Kelly Corrigan Wonders

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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 episode ends with Kelly’s shortlist of takeaways, appropriate for refrigerator doors, bulletin boards and notes to your children.

Latest Episodes:

Thanks For Being Here - Sheri's Friend Marque Sep 14, 2025

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Sheri honors her vibrant co-worker and dear friend Marque. (Previously aired)

Go To on Getting Serene Sep 12, 2025

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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.

Deep Dive with Gretchen Rubin on Happiness Sep 09, 2025

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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 aired)

Our takeaways were long on this one…if you’d like to receive the weekly list in your inbox subscribe to our Weekly Takeaways email at www.kellycorrigan.com/takeaways.

Thanks For Being Here - Shawn's Father Sep 07, 2025

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Shawn remembers her father Dave and why being stubborn isn't such a bad thing. (Previously aired)

Go To on "The Oh Well Anthem" Sep 05, 2025

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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.

Going Deep with Aliza Pressman on Sane Parenting Sep 02, 2025

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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 takeaways were juicy on this one… if you’d like to receive the weekly list in your inbox subscribe to our Weekly Takeaways email at www.kellycorrigan.com/takeaways.

Thanks For Being Here - Harry's Brother Charlie Aug 31, 2025

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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)

Go To on Saying No and Embracing "Good Enough" Aug 29, 2025

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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.

How God Works Bonus Episode Aug 28, 2025

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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 episode reveals how the simple act of shaping materials can shape us in return. It's about finding meaning in the dialogue between maker and medium and discovering that sometimes the most sacred moments happen when our hands are busy and our minds are still. Enjoy!

Deep Dive with Sheila Johnson on Walking Through Fire Aug 26, 2025

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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 discovering true love in her third act. Sheila's book is Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Triumph.

Recorded at the Aspen Ideas Festival (June 2024).

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