Book · 2025
Poems and Prayers
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And what may help you is this book poems and prayers by Matthew McConna which will rejigger your headsp space around your life.
Megyn Kelly · The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2025 Listen at 1:08:01 What they say about it
- Quotes the parenting passage“Your number one job is helping your kids”3

- Recommends everyone read it“everybody should read”2

- Notes it helps rejigger headspace2

- Shares a favorite piece“one of my favorite pieces”2

The best things said about it
And what may help you is this book, Poems and Prayers by Matthew McConna, which will rejigger your headsp space around your life...
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · May 2026 This is you on page 44 of Poems and Prayers, the latest book by Matthew McConaughey, which everybody should read. It's actually make a great present in particular.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · May 2026 Thank you for writing a brilliant book, Poems and Prayers, which everybody can go and get now.
The thing that's special about the book is that it's a collection of poems and prayers from back when you were a teenager, when you were like 18.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · May 2026 Your number one job is helping your kids become who they are, not who you want them to be.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · May 2026 That leads me to one of my favorite pieces in the book which is on page 77, it's good man. And you write as follows, 'There's a difference between a good man and a nice guy.'.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Dec 2025 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Poems and Prayers by Matthew McConaughey is a collection of reflections, poetry, and prayers drawn from decades of the author's life, starting from his teenage years. The book has garnered enthusiastic praise from prominent media figures. Megyn Kelly strongly recommended the text on The Megyn Kelly Show, calling it a brilliant read and an ideal holiday gift that can help readers rejigger their headspace and gain fresh perspective on life. Kelly also praised the book's special nature during interviews with the author, highlighting poignant lessons about parenting, such as the idea that a parent's primary job is to help children become who they are rather than who the parents want them to be. Steven Bartlett similarly endorsed the work in the closing remarks of an episode of The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, thanking the author for writing such a brilliant book. The collection has been widely discussed for its deep philosophical insights, emotional honesty, and unique glimpse into the inner thoughts of a thoughtful storyteller and public figure.
Every mention
Megyn Kelly This is you on page 44 of poems and prayers, the latest book by Matthew McConnA, which everybody should rea… 12
“He's also a best-selling author. He's a husband. He's a proud dad. and he's a deep thinker who is out with a new book in which he shares decades of reflections, poems and prayers is the name of it and it's out right now.”
“Well, I'm not surprised to hear that you were a writer because when I read poems and prayers, it was obvious, you know, and and the thing that's special about the book is that it's a collection of poems and prayers from back when you were a teenager, when you were like 18.”
“I in in the book you write in poems and prayers you write I wrote it down. Your number one job is helping your kids become who they are, not who you want them to be.”
“This is you on page 44 of poems and prayers, the latest book by Matthew McConnA, which everybody should read. It's actually make a great present in particular.”
“And what may help you is this book, Poems and Prayers by Matthew McConna, which will rejigger your headsp space around your life...”
“In in the book, you write in Poems and Prayers, you write I wrote it down. Your number one job is helping your kids become who they are, not who you want them to be.”
“Okay, that leads me to one of my favorite pieces in the book uh which is on page 77, it's good man. And you write as follows, 'There's a difference between a good man and a nice guy.'”
“Poems and prayers is the name of the book for those listening. Um, you so you've got writing ability.”
“I I in in the book you write in poems and prayers you write I wrote it down. Your number one job is helping your kids become who they are”
“That okay that leads me to one of my favorite pieces in the book uh which is on page 77. It's good man and you write as follows.”
“This is you on page 44 of poems and prayers, the latest book by Matthew McConey, which everybody should read. It's actually make a great present in particular.”
“And what may help you is this book poems and prayers by Matthew McConna which will rejigger your headsp space around your life.”
Steven Bartlett And thank you for writing a brilliant book, poems and prayers, which everybody can go and get now. 2
“condensing it down to a simple truth like you do so often in your new book poems and prayers and then sharing it with the world”
“And thank you for writing a brilliant book, poems and prayers, which everybody can go and get now.”
Gilbert Cruz I guess his new book is called Poems and Prayers. 1
“I guess his new book is called Poems and Prayers.”
Matthew McConaughey You know, I have that passage in poems and prayers and I'm curious, you know, if if if is God happier if we… 1
“You know, I have that passage in poems and prayers and I'm curious, you know, if if if is God happier if we take eight major risk in life and pull off seven of them...”
Theo Von Uh thank you for Greenlights. Thank you for this uh new book. It's out now. Poems and prayers. 1
“Uh thank you for Greenlights. Thank you for this uh new book. It's out now. Poems and prayers.”
Other mentions (9: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Poems and prayers is the name of the book for those listening.”
“Like that's where you get all the stuff that you can draw on, the stuff that you could put into a book like poems and prayers.”
“There's things I look back at that that I that I did when I was younger that makes me happy to be here and alive. Um so, but um there's been some great stories which I cataloged along the way and mostly in green lights and somewhat in poems and prayers.”
“There's been some great stories which I cataloged along the way and mostly in Greenlights and somewhat in Poems and Prayers.”
“You know, I have that passage in Poems and Prayers, I'm curious, you know, if if if if if is God happier if we take eight major risk in life and pull off seven of them...”
“I mean, look, I I I've wrote about this in Greenlights since a little bit in poems and prayers. These man, these roofs, these limitations we put on oursel, we make those up.”
“mostly in green lights and somewhat in poems and prayers. Um I think there's been some pretty good good stories along the way.”
“Tell me about this book. Poems and prayers.”
“Poems and prayers. Uh out soon. pre-order now.”