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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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05:14

Go To A Blessing or Two from Kate Bowler

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/02/02

Life is more often in between than high and low. We are also usually somewhere between our very best self and our very worst. We know this but it helps to reflect on that fairly frequently. Here’s a few blessings from Kate Bowler’s new book, Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day. Previous conversations with Kate: Everything Happens for a Reason with Kate Bowler Cycling Through All the Emotions with Kate Bowler and Arthur C. Brooks Looking Back with Kate Bowler at the Truly

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54:23

Going Deep with Julie and John Gottman on Fighting Right

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/30

Doctors Julie Schwartz Gottman and John Gottman are probably the world’s reigning experts on relationships. They are well into their 5th decade of research that reveals why we treat each other as we do and how a few small but essential adjustments to our everyday patterns could change our relationships for the better. Everything we talked about is applicable across the board - from couples to parents and children and all the people we work with. We predict this will be our most shared

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07:36

Thanks For Being Here Kirsten's Dad Tom AKA Papa Fom

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/28

Kirsten’s dad Tom was beloved by his kids and grandkids (one of whom couldn’t pronounce the letter “T”, resulting in the nickname Papa Fom). Tom was a man who loved the simple pleasures in life: playing and winning various games, flying balsa wood planes with his family, joking around, drawing and painting, eating candy, playing “house” and “school” with his grandkids or letting them climb all the way up his body to stand on his shoulders. He really loved the little things and everyday

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06:55

Go To on Fighting Nicely

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/26

What happens in the first 180 seconds of a fight determine its outcome at least 90% of the time. For real. This is a basic truth that every one of us needs to understand and an episode to share with our partners! Many thanks to Drs. Julie and John Gottman for four decades of work and their new book, Fight Right. Special thanks to the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. Receive our weekly takeaways every Wednesday. Sign up here.

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56:00

Going Deep with Mónica Guzmán on Making Family Work

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/23

Moni Guzman came to the US from Mexico with her family many decades ago. In the past two presidential elections, her parents voted for Trump while she voted for Clinton and Biden. This created the kind of tension that must be managed very carefully. Fortunately, and relatedly, Moni has professional experience with difficult conversations in her capacity as a senior fellow at Braver Angels. We lean heavily on the ideas in Moni’s book, I Never Thought of It That Way, in this episode and

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08:27

Thanks For Being Here Meghan's Story of Writing Her...

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/21

Meghan Jarvis’ beautiful story of what happened as she holed herself up in a friend’s home to write her mother’s eulogy. This is for anyone who has written a eulogy and knows what an emotionally fraught yet transformative time it can be. (Previously aired) Note that we have changed our email address from the one mentioned in this past episode. If you would like to reach out to us, please use: hello@kellycorrigan.com

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06:39

Go To on Having Hard Conversations

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/19

Does someone you love vote for someone you really do not love? This is a short piece about getting along from a book I found super valuable: I Never Thought Of It That Way by Monica Guzman. She and her parents found themselves in opposite camps and needed a set of practices to make sure their rupture did not ever become beyond repair. To receive a short set of our weekly takeaways in your email, sign up here.

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Kelly Shares A Conversation with Dan Harris and Bryan...

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/18

Every so often, Kelly Corrigan Wonders will make space in our feed for someone else’s podcast. In this case, Kelly is sharing a conversation between two former guests — Dan Harris and Bryan Stevenson — because we can never think about the hard work of justice enough. Enjoy. To receive a short set of our weekly takeaways in your email, sign up here.

