Family secrets.
Unspeakable truths.
These are topics those of us with adverse childhood experiences contend with in childhood and as adults. Often.
Some researchers argue that it's suppression and secrecy that burdens the body, can be toxic and part of the reason some of us get sick. It's one of the reasons writing can improve health. With writing, we can sometimes unburden the body of secrets without having confrontations before ready.
Secrets are talked about in this Dear Sugar podcast which is a co-production with Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond. They speak as beautifully and openly as they write about them. And they are both are fearless and gifted writers as well.
They share some of the secrets they lived with growing up. They get input from the author, Kathryn Harrison, as well, who wrote The Kiss.
The entire episode is gripping.
Some of the advice was unexpected but always empowered.
They go beyond the surface and the sensationalism often overabundant when the topic is secrets. They discuss the real ways that living with secrets and/or disclosing them is freeing, painful and complex.
These were the kinds of conversations I craved and could never find growing up.
It's wonderful that they exist now, on air, online, in writing and sometimes even in real life.
Here's the link: http://www.wbur.org/dearsugar/...r-episode-fifty-nine
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