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Speaker 1: Hi, Family Secrets, Family, It's hard to believe that the

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Speaker 1: tenth season has come to an end. We spend months

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Speaker 1: assembling the season, and then as the episodes drop each week,

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Speaker 1: time seems to accelerate. I received so much interesting feedback

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Speaker 1: from many of you about this season's stories. The compassion, kindness,

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Speaker 1: identification connection you felt toward these guests is wonderful to hear.

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Speaker 1: There was sometimes consternation and frustration too. Family secrets can

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Speaker 1: be well triggering. It's not always a comfortable listen, and honestly,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if anything truly can be always comfortable.

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Speaker 1: My hope is that these stories will make you think,

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Speaker 1: make you empathize, and make you feel less alone in

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Speaker 1: this human condition we all share. We are complicated creatures,

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Speaker 1: yet no matter how different our lives may be, we

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Speaker 1: are more alike on the inside than we often realize,

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Speaker 1: and this awareness can bring us closer together in an

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Speaker 1: often fractured world. I also want to thank so many

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Speaker 1: of you who reached out when I let everyone know

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Speaker 1: I was going through a challenging time health wise. Six

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Speaker 1: months post my diagnosis of an early stage ocular melanoma,

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Speaker 1: my treatment is complete and my prognosis is excellent. I've

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Speaker 1: spent my life as an artist and a human being

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Speaker 1: trying to glean the lessons from whatever life has handed me.

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Speaker 1: Whether the early loss of my dad, the rare illness

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Speaker 1: my son went through and recovered from as an infant,

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Speaker 1: my husband's cancer five years ago, the discovery that my

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Speaker 1: dad hadn't been my biological father, a secret which inspired

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Speaker 1: this podcast. All of these have been my teachers. My

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Speaker 1: job in life, I've come to realize, is to me

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Speaker 1: meaning as an artist. I have tended to do this

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Speaker 1: through writing books, but creating and hosting this podcast and

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Speaker 1: the reach of the shows many millions of listeners, has

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Speaker 1: been one of my life's greatest gifts. When I sit

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Speaker 1: down with a guest, my whole being is focused on

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Speaker 1: their story. It's an honor to be able to shape

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Speaker 1: these stories into episodes that resonate. As a result of

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Speaker 1: the treatment from my ocular melanoma, I am slowly losing

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Speaker 1: the vision in one eye. The strange symmetry does not

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Speaker 1: my senses, I have deepened another. I am listening Family Secrets. Family.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for season eleven, which will drop in early November.

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Speaker 1: We already have an amazing lineup of guests with new

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Speaker 1: stories to inspire you, move you, and make you think

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Speaker 1: about your own life. I love this family. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for being a part of my life always. If you

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Speaker 1: want to be in touch or follow along on what

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Speaker 1: I'm up to, please follow me on Instagram at Danny Ryder.

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Speaker 1: I'd love to see you there.