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The Light Watkins Show

143: “Terrible, Thanks For Asking” Podcast Host Nora McInerny On How Unimaginable Tragedy Led To Her Purpose

The Light Watkins Show

Light Watkins

Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.9960 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest, Nora McInerny, knows a thing or two about tragedy and loss, and in today's conversation, we get to hear from her about what enabled her to keep going, course correct, and stay progressive through some very difficult times. Nora is the author of several books, and in her most recent, Bad Vibes Only, she tackles some of the issues she sees in being too optimistic in today's world. Our guest has a podcast of her own and is also a lifelong journaler, which we explore in some d...

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We met with a estate attorney when we had no estate. There's nothing to meet about, there's no money.

0:10.0

So who's going to get all the nothing? But we did that and it was a way of also talking about I was

0:16.8

pregnant at the time like what are the worst case scenarios not just for you but for me

0:21.6

for our kid we had all of those conversations. We had all the medical power of attorney conversations all the end of life conversations for myself, for him. Those are things that people in their 30s don't talk about, typically.

0:35.9

They don't.

0:36.9

And you don't know when you will be faced with making a decision for the person that you love and it is better to

0:46.3

know it is better to know and is it a wonderful conversation to have no but I will also say it is one of the

0:51.8

most romantic things that you can do for and with one another

0:55.6

and to like put yourselves in the feet of a potential future versions of yourselves and say,

1:03.7

if this horrible thing happens, then what?

1:09.3

Hello there friends and welcome back to the Light Watkins show where I interview

1:17.0

ordinary folks just like you and me who have taken extraordinary leaps of

1:22.1

faith in the direction of their path, their purpose, or what

1:26.2

they've identified as their mission.

1:29.0

And in doing so, they've been able to positively impact the lives of many other people who've either heard about

1:35.3

their story or who've witnessed them in action or who've directly benefited from their

1:40.9

work.

1:41.9

And this week I'm in conversation with best-selling from their

1:45.0

work and this week I'm in conversation with best-selling author and podcast host

1:47.0

Nora McInerney

1:49.0

so Nora has written extensively about her experiences with grief and loss, mainly based on the fact that she

1:58.2

mis-carried a child and she lost both her father and her husband to cancer all within several weeks back in 2014.

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