We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it | Nora McInerny (re-release)

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In a talk that's by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death. Her candid approach to something that will, let's face it, affect us all, is as liberating as it is gut-wrenching. Most powerfully, she encourages us to shift how we approach grief. "A grieving person is going to laugh again and smile again," she says. "They're going to move forward. But that doesn't mean that they've moved on."

This episode originally aired on December 25, 2019.

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0:00.0	You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day.
0:12.3	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:14.0	Like so many of us, I've experienced deep loss and heartbreak, and it's always bothered me when people have said, you'll move on.
0:21.8	That statement has always felt, well, a little out of touch.
0:25.1	In this archive talk that's both hilarious and heartbreaking, writer and podcaster, Nora
0:29.8	McEnnerney, shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death.
0:34.2	She shares things we all need to hear about heartbreak, even if we'd rather avoid them,
0:38.3	and encourages us to rethink our approach to grief, not as something to move on from, but as something
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