How keeping secrets harms your health: Michael Slepian, Ph.D. | mbg Podcast

Welcome to the mindbodygreen podcast! Each week, host Jason Wachob, founder and co-CEO of mindbodygreen, engages in open, honest conversations with the people shaping the world of well-being. Today’s featured guest is Michael Slepian, Ph.D., a psychologist and associate professor of leadership and ethics at Columbia Business School.

“As isolating as it can feel to have a secret, we all keep secrets and we all keep the same kinds of secrets," he says. In this episode, Slepian and Wachob discuss how keeping secrets affects your body and brain, plus:

0:00-13:31 Intro
13:32-16:38 The surprising secrets most people keep
16:39-20:59 How to know who you can trust to keep a secret
21:00-24:35 Why our secrets are all universal
24:36-27:07 How secrets have evolved in our culture
27:08-30:55 How to identify a healthy secret

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