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Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders, a place for people who like to laugh while they think and find it useful to look closely at ourselves and our weird ways in the hopes that knowing more and feeling more will help us do more and be better. Author of 4 New York Times bestsellers about family life, Kelly wonders about loads of stuff: is knowing more always good? Can we trust our gut? How does change actually happen? We only book nice people who have a sense of humor and know things worth knowing. Each

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9:05

Go To on the Undertow of Narrative

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/09/19

We are storytelling beings, driven by a need for closure—or what our lit professors called denouement. Today’s Go To talks about the cost of this story-making habit of ours and a few specific ways we might mitigate the downside. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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56:23

Deep Dive with Kevin Corrigan on Great Coaching

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/09/16

What does it take to build something meaningful from nothing? Kelly talks with her cousin Kevin Corrigan, Notre Dame's head lacrosse coach, about the slow work of creating culture and character. Over four decades, Kevin has learned that the hardest part of leadership isn't the strategy or tactics—it's understanding that relationships matter more than being right, that asking "why" isn't defiance but engagement and that true strength comes from knowing when to be tough and when to listen. Through

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11:25

Thanks For Being Here - Sheri's Friend Marque

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/09/14

Sheri honors her vibrant co-worker and dear friend Marque. (Previously aired)To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:28

Go To on Getting Serene

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/09/12

Here are 4 pretty perfect poems to slow you down and give a dose of serenity to underwrite your day, whatever may come. (Previously aired) PS: Send us a note anytime - we read and appreciate every email that comes to hello@kellycorrigan.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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54:23

Deep Dive with Gretchen Rubin on Happiness

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/09/09

The word is EVERYWHERE. Happiness. I don’t even always believe that it’s a worthy goal honestly, but that might be a matter of semantics. How you define happiness defines how you approach it. This is a careful conversation with Gretchen Rubin that’s based on what research and experience tell us makes a life that feels pretty satisfying most of the time. Gretchen wrote The Happiness Project 15 years back and has been playing with the tenets and practices ever since on her podcast Happier. (Previously

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6:45

Thanks For Being Here - Shawn's Father

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/09/07

Shawn remembers her father Dave and why being stubborn isn't such a bad thing. (Previously aired)To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:09

Go To on "The Oh Well Anthem"

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/09/05

What would happen if you just started saying "oh well" to life's most frustrating realities? In this episode, Kelly shares what she calls "The Oh Well Anthem" - a brutally honest list of unacceptable things we might as well start accepting. From parenting failures and teenage lies to lost expensive items and the fact that expert advice rarely works as promised, Kelly tackles the messy truths we all face but rarely talk about. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit:

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55:35

Going Deep with Aliza Pressman on Sane Parenting

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/09/02

Living in an optimization culture is making parenting much more complicated than it need be. Or so says Dr. Aliza Pressman, author of The Five Principles of Parenting and the host of Raising Good Humans, who spends a lot of time with the latest research and a lot of time with parents in clinic. Today’s conversation is about exactly what does and does not protect us from the worst health outcomes and is to be shared with anyone who is looking for a parenting north star. (Previously aired)Our

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6:45

Thanks For Being Here - Harry's Brother Charlie

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/31

19 year-old Harry lovingly remembers his younger brother Charlie - and reminds us all that a heart is not judged by how much you love but by how much you are loved by others. (Previously aired)To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:18

Go To on Saying No and Embracing "Good Enough"

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/29

In this episode, Kelly shares a piece of writing she's kept in her drawer for years about the power of choosing "good enough." She reflects on her mom's wisdom about saying "no" to the endless invitations and expectations that pile up in our daily lives and how learning to be selective creates space for what truly matters. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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35:29

How God Works Bonus Episode

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/28

We're dropping in an episode of Dave DeSteno's podcast How God Works that explores the profound connection between craft and spirituality. Dave examines why making things with our hands can put us in a transformative state called "flow" - where time disappears, worries fade and we lose ourselves in he work. Through conversations with a Tibetan monk who creates intricate sand mandalas, a Native American glass artist and the former director of Maine's renowned Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, this