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46:01

Going Deep with Jen Hatmaker on How to Do Change Well

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/16

Reflecting on the persistence and challenge of change as a way of life and a few deep dives into very specific changes with writer, activist and community leader Jen Hatmaker. If you enjoyed listening to my conversation this week with Jen Hatmaker and you haven’t already listened to the episode we did together in May of 2021, please check it out - it’s been one of the most listened to pods we’ve ever done and I think you’ll really enjoy it. It’s Episode #35 of Kelly Corrigan Wonders. You

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06:37

Thanks For Being Here A Grief Companion

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/14

Today’s Thanks For Being Here features an excerpt from the book Normal Broken: The Grief Companion for When It's Time to Heal but You're Not Sure You Want To. Since 2018, Kelly Cervantes has candidly chronicled her evolution through grief, parenting her medically complex daughter, Adelaide, who passed away from epilepsy just days before her 4th birthday. Weeks later, the Cervantes family was uprooted when Kelly’s husband Miguel was cast as Hamilton on Broadway, moving them from their

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05:51

Go To on Interpreting Discomfort

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/12

It can be really hard to interpret the signals our bodies send us. Does stress mean we should run? Does discomfort mean something is going wrong? Today’s mini pod unpacks one of the top social science findings from the Greater Good Science Center. (Previously aired) To receive a short set of our weekly takeaways in your inbox, subscribe at www.kellycorrigan.com/takeaways.

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51:31

Going Deep with Gretchen Rubin on Happiness

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/09

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

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03:18

Thanks For Being Here Parenting 101 Poem

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/07

Alisha Goldblatt submitted her short, beautifully written poem, “Parenting 101”, which likens parenting to a class - one which is particularly tough but oh so worthwhile. To receive a short set of our weekly takeaways in your inbox, subscribe at www.kellycorrigan.com/takeaways.

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11:08

Go To on the Power of Wonder

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/05

What’s the point of slowing down, noticing, directing your attention to small wonders? Kelly celebrates the work of Dacher Keltner on AWE. (Replay of Ep 77 which originally aired on January 6, 2023) To receive a short set of our weekly takeaways in your inbox, subscribe at www.kellycorrigan.com/takeaways.

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52:22

Going Deep with Aliza Pressman on Sane Parenting

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2024/01/02

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. Our takeaways were

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06:05

Thanks for Being Here Kelly's note to her producer,...

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2023/12/31

In honor of our 100th Thanks for Being Here episode, I wrote a love letter to Tammy, whose name you hear at the end of every podcast. She is my trusted, beloved, essential thought partner on almost all matters, professional and personal. Here’s why… (Suggested share: to someone in your life that makes your whole world work better.) To receive the weekly Top Takeaways in your inbox subscribe to our Takeaways email at www.kellycorrigan.com/takeaways.

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04:51

Go To on Telling Someone

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2023/12/29

A lovely story about a neighborhood in Baltimore has been circulating this week. Like so many people, I was moved. For today’s very quick “Go To”, I wanted to underline one unusual choice that made all this beauty possible: the minute Kim Morton decided to say something real. (Replay of Ep 23 which originally aired on December 24, 2021.)

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51:54

Going Deep with Lee C. Camp on Holiday Hope

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2023/12/26

“He may die but he’s alive now and we are going to enjoy this moment together.” This is theology professor Lee C. Camp sharing the turning point of his life as a father of a child who was unwell and is now, thankfully, in recovery. A tender and unguarded conversation, laced with a few existential bombs, to inspire better, less angry days for all of us. Check out Lee’s podcast and live show both called, No Small Endeavor. To receive a short set of our weekly takeaways in your inbox,

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13:37

Thanks For Being Here Julia Ogden's Essay "An...

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2023/12/24

This essay has never before been shared outside of Julia Ogden’s family but fortunately for us, she has decided to share it with the Thanks For Being Here audience. It’s a look at her daughter’s OCD diagnosis and how managing a mental illness has challenged and changed their entire family - including in some unexpected and very positive ways. (Replay of Ep 79 which originally aired on 7/30/23.) To receive a short set of our weekly takeaways in your inbox, subscribe at

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08:31

Go To on Everyday Forgiveness

Kelly Corrigan Wonders ·

2023/12/22

It’s here: the time of year when we mix it up with family. Good to keep a little forgiveness handy. This episode was made to share. (Replay of Ep 70 which originally aired on November 18, 2022.)

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