Kelly Corrigan: Cheers to the Crappies

Kelly Corrigan: Cheers to the Crappies

This time of year can be rough. Somehow we are supposed to wrap it up or feel complete, but, more often than not, we can look back at a year that, well, sucked.

Rather than just showing you the shiny parts of life, today is your permission to Cheers to The Crappies. Kelly Corrigan (of Kelly Corrigan Wonders and Tell Me More) and I are exchanging our crappiest moments: in our personal lives, in our inner circle, during our 9-5, and one real Zinger round that takes the cake.

In this bonus crossover episode, Kate and Kelly discuss:

  • Their own personal crappy lows of the year—like managing chronic pain, endless parental worries, and walking with a friend through divorce
  • Kate’s strong policy against gratitude as a shellac to suffering
  • Why talking about pain can be so tricky and sometimes it can’t be fixed by love alone


This episode is for if you aren’t feel warm and fuzzy about this past year and you want a minute to say: Wow. That really didn’t go well. This isn’t getting better. I’m really disappointed or heartbroken or hurt… still. So here’s to a moment of very crappy honesty, my dears. You, in all your problems and hopes and unmet expectations are worth listening to.

***

Looking for the transcript or show notes? Click here.

Find Kate on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter.

Find Kelly Corrigan on Instagram or listen to her on Kelly Corrigan Wonders.

Subscribe to receive blessings in your inbox every week.

No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) is now available in PAPERBACK. Order your copy, today.

Looking for some short spiritual reflections and blessings? Check out GOOD ENOUGH: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Available wherever books are sold.

Introducing THE LIVES WE ACTUALLY HAVE: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days (releasing February 14, 2023). Learn more, pre-order, and receive a free pennant, here.

Leave us a voicemail and who knows? We might even be able to use your voice on the air: 919-322-8731

To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episoder(279)

The Strange Gift of Joy with Rowan Williams

The Strange Gift of Joy with Rowan Williams

As Holy Week arrives, Kate talks with theologian, poet, and former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams about joy that doesn’t erase sorrow. Together they explore longing, grief, music, gratitude, ...

31 Mar 50min

Living the Questions (Without Fixing Yourself) with Suleika Jaouad

Living the Questions (Without Fixing Yourself) with Suleika Jaouad

There’s a particular kind of pressure that creeps in when we start measuring our lives—where we thought we’d be by now, who we imagined we’d become, how things were supposed to feel. The instinct is t...

24 Mar 35min

What If Prayer Isn’t What You Think It Is? with Malcolm Guite

What If Prayer Isn’t What You Think It Is? with Malcolm Guite

What if Lent isn’t about giving something up, but about learning how to sit with what’s already gone? In this episode, Kate talks with poet, priest, and theologian Malcolm Guite about the kind of fait...

17 Mar 36min

The Randomness of Everything with Mark Rank

The Randomness of Everything with Mark Rank

We live in a world that wants life to be fair. Work hard, make good choices, believe the right things—and things should turn out okay. But what happens when they don’t? In this live conversation, Kate...

10 Mar 46min

The New Shape of American Religion with Ross Douthat and Molly Worthen

The New Shape of American Religion with Ross Douthat and Molly Worthen

Kate Bowler invites two of her sharpest friends—Ross Douthat and Molly Worthen—to help her make sense of the current American religious landscape: why the long “decline” story may be shifting, why rel...

3 Mar 50min

What If Happiness Isn’t What You Think It Is? with Patrik Hagman

What If Happiness Isn’t What You Think It Is? with Patrik Hagman

What does it mean to live well when danger, loss, and grief are never far away? Kate Bowler talks with theologian, pastor, and writer Patrik Hagman, whose life has been shaped by profound loss—includi...

24 Feb 49min

There Is More Good Among Us Than We Think with Bishop Michael Curry

There Is More Good Among Us Than We Think with Bishop Michael Curry

When many people hear the word Christian today, it comes with a lot of baggage—power, certainty, exclusion, and culture-war posturing. But there are still people of faith whose lives look nothing like...

17 Feb 39min

Anne Lamott on Love, Shame, and Being Human

Anne Lamott on Love, Shame, and Being Human

What do we do when the world feels unbearably heavy—and no one is coming to save us? To kick off Season 16 of Everything Happens, Kate Bowler sits down live with beloved author and truth-teller Anne L...

10 Feb 47min

Populært innen Samfunn

rss-spartsklubben
giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
konspirasjonspodden
popradet
rss-henlagt-andy-larsgaard
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
rss-nesten-hele-uka-med-lepperod
alt-fortalt
grenselos
wolfgang-wee-uncut
min-barneoppdragelse
fladseth
rss-dette-ma-aldri-skje-igjen
synnve-og-vanessa
rss-dannet-uten-piano
198-land-med-einar-trnquist
krisemoter
rss-frekvens-med-anine-olsen