205: What Is Your Secret? w/ Dani Shapiro

Secrets involve a level of shame and a need to protect something or someone or yourself but they rarely, if ever, go unknown.  The truth almost always comes out and while it might be scary, knowing the truth, that truth no matter how painful, is your true jumping off point for healing, self discovery, and power. My guest today is Dani Shapiro an author who has written 10 books and the host of the incredibly popular podcast Family Secrets. On each episode of FAMILY SECRETS, Dani and her guest explore astonishing family secrets and uncover the extraordinary lessons the truth can teach us. The show strikes a chord with a wide audience because we all have family secrets, and while discovering them can initially be terrifying or traumatic, it also has the power to liberate, heal and even uplift us. Dani’s own story, involves a family secret that she discovered in her 50s.  It was finding out that everything you believed about yourself is a lie. In the spring of 2016, Dani took a DNA test on a whim — and the results turned her life upside down. The man who raised her was not her biological father, and the story she had been told, about who she was and where she came from, simply hadn’t been true. Her memoir about the experience, Inheritance, is a book about secrets that touches upon themes of identity and family history, and the science and technology that have outpaced not only medical ethics but also the capacities of the human heart to contend with the consequences of what we discover. The best earbuds out there! Now’s the time to get the latest and greatest from Raycon. Get 15% off your order at buyraycon.com/behere Prose is the healthy hair regimen with your name all over it. Get a FREE consultation and 20% off your first order today! Go to prose.com/behere Stamps.com is here to keep you safe! Right now, my listeners get a special offer that includes a 4-week trial PLUS free postage AND a digital scale without any long-term commitment. Just go to Stamps.com, click on the Microphone at the TOP of the homepage and type in BEHERE.