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461. Let’s Lower the Bar Together Sep 21, 2026

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These days, daily life can feel unpredictable. Every moment, many of us are bracing for impact or expecting to be pushed back into the pit of despair – but there is always a bright spot of OK. Today, Nora’s finding that for you and encouraging you to lower the bar. The thing that can make you realize that it’s going to be OK can be small, mundane, or ordinary. That doesn’t make them any less spectacular.

On this episode, Nora talks about finding the OK moments even when you’re in the thick of grief, her amazing experience in Burlington, Vermont (if only she could pack up from Arizona and move there forever), her decluttering journey, restarting The Artist’s Way, and more.

Read more about my life with a wife!

My experience with morning pages is documented here and my conversation with Elizabeth Kott about The Artist’s Way is here.

For more about my decluttering experience, check out my decluttering Office Hours, decluttering with Elizabeth Kott, and my article about it.

You can share your okay things with us at ☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or 📧 IGTBO@feelingsand.co

To support our show, you can subscribe to our YouTube content here.

Our music is by Secret Audio, and their new album is on Spotify or Apple!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

460. Two Spiraling Women Telling You To Stop Spiraling with Amanda White Sep 07, 2026

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On today’s episode of IGTBO, Nora is joined by host of Nuance Needed podcast and friend Amanda White to give you your weekly dose of OK. This week, Nora and Amanda discuss the surprising human connections that can be made when you need to call AAA, talking yourself down from a spiral, the best ways to turn your brain off, and, of course, celebrating the post office. If you didn’t know, this is a very post-office friendly podcast.

Tune in to take your mind off the general NOT-OKness of the world – not everything will be OK, but something will be. Come find it with Nora and Amanda today.

You can find Amanda on Instagram, Substack, and tune in to her podcast, Nuance Needed, on Apple and Spotify!

You can share your okay things with us at ☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or 📧 IGTBO@feelingsand.co

To support our show, you can subscribe to our YouTube content here.

Our music is by Secret Audio, and their new album is on Spotify or Apple!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

459. The Portal Is Open with Caroline Moss Aug 24, 2026

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Some things are just a little too perfect to be random – and this is coined by Nora and guest Caroline Moss as “the portal opening.” In today’s episode of IGTBO, Nora and Caroline talk about the small moments of magic and stars aligning: Nora’s daughter’s new boyfriend’s invisible string through their lives, signs from Caroline’s grandmother, and a puppy finally learning how to ask to go outside after weeks of failed training.

Not everything is going to be OK all the time. We know that. You know that. But this episode is a celebration of the moments where it feels like the universe is giving you a little nudge to remind you that something will be OK.

You can share your okay things with us at ☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or 📧 IGTBO@feelingsand.co

To support our show, you can subscribe to our YouTube content here.

Our music is by Secret Audio, and their new album is on Spotify or Apple!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

458. The Luckiest Person In The World Aug 10, 2026

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A mattress in New York once told Nora, “You cannot let the bastards get you down.” Today, with this episode of IGTBO, we are not letting the bastards get us down – we’re celebrating the OK things in the world. And Nora’s algorithm (and our voicemail box) have been full of people leaning into the Summer of Surrender (click here to get the full picture!). Whether it’s finding gratitude in the fact that you have hot water and a microwave or World Cup fans being genuinely wholesome, there’s always something OK to find.

You can share your okay things with us at ☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or 📧 IGTBO@feelingsand.co

To support our show, you can subscribe to our YouTube content here and check out Nora’s Substack here!

Our music is by Secret Audio, and their new album is on Spotify or Apple!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

457. Crusty Soul Energy with Elizabeth Kott Jul 27, 2026

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On today’s episode, Nora is joined by Elizabeth Kott to renew your hope in humanity and give you your much-needed dose of OK. If you continue to forget the days of the week (Tuesday shouldn’t exist and we are prepared to cut them out of our calendars), find joy in having and using multiple notebooks while constantly on the quest to find the most PERFECT notebook, and love gossiping about the Summer House reunion (the receipts re: the Amanda and West betrayal is INSANE), you are very much in the right place.

Take a moment today and find the OK with us.

You can share your okay things with us at ☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or 📧 IGTBO@feelingsand.co

To support our show, you can subscribe to our YouTube content here.

