

Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Kelly Corrigan
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.
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Feb 10, 2023 • 19min
Mental Health Check on What College Kids Want Us To Know
6 young women, huddled around a coffee table in an off campus apartment in Seattle, answer Kelly’s questions about eating, sex, drugs, depression and social media. Please share.
Note: Graphic discussion of potential trigger issues - eating, sexuality, drug use, depression, body image.
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Feb 7, 2023 • 54min
College Considerations on Philosophy and 19-year-olds with Michael Murray
If we traded college for job training, what would be lost? Why are so many CEOs philosophy majors? What kind of conversations and connections become possible when we insist on core curriculum classes?
We’re kicking off the spring semester of Live From College in which Kelly and Tammy road trip to campuses across the country asking What’s the point of a liberal arts education in 2023?
Special thanks to The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations for supporting this series.
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Feb 5, 2023 • 10min
Thanks For Being Here Carol's Eulogy For Her Friend Caroline
Carol Knerr wrote this eulogy to honor her lifelong friend Caroline. They met when they were four and remained close friends for decades. From shared bus rides in grade school to swimming with dolphins in New Zealand as young women to spending time together during Caroline’s final days - their friendship was one for the ages.
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Feb 3, 2023 • 20min
Mental Health Check on Nurturing Outrage
Determined to understand why we’re so often in a state of righteous outrage, I went looking for the benefits. And boy did I find them. Here is some social science on the exhilaration of anger and the incentives to mellow out. Please share with everyone in your life who is tired of all the finger pointing.
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Jan 31, 2023 • 54min
The Humble Doctor with Sarah Handelsman + Cathy Takacs Witkop
For the 5th and final episode in the Intellectual Humility series, Kelly talks to two doctors Dr. Sarah Handelsman (Pediatrician, East Bay Pediatrics) and Dr. Catherine Takacs Witkop (Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences), about how open mindedness figures into their time with patients.
Funding for this episode was provided by UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center as part of its "Expanding Awareness of the Science of Intellectual Humility" initiative, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.
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Jan 29, 2023 • 6min
Thanks For Being Here Leslie's Letter to Her Husband Ben
In honor of 20 years together, Leslie Browning wrote this sweet tribute to her husband Ben. In her early years, Leslie got her idea of “romantic love” from what she saw in chick movies but after sharing two decades together and the juggling required with kids, jobs, financial pressures, competing demands, middle age, menopause and loss, she learned that although solid, steady, “real love” might not make that great of a movie - it sure makes for one hell of a life.
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Jan 27, 2023 • 7min
Mental Health Check on Interpreting Discomfort
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 of 2022.
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Jan 24, 2023 • 58min
Love, Sex and Connection with Dr. Helen Fisher
Let’s say this: the number one driver of happiness across time and culture is meaningful connection to others. So how do you get it and how do you keep it? Dr. Helen Fisher has been studying love for 5 decades. 5. That’s a lot of information. Share this conversation with the people you love. Tons of takeaways that you can integrate immediately.
Take Helen’s personality quiz and figure out who you are…and who you aren’t.
Funding for this episode was provided by UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center as part of its "Expanding Awareness of the Science of Intellectual Humility" initiative, supported by the John Templeton Foundation
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Jan 22, 2023 • 12min
Thanks For Being Here Jill's Eulogy For Her Mother Jo
Josephine “Jo” Warren was a keeper of lists and her daughter, Jill Kohler, honored her by creating a special list of her own in the eulogy she lovingly wrote for her mom. In addition to making lists, organizing closets and alphabetizing the family pantry, Jo also loved to have fun, try new things and kick up her heels as a feather boa-wearing member of the Omaha Dancing Grannies. She was also brilliant at casting a wide net to gather special people around her. Jo Warren: keeper of lists, organizer of closets, dancer of the dance and caster of nets - a special person indeed.
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Jan 20, 2023 • 8min
Mental Health Check on Long Term Love
There is a lot to know about what makes love last. People like John Gottman and Helen Fisher have been studying sex, love and connection for decades. Here’s a few excellent ideas to hold on to as you live out the day to day of your core relationships. (Very good episode to share with your partner. Will start a valuable conversation!)
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