Going Deep with Maya Shankar on Empty Nesting
Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Kelly Corrigan Show
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes, even when things go precisely as you hoped they would, change hurts. Kelly was a guest on a podcast called A Slight Change of Plans, hosted by Dr. Maya Shankar, who was curious to know how empty nesting was going. The conversation was so rich that it felt worth sharing here. This one is for every parent you know. Pass it on. (Previously aired).
You can find Kelly's PBS Tell Me More interview with Maya Shankar HERE.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Kelly Corrigan and today I'm wondering about the double-edged sword of letting your kids go. |
| 0:13.6 | On the one hand, it's exactly what you hoped would happen. |
| 0:17.1 | They grow up and they leave. |
| 0:19.0 | On the other hand, it is the definitive end |
| 0:21.6 | to a period of your life that is not coming back. |
| 0:25.5 | My thought partner on this is a woman named Maya Shankar. |
| 0:28.5 | She has a podcast called A Slight Change of Plans and she asked me to come on to talk about my emptiness transition. |
| 0:36.1 | So this will be an unusual episode of Kelly Corgan Wonders where I am the guest and not |
| 0:41.6 | the host. You'll hear that I found myself getting very emotional as I tried to |
| 0:47.6 | describe for Maya why the moment felt so big. Join us for a very personal episode of Kelly Corgan Wonders. I'm Kelly Corrigan and today we are |
| 1:17.4 | flipping the script. I am the guest on today's episode thanks to a woman named Maya Shankar, |
| 1:24.0 | who I interviewed for my PBS Show Tell Me More. |
| 1:28.0 | Shortly after she asked me to be on her podcast, |
| 1:30.0 | a slight change of plans, |
| 1:32.0 | and I said, sure. She is a fascinating woman. She is an |
| 1:37.0 | accomplished musician who walked into Juilliard unannounced at the age of nine, |
| 1:41.7 | played her violin for whoever would listen, and began a |
| 1:45.2 | period of study that included private lessons with one of the world's most esteemed musicians. |
| 1:51.0 | She's also a cognitive scientist who at 26 cold called the White House to offer her services |
| 1:56.9 | and ended up becoming a senior advisor to President Obama. |
| 2:01.3 | She is a Rhodes Scholar who served as the first behavioral science advisor to the United |
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