Our music is by Secret Audio, and their new album is on Spotify or Apple!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

456. Is this a 90s Summer? With Jo Piazza Jul 13, 2026

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Some days, OK things are all around us and naming them is a breeze. On other days, it feels like you have never, EVER been OK in your entire life. Whatever day you’re having, Nora and special guest and friend of the pod Jo Piazza are bringing you a message: to join them in their version of a 90s summer of surrender. They talk about lowering expectations, enjoying the whimsical little things (think: bedazzled pill bottles and cold pasta salad in the heat), and what parenting in the summer looks like when it isn’t a 10 second Instagram reel.

You can share your okay things with us at☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or 📧 IGTBO@feelingsand.co

To support our show, you can subscribe to our YouTube content here.

Our music is by Secret Audio, and their new album is on Spotify or Apple!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

455. A Bluebird Day with Laura McKowen Jun 29, 2026

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What’s okay with Laura McKowen right now? After we talk about the weather (and who doesn’t love to talk about the weather?) we go on a journey through prestige and lowbrow television, briefcases, baked goods and a poem that will bring you the soul hug you need.

Laura McKowens books:

We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life (Bookshop | Amazon)

Push Off From Here: 9 Essential Truths To Get You Through Sobriety (And Everything Else ( Bookshop | Amazon)

And Laura’s substack, Love Story.

You can share your okay things with us at ☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or 📧 IGTBO@feelingsand.co

To support our show, you can subscribe to our YouTube content here.

Our music is by Secret Audio, and their new album is on Spotify or Apple.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

454. Nothing Starts on Sunday but Birth Control with Courtney Maum Jun 24, 2026

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If you’ve been feeling like life is throwing everything at you all at once – burnout, exhaustion, chaos – today’s episode is for you. Today, Nora is joined by author and friend of the pod Courtney Maum, who brought OK things from weird Zillow listings in Florida to fancy gifts from very classy ladies. And, despite their love for each other, they very nearly have a friendship-ending fight – over whether the calendar should start on Sunday or Monday. Things get pretty heated.

If you’re searching for joy in the chaos, sit back and press play on today’s episode.

You can find Nadia’s work on Substack ⁠here⁠.

You can share your okay things with us at ☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or 📧 ⁠IGTBO@feelingsand.co⁠

To support our show, you can subscribe to our YouTube content ⁠here⁠.

Check out the IGTBO Instagram ⁠here⁠!

Our music is by Secret Audio, and their new album is on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple⁠!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

453. A Spiritual Hug with Nadia Bolz-Weber Jun 12, 2026

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Today’s IGTBO episode is a spiritual hug – as previous guest and friend of the pod Kelly Corrigon called it – with guest Nadia Bolz-Weber, a beautiful writer, a fellow griever, and a pastor. Don't be frightened away from this episode if you are not a religious person – there won’t be any lecturing here. Nadia is not that kind of religious person. She’s the kind of religious person that, at the very least, inspires you to find the beauty in the world around you. And that’s what today’s episode is – a balm for your soul and a confirmation that a small, simple life is more than enough.

You can find Nadia’s work on Substack here.

You can share your okay things with us at ☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or 📧 IGTBO@feelingsand.co

To support our show, you can subscribe to our YouTube content here.

Check out the IGTBO Instagram here!

Our music is by Secret Audio, and their new album is on Spotify or Apple!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

452. Shark Vacuum Lovers with Charley Burlock May 18, 2026

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On today’s episode of IGTBO, Charley Burlock – one of our favorite guests from our sister show, Thanks for Asking – joins Nora and is locked, loaded, and ready to make your day more OK. The universe itself blessed this episode with the Shark vacuum (Charley’s favorite AND a company Nora’s late father wrote infomercials for), brave farmers refusing to hand over their land to data centers, the beauty of spontaneous kindness, and younger Charley’s trail of adoring fan letters to every author she loved.

If your news feeds have been inundated with only the bad, click play on this episode. We’re here with you. It’s going to be OK.

Read Charley’s article “The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete” here.

Listen to the TFA episode with Charley here and the bonus episode she’s featured in here.

You can share your okay things with us at ☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or 📧 IGTBO@feelingsand.co

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