Strayed interacted with a woman who had been involved in her ex's infidelity. The encounter highlighted the lack of closure in such situations.
