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.
Episodes
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Mar 13, 2026 • 11min
Go To on Pushing Through Fear
A deep dive into courage as action, not a feeling. A champion’s decision to speak up despite shaking hands and racing heart. When speaking truth risks status and safety, the real costs are weighed. One person’s named fear can loosen many others and even change policy. A final nudge: take the step even when you are terrified.
Mar 10, 2026 • 58min
Deep Dive with Allyson Felix on Speaking Up
Allyson Felix, 11-time Olympic medalist and founder of Seiche, speaks about standing up for mothers in sport and building footwear for women. She recounts negotiating maternity protections, NICU struggles, and how advocacy changed industry policy. Short, candid stories about integrity, family, and creating space for future women.
Mar 8, 2026 • 14min
Thanks For Being Here - Anne Lamott on her "Other Mother"
Anne Lamott, acclaimed author known for candid memoirs on faith and recovery, reflects on her childhood 'other mother' who celebrated her when her parents worried. They discuss eccentric faith, preserved letters, lifelong gratitude, and how unexpected champions shape who we become. Short, warm, and unexpectedly revelatory.
5 snips
Mar 6, 2026 • 11min
Go To on Trusting Our Lived Experience
A deep dive into a tough moral choice during the 2022 formula shortage and what guided that decision. A look at preferring lived, bodily knowledge over spreadsheets and consultants. A conversation about why personal experience can count as real data. A challenge to trust your own knowing when promises and reality diverge.
Mar 3, 2026 • 1h 2min
Deep Dive with Laura Modi on Trusting Yourself
Laura Modi, co-founder and CEO of Bobbie and mom-turned-founder who rebuilt infant formula from personal pain. She recounts discovering corn syrup in U.S. formulas, the 2022 supply crisis that forced customer-first choices, why she bought domestic manufacturing, and how caregiving experience reshapes product and policy.
Mar 1, 2026 • 11min
Thanks For Being Here - Love Letter to a Judge
A son’s acrostic tribute reveals the everyday magic behind a newly appointed judge. Short scenes show her joyful presence, courage to stand up for values, deep devotion to family and clients, natural generosity, and effortless empathy. The narrative unfolds as a tender public love letter celebrating character and service.
Feb 27, 2026 • 13min
Go To on the Trap of Being "Good"
A deep look at the cultural rules that teach women to be endlessly accommodating and how that behavior can harm mental health. Research linking self-silencing to depression gets explored. Studies on negotiation backlash, apology habits, and the moralizing of rest are discussed. The conversation points to choosing wholeness over performing goodness and asks listeners to rethink unchosen rules.
Feb 24, 2026 • 59min
Deep Dive with Courtney Smith on the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Courtney Smith, Enneagram coach and co-author of Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness, explores cultural scripts women inherit and how they shape identity. Short, punchy conversations cover fixed vs emergent selves, gender narratives, reframing envy and busyness, the Enneagram’s overlap with cultural stories, tools for facing fear, and why claiming responsibility can open new freedom.
Feb 22, 2026 • 9min
Thanks For Being Here - Karen's Story "Bono, Frank & Divine Timing"
A woman recalls a spine-tingling connection formed with a stranger at a U2 concert. She confronts a stage 4 cancer diagnosis and leans into music and memoir for solace. Guided imagery transports her to a healing beach where that stranger keeps returning as a comforting presence. The story explores how fleeting encounters and songs can reappear as unexpected lifelines.
Feb 20, 2026 • 9min
Go To on Community as Medicine
A short take on how everyday people often become the first and most effective responders after tragedy. Conversations touch on research showing community support activates faster than formal care. The episode highlights the quiet power of being seen and checked on, and when to still seek professional help.
