Pep Talks 2

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Last week’s pep talk episode (https://noraborealis.substack.com/p/stop-being-mean-to-yourself) was such a hit we’re back with more (and I’m making some phone calls today because WOW WE ARE ALL GOING THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW!!!) Today we have two callers: a 32-year-old who feels lost after losing both of her parents and receiving a tough diagnosis, and a 23-year-old who is a little too wise beyond her years because of a traumatic childhood. If you, too, are Going Through It, I promise you that your best is good enough and the problems you’re experiencing are not a personal failing but a symptom of a world that really just doesn’t do a great job of taking care of each other. And, as a deeply biased podcast host, I am on your side. ☎️ 612.568.4441 You can call or text that number, tell me what you need a little pep talk for, and then stay glued to your phone for when I call you, okay? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi guys, it's Nora. If you like what we've done here on Terrible Thanks for asking, you might
0:06.3	want to check out our YouTube channel. We have two new videos going up every week over at
0:12.9	YouTube.com slash at feelings, A-N-D, co. That's feelings and co. There's a link to it in our show description. So see over on
0:23.2	YouTube if that's what you're into. What a sales gal I am. Um, how are you? Most of us say
0:34.0	fine or good, but obviously it's not always fine, and sometimes it's not even that good.
0:41.2	This is a podcast that gives people the space to be honest about how they really feel.
0:47.0	It's a place to talk about life, the good, the bad, the awkward, the complicated.
0:53.9	I'm Nora McEnnerney, and this is thanks for asking the call-in-show about what matters to you.
1:19.9	This is the second episode we have done that is essentially what I'm calling pep talks.
1:26.7	I think any talk can be a pep talk if one person
1:31.0	is feeling a little bit down in the dumps and the other person has a deep-seated codependency
1:38.1	and wants everybody around them to be okay. But in this case, both callers dialed in specifically requesting a pep talk. And it is not
1:48.9	just them. After the last episode came out, the last pep talk episode, I got a lot of calls. I got a lot of
1:55.1	texts. I got a lot of requests for pep talk. So I'm recording this on a Monday. It is coming out on a Tuesday. And you know what I'm
2:02.1	going to do tomorrow on Tuesday? I am firing up the telephone and I'm going to be making some more
2:09.0	pep talk calls. And if you are a person who needs one, you might want to call us. You might want to
2:15.6	text us. I might be tapping in some friends in future episodes to really kind of round out our
2:22.0	bases because I am just one woman and I am also, and I think I said this in the last episode,
2:27.1	but I think it is worth saying repeatedly, I'm deeply biased.
2:30.0	And if you call me, I am on your side.
2:32.9	You call me about anything.
2:34.0	I'm going to take your side.
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