Honesty is a form of respect, for both yourself and others. It’s a skill to prioritize your truth and it’s a skill to communicate it with the world.

Today’s episode summarizes a chapter called Radical Honesty from Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Dr. Anna Lembke. This deep dive explores the neuroscience behind why honesty is so painful in the short term and so worth it in the long term.