Every Monday morning step into the office of iconic psychotherapist Esther Perel and listen in as real people in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories. From breakups and open relationships to workplace conflicts and fractures in the family, it’s a place to hear our own stories reflected in the lives of others. So…where should we begin? Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
162 episodes transcribedEsther talks with a woman who is contemplating ending her five-year long-distance relationship. She reflects on avoidant behavior, stemming from a fea...
This is a classic session of Where Should We Begin? After ten years, a husband tells his wife he no longer wishes to be married. A month later, stuck...
Sexual preferences demand a lot of trust, intimacy, and vulnerability in relationships. This week, Esther talks with a couple who are refreshingly ope...
They had a whirlwind romance, and he spun a tale of their future to come—marriage, kids, a life together. He's in his mid-forties, and she is in her l...
Should we have tried harder to make this work? What if you're the one who got away? These are the questions that keep us up at night. This week, Esthe...
For the first time in an Esther Calling, Esther speaks to the partner of the caller from last week to hear his perspective on the story. Then, she doe...
This week, a caller wonders if she’s sexually compatible with her partner or if they’ve just become too adherent to their sexual patterns. Esther help...
A young woman notices a pattern in her life of frequently being ghosted. And the last time this happened, it really stung. Not only did she lose a lov...
After becoming a mother for the first time, a young woman, reflects on the complicated relationship with her own mother. Esther guides her through est...
This is a classic session of Where Should We Begin, but might still be new to many of you. Almost two years ago her husband was diagnosed with early o...
This episode contains discussions of a death by suicide. Please take care listening. Recently, on Where Should We Begin, we've been focusing on the t...
Recently, on Where Should We Begin, we've been focusing on the things we sweep under the rug in our relationships—conversations that we have a hard ti...
A year after explosive revelations of cheating and the existence of a 14 year old son her partner never told her about, a woman receives a call about...
He's been searching for someone for so long that he questions if he's actually looking for a unicorn. He wants someone who holds the same religious va...
This is a classic session of Where Should We Begin?, but might still be new to many of you. What began as an eight-year affair between two women has s...
Imagine meeting the love of your life at work. And a few months in, you want to keep the guy but ditch the job. Which is fine—until your fiancé wants...
Theirs is an accelerated love story. They moved in, decided to have a baby, and are now struggling to weather the hardships of parenting together. She...
They have been best friends for years. He opened a book store and she was his first employee. Things were great until they weren't. She left to preser...
This is a classic session, from the first season of How's Work? They were mates in university before co-founding a successful communications company....
This week, Esther is in a borrowed bedroom in Los Angeles, the perfect place to talk about desire and the novel on every bedside table, All Fours. The...
