We Can't Do It Alone

About We Can't Do It Alone

We Can’t Do It Alone is a podcast about the helpers—the humans who’ve come in and out of our lives and have played a role in who we are today. The teacher who fostered our love for reading. The partner who provided us with safety. The stranger who listened. The coach who believed in us when we didn’t. The friend who changed our mind. The dog who rescued us. This show is a reminder that helping is who we are. It’s a part of us. It’s what makes this life beautiful. We’re shaped by the help we receive, and the help we give. Help comes in many forms, and it’s not always obvious. Every so often, time has to pass before we can see how we’ve been helped. Sometimes we take the help for granted. Other times help is just a passing moment. In a world that obsessively valorizes individual strength, We Can’t Do It Alone celebrates why we’re truly here: the helpers. Each of us. Our collective. However large, no matter how small, and everything in between. Asking for help is courageous, receiving help is essential, and helping one another is who we are. Because we all need help, and we can’t do it alone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Nōn Wels

Category

society & culture · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jul 2024

Latest episode

3 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Apr 2026

   We Only Know What We Know (with Jessica aka my life pal)

   On this episode of We Can't Do It Alone, Nōn sits down with Jessica, his best friend and life partner, to explore the difference between helping mode and solving mode, our commitment to trying to understand each other through our diagnoses, being stuck in shame spirals, slowing down enough to recognize possibility in one another, the keys to maintaining softness, and why we only know what we know and why there's always more to know. Helpful things mentioned during this episode: We Can Do Hard Things: Fighting Well (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7-fighting-well-is-your-conflict-style-making-or-breaking/id1564530722?i=1000526352592) Homeboy Industries (https://homeboyindustries.org/) Doctors Without Borders (https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/) Enjoy the podcast? Here are some ways to support to Nōn: Leave a 5-star rating (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-cant-do-it-alone/id1756931576) and a wildly glowing review for We Can't Do It Alone on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods. Order The Feely Cards on Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/a/88195/9781955905732), Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1955905738?tag=simonsayscom), Barnes & Noble (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-feely-cards-non-wels/1145803495?ean=9781955905732&st=AFF&2sid=Simon%20&%20Schuster_7567305_NA&sourceId=AFFSimon%20&%20Schuster), or your local indie bookseller for yourself and literally everyone you know. Listen to You, Me, Empathy (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-me-empathy/id1331023613), Nōn's previous podcast about mental health, empathy, and big feelings. Need some help with your podcast, or thinking about starting a podcast? Get in touch! (https://nonwels.com/#consulting) Connect with Nōn at nonwels.com (https://nonwels.com/#) and on Instagram @youmeempathy (https://www.instagram.com/youmeempathy/). Thank you for listening to We Can't Do It Alone! Don't forget about the helpers. We all need help. Even you. xoxo nōn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   27 Feb 2026

   Finding My Worth Beyond Soccer (with Ali Riley)

   On this episode of We Can't Do It Alone, Nōn sits down with Ali Riley, four-time Olympian soccer player and co-author of Girls Gone Veg, to explore Ali's early retirement and the grief and self-acceptance wrapped up in that, the continued fight for equality and inclusivity in sports, why allowing yourself to fall apart is a sign of strength, Ali's hopeful and beautiful IVF adventure that lies ahead in 2026, how refreshing storytellers like Sam Mewis, Kelly O'Hara, Darian Jenkins, and yes, Ali Riley, are changing the women's game for the better, and why your worth is less about what you do, and more about who you are. Helpful things mentioned during this episode: Ali on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/rileythree/) Girls Gone Veg (https://bookshop.org/a/88195/9781524876937) Camino Immigration Services (https://www.caminoimmigrationservices.org/) Enjoy the podcast? Here are some ways to support to Nōn: Leave a 5-star rating (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-cant-do-it-alone/id1756931576) and a wildly glowing review for We Can't Do It Alone on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods. Order The Feely Cards on Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/a/88195/9781955905732), Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1955905738?tag=simonsayscom), Barnes & Noble (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-feely-cards-non-wels/1145803495?ean=9781955905732&st=AFF&2sid=Simon%20&%20Schuster_7567305_NA&sourceId=AFFSimon%20&%20Schuster), or your local indie bookseller for yourself and literally everyone you know. Listen to You, Me, Empathy (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-me-empathy/id1331023613), Nōn's previous podcast about mental health, empathy, and big feelings. Need some help with your podcast, or thinking about starting a podcast? Get in touch! (https://nonwels.com/#consulting) Connect with Nōn at nonwels.com (https://nonwels.com/#) and on Instagram @youmeempathy (https://www.instagram.com/youmeempathy/). Thank you for listening to We Can't Do It Alone! Don't forget about the helpers. We all need help. Even you. xoxo nōn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   20 Feb 2026

