Since You Asked with Lori Gottlieb and Gretchen Rubin Should You Reveal a Family Secret? Plus: How to Break Up With Your Hairdresser
Oct 14, 2025
The hosts explore the delicate topic of informing a teenager about being conceived through egg donation, emphasizing the importance of honesty. They also tackle the emotional complexities of breaking up with a hairstylist, suggesting a respectful approach. Listeners chime in on family dynamics and share insights about punctuality, adding a community perspective. It's an engaging mix of personal advice and relatable stories that stir both heart and humor.
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Secrecy Can Be More Harmful Than Truth
- Keeping secrets intended to protect others can cause more harm than the secret itself.
- Secrecy creates psychic poison and harms trust within families over time.
Tell Origins Early And Honestly
- Tell children about their origins sooner rather than later to avoid increasing betrayal and mistrust.
- Answer questions honestly and avoid creating deeper secrecy by delaying disclosure.
Lori's Personal Choice To Be Transparent
- Lori describes her own decision to tell her child about family origins from the start.
- She says doing so prevented a big secret in the household and she is glad they handled it that way.