217: The Perils of Telling the Truth

Your Secret Is Safe With Me · Sep 25, 2025 · 31m

Have you ever felt proud of yourself for telling the truth… only to later wonder if you should have approached it differently?

We often think of truth-telling as an absolute good - something that's always right and beneficial. But what if I told you that, sometimes, the truth we choose to tell isn't necessarily the most important or useful truth in a situation?

This week, I share a story about how a dead rat smell in a yoga studio became the catalyst for a profound lesson about truth-telling, and how my well-intentioned truth-telling may have inadvertently created more problems than it…