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The Cost of Pretending You're Okay: with Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Jul 9, 2026 · 55m

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What happens when the life you planned is no longer possible? Jamie-Lynn Sigler joins Danielle to discuss living with multiple sclerosis, the shame of hiding a chronic illness while starring on The Sopranos , and the moment she realized she couldn't keep pretending everything was okay. Together they explore identity, vulnerability, healing, reinvention, and why telling the truth about our lives often becomes the very thing that connects us to other people. Jamie also reflects on her new memoir And So It Is...: A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope , her podcast MeSsy with Christina Applegate, motherhood, purpose, and how she found a new way to answer the calling she thought she'd lost. In this…