

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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Nov 12, 2021 • 7min
Mental Health Check on Expectations
The future is dangerous place to live. I’m thinking this week about the insane power of expectations and wondering what would happen if we could be way more aware of our thinking as expectations are being set. Could we interrupt the process somehow so we put less pressure on our days, our kids and our relationships to turn out in some dreadfully specific way?
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Nov 9, 2021 • 41min
On The Meaning of Life
Kelly reflects on the meaning of life. Seriously, that's what this episode is. We pulled takeaways and excerpts from some of the best conversations we had in the belief series, like Anne Lamott (ep #54) and Anthony Ray Hinton (ep #55) Special thanks to the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, our production partner on the Belief series. Please subscribe, rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! We read and appreciate every review. Join Kelly on Instagram @kellycorrigan.
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Nov 5, 2021 • 12min
Mental Health Check: On Moving
At 54 years old, after 29 years in California, we pulled up roots and moved. Here are some thoughts about embracing uncertainty and discovery in these weird midlife years. Share with anyone you know who is scanning real estate sites and wondering what else might be out there…
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Nov 2, 2021 • 49min
On the Many Paths to the Truth
If you've ever been struck by the beauty of the phrase "Namaste" ("the light in me sees the light in you"), you'll want to tune into this episode. Kelly gets a masterclass in the world's third largest religion, with Suhag Shukla, Executive Director of the Hindu American Foundation. She discovers a surprisingly open belief system with many paths to the truth. You might also like the Rainn Wilson episode (#53) which touches on some of these same ideas. Namaste, indeed! Special thanks to the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, our production partner on the Belief series. Please subscribe, rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! We read and appreciate every review. Join Kelly on Instagram @kellycorrigan.
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Nov 1, 2021 • 10min
Mental Health Check: On Celebrating What Really Matters
Here’s my case for celebrating the litany of accomplishments that a completed college application represents. A special episode to mark November 1, the day that millions of high school kids hit send on their reach school. Please share with parents, students, college counselors and heads of school. May we all work to reset the goal line.
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Oct 29, 2021 • 6min
Mental Health Check: Tales of Neuroplasticity
I am damn near hopeless with routers and a printer on the skids can take me around the bend. But, inspired by my mother and my husband and a friend, I remembered that hopeless is almost always an overstatement.
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Oct 26, 2021 • 38min
Asma Uddin on Religious Freedom for All
People think of religious freedom as America's greatest invention, but lately it seems like many religons are playing a zero sum game and calling into question this very premise our country was built upon. Devout Muslim Asma Uddin is a lawyer and a scholar who believes that it is her calling is to fight for the freedom of all religions. Special thanks to the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, our production partner on the Belief series. Please subscribe, rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! We read and appreciate every review. Join Kelly on Instagram @kellycorrigan.
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Oct 22, 2021 • 6min
Mental Health Check: on the Opposite of Stagnation
I often find the act of making something, like a painting, or fixing something, like a rip in my jeans, or cleaning something, like the junk drawer in my kitchen, to help unjam me on larger problems. Share this with anyone who seems stuck.
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Oct 19, 2021 • 44min
An Evangelical and a Muslim Walk Into a Conference...
Evangelical Pastor Bob Roberts and Muslim Imam Mohamad Magid are both devout followers of their own faiths, who have found room to let one another in. In a friendship unlike any other, they lead retreats together with their own followers to illustrate the power of our common humanity. Special thanks to the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, our production partner on the Belief series. Please subscribe, rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! We read and appreciate every review. Join Kelly on Instagram @kellycorrigan.
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Oct 15, 2021 • 6min
Mental Health Check: True Originals
I always take special note of people who seem to live lives unlike any they themselves have seen. But when you ask these True Originals how they made up a reality from nothing, they all say the same thing: I met someone who had what I wanted and I watched carefully. Share this one with anyone wanting to make a move.
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