Most of us carry private thoughts we couldn’t dare to say out loud. The appeal of a friend’s lover, the relief of cancelled plans, the distaste for a recent gift. We assume these thoughts set us apart – that everyone else is calmer, kinder or more secure.
In this episode of The Workshop podcast, Alain and John play The Confessions Game, and share some of the things they don’t often admit about family, work, and relationships old and new.
The point isn’t confession for its own sake. It’s to loosen the grip of secrecy – once named, these thoughts lose their power to isolate us. What seemed like proof of our defectiveness begins to look like evidence of our membership in being human.
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