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:

Love, Hope and Grief for Jody's Dad Apr 17, 2022

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Jody honors her dad Bob, who loved his roles as a pilot, father and grandfather.

Mental Health Check on What Friendship Really Takes Apr 15, 2022

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What friendship takes and what friendship gives. One to share with your BFFs.

The Unassailable Case for Being Other-Focused Apr 12, 2022

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Estimates are that about every 15 minutes we make a decision and that decision often involves a choice of who to put first, ourselves or someone else. The culture and business of self is thriving. Richard Lui is a news anchor whose life has asked him to repeatedly consider the ping ponging we all do between acts of selfishness and acts of selflessness. Eight years ago, he started flying cross-country weekly to take care of his father who had Alzheimer's and if you ask him, caring for them is both a harrowing duty and a privilege with many benefits. After talking to Richard, Kelly did a deep dive into what we know about trauma and grief with research, author and Columbia professor George Bonanno. This conversation is for anyone and everyone who is caring for another person. Please share.

Love, Hope and Grief with The McNultys for their dad John Apr 10, 2022

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It was John' McNulty’s wish to be eulogized by all four of his adult children (Christine, David, Laura and Daniel). So, they wrote this warm, loving, funny tribute together, broke it into sections and each one delivered a portion of it at his mass.

Mental Health Check on Picking Other over Self Apr 08, 2022

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With our hearts in Ukraine, here’s a story to love about a group of caring people in San Francisco in a time of uncertainty who showed the world how to lean in.

The Most Exciting Person in American Theater Apr 05, 2022

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Anna Deavere Smith (from broadway as well as Nurse Jackie, West Wing and Inventing Anna) is a deep thinker with an easy laugh—pretty much my favorite combination. She felt like an old friend from minute one. This heart to heart from the set of my PBS show, Tell Me More was followed by a conversation with Princeton professor Andrew Chignell who studies, among other things, hope and optimism, something Anna had a lot to say about. This is what we think of as a perfect Kelly Corrigan Wonders episode—a lot of feeling, a lot of thinking. Enjoy and share.

Love, Hope and Grief for Meghan's Baby Girl Maggie Apr 03, 2022

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Meghan’s loving eulogy for her baby girl Maggie.

Mental Health Check on Stamina Apr 01, 2022

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The story of how a TV show began…for anyone who is trying to do something hard.

The Men We Love with Jen Hatmaker Mar 29, 2022

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Kelly and Jen swap stories of the men in their lives who make them feel sane and loved, including co-workers, cousins, uncles, brothers and old high school buddies.

Love, Hope and Grief for Steph's Husband Mar 27, 2022

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Steph's Husband