Terrible, Thanks For Asking

Motherless Day

Some holidays are just more loaded than others, depending on our individual experiences. When you’re grieving the loss of your mother — either because they’ve died or because you don’t have a relationship with them — what the heck are you supposed to do with a holiday like Mother’s Day? When a listener reached out to Nora after their mom died to ask for advice on moving forward, Nora decided to tap into the Terrible Rolodex of accidental grief experts … past TTFA guests and listeners and friends of the pod who have been there.Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ttfa">Sign up.</a>Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@noraborealis?lang=en">Follow Nora.</a> You can catch up with TTFA on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ttfapodcast/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ttfapodcast">Twitter </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ttfapodcast">Facebook </a>using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @<a href="https://instagram.com/noraborealis">noraborealis</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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It's a question we ask (and get asked) all the time: “How are you?” And normally we just respond with “Fine!” even if we’re totally dying inside, so everyone can go about their day.
But it’s not always all that fine, is it?
“Terrible, Thanks For Asking” is a show by author Nora McInerny that lets real people get real honest about how they’re really doing. It’s sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and almost always both. A production of Feelings &amp; Co.