Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsMeet Nora McInernyWhy Nora McInerny Is Mentally StrongWhat You’ll Hear on the ShowWhat You’ll Learn About Toxic PositivityQuotes From NoraMore About the Podcast

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Meet Nora McInerny

Why Nora McInerny Is Mentally Strong

What You’ll Hear on the Show

What You’ll Learn About Toxic Positivity

Quotes From Nora

More About the Podcast

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OnThe Verywell Mind Podcast, Amy Morin, LCSW, interviews authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and other inspirational people about the strategies that help them think, feel, and do their best in life.

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Nora McInerny is an author from Minneapolis who freely shares her story of grief and loss. In 2014, she experienced a miscarriage and lost both her husband and her father all within a few weeks.

She made headlines when her husband’s obituary was published. She and her husband had written it together during the final weeks of his cancer battle. It was filled with humor (he presented himself as Spider-Man and the ex-husband of Gwen Stefani). It went on to capture the attention of millions of readers.

Since then, Nora has gone on to share her story of grief and loss in the books she has written. But she has managed to maintain her sense of humor throughout, and she makes it clear that laughter and pain sometimes go hand-in-hand.

Nora uses her platform to spread awareness on tough subjects like grief and trauma. She gives a realistic view of what it’s like to experience deep emotional pain, and she provides hope to those who are also struggling in life (without promising that every situation has a silver lining).

What You’ll Learn About Toxic Positivity and Mental Strength

Nora’s advice about naming your feelings and allowing yourself to experiencea wide variety of emotionsis wise. It’s something we often work on in thetherapyoffice.

There’s science that backs up why this is good for you. Studies show justnaming an uncomfortable emotioncan take some of the sting out of it. So simply saying, “I feel anxiety right now,” might help you feel a bit lessanxiousin the moment.

Identifying feelings that seem conflicting can also help you make more sense of how you’re feeling. For example, you might tell yourself, “I’m happy that I’m starting a new job, but I’m also sad about leaving my co-workers,” or “I’m excited about this new relationship, but at the same time I’m scared it might not work out.”

Nora McInernyRight now we live in a culture that wants us to perform every aspect of our lives in a way that is really unnatural. And we are very adept at performing happiness.

Nora McInerny

Right now we live in a culture that wants us to perform every aspect of our lives in a way that is really unnatural. And we are very adept at performing happiness.

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