Secret Life

Alexandra was 4 1/2 when her father was murdered. Her life was turned upside down, she struggled with the attention, fitting in, and finding herself. 

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Keeping a secret about a raging eating disorder meant she didn't have to get better. Christine Lakin breaks down how she isolated her decade long battle with bulimia and anorexia, shifting her focus …

A year and a half into her marriage, Gabrielle Stone finds out her husband has been having an affair. Then she meets a man, and he asks her to marry him. Forty-eight hours before a trip to Italy, he …

The impulsive, addictive dark side of toy collecting and the need for people to have "an object of desire." OCD is about control. But what is a 5-year-old trying to control? Alex unpacks a secret he …

Cheating on her with a transexual sex worker was the final straw, but the signs were there from the start for Lucie and the fast and furious seven-month relationship with the quintessential bad boy. 

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For 25 years, Johnathon Schaech held a secret very close to him, he'd been sexually assaulted on his first film by the famed Italian director, Franco Zeffirelli. In 2018, at the peek of the MeToo Mov…

Dixie steals as a way to connect with her estranged father. Dixie is active in multiple recovery programs and works a great program, yet she still grapples with stealing. She and her father formed a …

Checking himself into a psych ward with 29 years of sobriety was the last thing Ricky B. thought he would do. But after an aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis, he found the distant darkness that had…

What they don’t tell you is that when your child is born, a part of you dies and you have to come to terms with this new identity. Brittany Ishibashi and Brianne share their stories of struggling wit…

A family member took Shang's innocence; decades later he recognized that it wasn't his fault, his problem, or his shame to carry. What followed was a journey towards self-discovery, self-love, and fi…

On the outside, Bonnie's Hollywood career was a success, but when the fun and thrills of drinking had disappeared, she found herself at a critical moment in her life. Her willingness to change and be…

* Please note that this episode contains topics of sexual abuse, trauma and abortion. Some people may find disturbing.* Robbed of her innocence, a beautiful Lisa finds herself in the throes of addict…

Britt Rentschler shares her hilarious stories about the ridiculous things women do to their bodies in an attempt to look effortlessly beautiful. Britt is an American actress best known for her role a…

Battling depression and having a hard time asking for help, Kristin shares her heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting story as she almost died by suicide.

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Kellee Stewart's rollercoaster 7-year relationship ends with a surprisingly beautiful outcome on the other side. Kellee Stewart is a writer, producer, and actress last seen Ava Duvernay’s CHERISH THE…

With the help of therapy, support groups and 12-step programs, Paul shares his journey to release the shame and move on. Comedian Paul Gilmartin hosts a weekly, hour-long audio podcast, The Mental Il…

Robert Gonzalez Gant share's about coming out as a proud gay man in Hollywood, and the shift that is possible for those who struggled with acceptance. Robert has been a full-time actor, producer, and…

Dr. G, Dr. Howard Gluss, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Psy21522), Founder of Daraknot Health: Addiction Coaching and Private In-Home Rehab Care and cofounder of Sobriety Think Tank. He is also…

I had this dark hole I was trying to fill with outside things. I couldn't stop even when I desperately wanted to. When I walked into my first meeting almost ten years ago, I was a shell of a person. …

They say you're only as sick as your secrets. My name is Brianne Davis-Gantt. Every Monday on Secret Life Podcast, I pull back the curtain on the deepest, darkest, heartbreaking, and even silly secre…