Thanks For Asking
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Thanks For Asking episodes

  • A Henry Sky
    Colleen is a pediatrician, a wife, and a mother to a beautiful son named Henry, who was stillborn.
    After Henry's stillbirth, Colleen and her husband continue trying to build their family, but they're faced with secondary infertility and a series of miscarriages.
    This is Colleen's story, but the episode is for the thousands and thousands of people just like her, who continue to keep trying ... even if that means breaking their hearts over and over.
    Support our independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up.
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    Nora also writes sad & funny books! You can buy them here.
    Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.
    46 min
  • A Henry Sky

    Colleen is a pediatrician, a wife, and a mother to a beautiful son named Henry, who was stillborn.

    After Henry's stillbirth, Colleen and her husband continue trying to build their family, but they're faced with secondary infertility and a series of miscarriages.

    This is Colleen's story, but the episode is for the thousands and thousands of people just like her, who continue to keep trying ... even if that means breaking their hearts over and over.

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    41 min
  • A Henry Sky

    Colleen is a pediatrician, a wife, and a mother to a beautiful son named Henry, who was stillborn.

    After Henry's stillbirth, Colleen and her husband continue trying to build their family, but they're faced with secondary infertility and a series of miscarriages.

    This is Colleen's story, but the episode is for the thousands and thousands of people just like her, who continue to keep trying ... even if that means breaking their hearts over and over.

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    41 min
  • Episode #6: A Henry Sky
    Colleen Barton is a pediatrician, a wife, and a mother to a beautiful son named Henry. Since Henry’s stillbirth, Colleen and her husband have been working to build their family while dealing with miscarriage and secondary infertility.
    41 min
  • 6: A Henry Sky
    Colleen Barton is a pediatrician, a wife, and a mother to a beautiful son named Henry. Since Henry's stillbirth, Colleen and her husband have been working to build their family while dealing with miscarriage and secondary infertility.
    41 min
  • Help Me Remember

    In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack!

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    Dawn is a nurse. In June of 2015, she was injured on the job by one of her patients and suffered a traumatic brain injury.

    Dawn’s husband and their kids have been in deep, deep grief since that day in 2015. Not because Dawn died — she’s very much alive, thank goodness. But because Dawn isn’t the same person she used to be.


    Nora also writes sad & funny books! You can buy them here.

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    45 min
  • Help Me Remember

    Dawn is a nurse. In June of 2015, she was injured on the job by one of her patients and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Dawn’s husband and their kids have been in deep, deep grief since that day in 2015. Not because Dawn died — she’s very much alive, thank goodness. But because Dawn isn’t the same person she used to be.

    42 min
  • Episode #5: Help Me Remember
    Dawn Pereda is a nurse who was injured by a patient while working. And this injury resulted in a brain injury that has changed her life completely. Dawn and her family open up about what it can be like living with Traumatic Brain Injury, grieving for the person they used to know, and getting to know the person who is here now.
    42 min
  • 5: Help Me Remember
    Dawn Pereda is a nurse who was injured by a patient while working. And this injury resulted in a brain injury that has changed her life completely. Dawn and her family open up about what it can be like living with Traumatic Brain Injury, grieving for the person they used to know, and getting to know the person who is here now.
    42 min
  • Me, Too
    Danni Starr had everything she wanted: a successful radio career, a husband and a new baby.
    But off the air, motherhood wasn't all that great. In fact, it was awful. Nothing had prepared her for the postpartum depression and anxiety that quickly consumed her brain … or for the double life she’d be living as she juxtaposed that postpartum depression and anxiety with her very public job and image.
    This episode is about what happens when you’ve taken all the classes, read all the books, bought all the stuff and still feel lost as ever.
    Support our independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up.
    Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here.
    Nora also writes sad & funny books! You can buy them here.
    Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.
    45 min

About Thanks For Asking

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A call-in show from author Nora McInerny that lets real people get real honest about how they're really doing. Operators(me) are standing by to take your calls.

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