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54:40

Deep Dive with Sheila Johnson on Walking Through Fire

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/26

Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET and the first African American woman to become a billionaire, sat down with Kelly at the Aspen Ideas Festival to talk about the power of rebuilding after devastation. From scrubbing floors to help her family get by after her father walked out, to being fired from her own company by her husband during a brutal divorce, Sheila reveals how she transformed repeated setbacks into stepping stones toward success and ultimately created a thriving hospitality business while

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8:37

Thanks For Being Here - Novak Djokovic, I Was Wrong...

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/24

Kelly shares her New York Times opinion piece about tennis champion Novak Djokovic, confessing that while she and the rest of the world were busy swooning over more charming champions, she missed the man who was quietly grinding his way to greatness. Now, as she watches the 38-year-old Serbian fight for every point against younger players who will soon replace him, she recognizes something both humbling and beautiful: sometimes the person we overlook becomes exactly the role model we didn't know we

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10:55

Go To on Not Repeating the Past

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/22

Ron Shaich, the son of a man who died with a few regrets, started two super successful restaurant chains: Panera and Cava. Today Kelly shares a story from his book, Know What Matters, which describes a clarifying moment between father and son that transformed Ron’s intentions. (Previously aired)To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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69:39

Deep Dive on Hard Conversations & the Art of...

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/19

In this finale of our Hard Conversations series, Kelly explores how making things together - singing, stitching, creating art - might be the key to deeper connections and better conversations across differences. Recorded in Bozeman, Montana, the day after our live collaborative event, Kelly is joined by musician Cava Menzies, who is a music educator and leads community singing experiences; artist Jen Bloomer, who has spent over two decades with her organization Radici Studios using art-making to

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15:02

Thanks For Being Here - Jenny's Eulogy for her...

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/17

This week's episode features Jenny Rosenstrach's heartfelt eulogy for her father, Ivan, highlighting his unwavering dependability and his profound love for family. Jenny reflects on cherished memories from her childhood, illustrating her father's unique love language of 'being there,' and the impact his dependable nature had on her life. (Previously aired)To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad

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10:58

Go To on Political Cease-Fires

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/15

What if politicians could just agree to stop being so awful to each other? Amanda Ripley (bestselling author and co-founder of ⁠Good Conflict⁠, a media and training company that helps people reimagine conflict) thinks it's possible and she's got examples to prove it. This week's Go To digs into her idea for voluntary non-aggression pacts - basically giving politicians permission to step back from the brink without looking weak. Turns out, most people caught up in these conflicts are actually tired

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55:25

Deep Dive with Jennifer Wallace on Mattering & Making

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/12

In this conversation recorded live at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Kelly explores two fundamental human drives with panel moderator Dave DeSteno (host of the podcast How God Works) and author of the new book Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, Jennifer B. Wallace - our deep need to feel valued and our instinct to create. Jennifer shares her research on "mattering" and why so many people today feel invisible, while Kelly makes the case that creativity isn't a luxury but

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17:29

Thanks For Being Here - Sara DuMond's Eulogy for her Mom

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/10

Listener Sarah DuMond shares the eulogy she gave for her mother - a woman who embodied the motto, "Take a Tylenol and wear the damn heels." Sarah reflects on navigating life in what she calls, "the sacred Venn diagram of daughter, mother, wife", while planning both a funeral and graduations in the same month. Her tribute captures a remarkable woman who was crowned West Virginia University's Mountaineer Queen, had a self-declared theme song and approached life's challenges with grace and

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7:33

Go To on Tough Conversations

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2025/08/08

Breaking down the principles, practices and tactics of conflict resolution to be shared with anyone who is struggling to reach new levels understanding with friends, family and neighbors. A very simple set of moves that just might break the tension.Reference: Bridging Differences Playbook created by the Greater Good Science Center. (Previously aired) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices

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