The Secret Life of Secrets
How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-Being, Relationships, and Who We Are
Dr. Slepian was inspired to write this book after a personal secret was revealed to him, which was that his father was not his biological father. This secret was kept from him and his brother, and he was surprised to learn this was a secret they planned on never telling them.
You were inspired to write your book, The Secret Life of Secrets, because of a secret in your own life. Tell us that story.
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Dr. Slepian was inspired to write this book after a personal secret was revealed to him, which was that his father was not his biological father. This secret was kept from him and his brother, and he was surprised to learn this was a secret they planned on never telling them.
You were inspired to write your book, The Secret Life of Secrets, because of a secret in your own life. Tell us that story.
Yeah. So this story takes place 10 years ago, and I was presenting this new research on secrecy as part of a job interview at Columbia.
And then he called again. And I thought, oh no, something bad has happened. There must be like a death in the family or something.
And he says, Michael, I need to tell you something. Maybe you could sit down for this.
I'm calling to tell you that I'm not biologically able to have children.