   Constricting Mind, Expanding Heart (with Katya Lidsky)

   On this episode of We Can't Do It Alone, Nōn sits down with Katya Lidsky, author of Be Your Dog's Best Friend (https://www.amazon.com/Your-Dogs-Best-Friend-Relationship/dp/1476696616/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1PY4AFLZREBGS&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ADsqWp5kQZA4FKcEv3im6iOS7-arGCHRn_DPoJzqR9Cm9wXMoccAYgpqQgEk45EHkHwLyu4QJJCTXhJgc2dTVKgZpn1vKkOdHeHl-VaXhVI4TcnY4wb0G1T_Ufe2d3_6QnfLbwXZrl_Op0_LhLV_qDmt9UCqu3pIsTMe1BGsqi8zBDgSI1ndM-y0-vPpgtxxJNLGD8dEGPhSogJW17hi253cuB3zHQ4VVr3sm-etJgI.gkV2wxSaJgB8jzUJIA5eTgXpE2nlTCYKYo_gO19zVho&dib_tag=se&keywords=be+your+dog%27s+best+friend+book&qid=1743552392&sprefix=be+your+dogs+best+friend+book%2Caps%2C207&sr=8-7&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio), to explore the entanglement of grief and anger, how intent and impact play a crucial in how we help, giving kids space to be mad at their parents, eating disorder recovery and the disconnected body, practicing the art of detachment by writing stuff down and throwing it away, and the ceaseless tension between the constricting mind and the expanding heart. Content warning: Eating disorder recovery is mentioned by both Nōn and Katya. Helpful things mentioned during this episode: Be Your Dog's Best Friend (https://www.amazon.com/Your-Dogs-Best-Friend-Relationship/dp/1476696616/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3R7NFKVEVXPY1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JMTfx3xWxKWVl1Su9kJdrWxsvsvSkoLFj6ileg02v67MXyUynqZQ7i9B-kmprSNz.JknM3rpIeibCZrZliIUjyKiVaqX2uSoY5oJrdKBj_7c&dib_tag=se&keywords=katya+lidsky&qid=1758041515&sprefix=katya+lidsky%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1) Katya on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/katyalidsky/) Standing Together (https://www.standing-together.org/en) Enjoy the podcast? Here are some ways to support to Nōn: Leave a 5-star rating (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-cant-do-it-alone/id1756931576) and a wildly glowing review for We Can't Do It Alone on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods. Order The Feely Cards on Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/a/88195/9781955905732), Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1955905738?tag=simonsayscom), Barnes & Noble (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-feely-cards-non-wels/1145803495?ean=9781955905732&st=AFF&2sid=Simon%20&%20Schuster_7567305_NA&sourceId=AFFSimon%20&%20Schuster), or your local indie bookseller for yourself and literally everyone you know. Listen to You, Me, Empathy (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-me-empathy/id1331023613), Nōn's previous podcast about mental health, empathy, and big feelings. Need some help with your podcast, or thinking about starting a podcast? Get in touch! (https://nonwels.com/#consulting) Connect with Nōn at nonwels.com (https://nonwels.com/#) and on Instagram @youmeempathy (https://www.instagram.com/youmeempathy/). Thank you for listening to We Can't Do It Alone! Don't forget about the helpers. We all need help. Even you. xoxo nōn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Who has been a guest on We Can't Do It Alone

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Whitney Alese
• Craig Dickson
• Mary Fashik
• Michelle MiJung Kim

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

36

Social presence

90

YouTube

0

Engagement

51