“Sometimes it feels like empathy, sympathy, sorrow, grief are scarce resources, because we certainly treat them like that. And if someone is feeling too much for you, they are not feeling enough for me. If somebody is comforting this person at the funeral because they are weeping the loudest, not because they were clos

Writer and podcast host Nora McInerny (Terrible, Thanks for Asking) joins the show for the first time to talk about her latest book Bad Vibes Only (And Other Things I Bring To The Table), taking her show independent, moving to Arizona, tech woes, notes and putting the show together, losing her first husband to brain ca

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

After Nora McInerny’s husband died of cancer in his thirties, Nora became well known for writing about the messiness of grief. She also led grief groups, launched a podcast about grief, and started a non-profit. Nothing Nora did ever felt like enough, until a terrifying moment made her slow down and take a hard look at

Nora, a repeat guest on Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, talks about her latest (and first!) collection of essays, Bad Vibes Only: (and Other Things I Bring to the Table), her struggles with an eating disorder, her fabulous podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking, and the role of competitive parenting that she wasn’t pr

How can you embrace the joy and pain of the human experience? Nora McInerny, bestselling author, writer, award winning podcast host of Terrible, Thanks for Asking, and TEDTalk speaker found herself creating a community of people going through difficult things after she had suffered a miscarriage, the death of her fathe