Personal Growth
Growth is uncomfortable, messy, and often happens when we least expect it. This is where we talk about what it means to become who you’re meant to be—no matter how many wrong turns it takes to get there. These are the stories of stumbling, of falling down and getting back up, of realizing that maybe the path you’re on isn’t the one you thought you’d take, but it’s the one that’s making you stronger. It’s about embracing the journey, not just the destination, and finding out who you really are along the way.
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61. The Okay Jar
When listener Ashley Casebolt was a teenager, she was going through a tough time. To try and keep her mindset positive, she wrote down one thing that went well that…
July 21, 2023
60. Embracing Interdependence
Author Rainesford Stauffer reads an excerpt from her book, All The Gold Stars, about feeling needy when asking for help.
July 20, 2023
59. Friday Best
Producer Claire McInerny has a tradition with her best friends- every Friday, they each record a voice memo telling the group what they did their best at that week. On…
July 19, 2023
44. You’ll Be 50 Anyway
Dr. Edith Eger is a Holocaust survivor and psychologist, and in our opinion, a ray of light. She is one of our all time favorite guests from our other show,…
June 28, 2023
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28. Don’t Be Afraid, Just Feel The Pain
Sometimes, enduring the painful thing is the thing we need … even if we don’t want to feel it.
June 6, 2023
23. World Champion Worrier
If worrying was a sport, Nora would have her varsity letter in it. She’s spent much of her life planning for the worst case scenario, but in reality, what does…
May 30, 2023
19. Just Two Options
If you’re a worrier, it’s easy to think there are a million ways a decision can go. But really…there’s only two ways.
May 24, 2023
18. We Will Find Out Together
A message for everyone spending a little too much time worrying about the future.
May 23, 2023
16. And Yet
Kate Baer is a poet and friend of Nora McInerny. And she’s here to share with us, you guessed it, a favorite poem. You can find Kate’s work on her…
May 19, 2023
10. Look, I’m Surviving
Nora watches her son learn to swim, something he does not seem to want to do.
May 11, 2023
7. I Want To Do Something Meaningful
Nora thought that having a worthwhile career meant being a teacher or a nurse or a social worker. But as her dad pointed out to her in college, any career…
May 8, 2023
