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.
139 episodes transcribedOften when a relationship ends, we're left with regrets, questions, and conversations we wish we could have had. Esther helps a woman process the thin...
This episode contains discussions of a death by suicide. Please take care listening. The suicide of his first wife left four traumatized children in i...
Ten years and two kids later, a wife comes to Esther looking for answers: does she want to explore her attraction to women because she's bisexual, or...
Join Esther for a dinner table conversation on the topic of polyamory. The dinner was held to mark the anniversary of a panel discussion Esther was pa...
It began as a passionate affair and ended two marriages. Now, they're struggling as they try to build trust. Esther encourages them to be brutally hon...
They met in college; he's a U.S. citizen and she's trapped in a cross-border limbo. Their young love complicated by immigration status and politics, E...
The Arc of Love is my gift to you as your summer beach listen of 2024. A curated collection of stories about trust and betrayal, care and aggression,...
This is a classic session, from the first season of Where Should We Begin? A husband hasn’t had an erection in 12 years and struggles with acknowledgi...
They met as community organizers in their neighborhood. She had just gotten out of a multi-year marriage to her ex-wife and began to forge new friends...
Four affairs and four divorces later, she is searching for answers as to why she can’t stop leaving in such an abrupt way. Despite longing for a life...
This is a classic session, from the first season of Where Should We Begin? A newly married couple comes to Esther for guidance on how to create a spac...
Esther takes a question from a young woman struggling with her relationship with her father. A recent divorce and the slow reveal of an affair on the...
In this Esther Calling, Esther speaks to a young woman grappling with the burden of caring for her ailing parents and the feelings of resentment she f...
They grew up together and now run a production company. They are contending with the growing pains of transitioning from best friends to coworkers and...
Esther speaks to a woman who is experiencing a kind of a double story. She resents her mother for the choices she made and the example she set, while...
This is a classic session, from the first season of Where Should We Begin? A middle-aged couple, together for seventeen years, best friends and partne...
He gets to a certain point in relationships before he starts fantasizing about his ex-boyfriends or other future partners. Esther talks him through wh...
She gets angry when she feels devalued and put down. He intellectualizes and rationalizes instead of sympathizing. Esther helps them to see each other...
A woman whose ex-boyfriend cheated on her with his ex girlfriend ends a perfectly good relationship because she can't trust how close her current part...
This week we're airing a very special episode of Brené Brown's Unlocking Us where Esther and Brené discuss how we manage the paradox of exploring the...
