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 transcribedThey were aid workers who met abroad, fell in love, and came to the States to get married. After two years, her partner returned to his home country t...
Not all conversations with Esther have to happen behind closed doors. Last week, Esther sat down with Trevor Noah, live from the Vox Media Podcast Sta...
This is a classic session, from the first season of Where Should We Begin? A woman realizes she doesn’t want to have children and comes to Esther for...
Esther talks to a woman who, despite her best efforts, finds herself implicated in the same toxic cycle of abuse from her partner that she grew up wat...
They are a young couple with a small child and they fight non-stop. And while they each have good intentions, they struggle to hear or see each other....
Ira Glass has created over 800 episodes of the genre-defining radio show and podcast This American Life. Each week on the show he weaves together stor...
Too often we can focus on troubles in our relationships and not what happens when the relationship goes right. This week, Esther explores the inner wo...
She lost her husband five years ago. Now, she's finally ready to start picking up the pieces of her life to begin dating. Esther talks her through wha...
They find themselves at an erotic stalemate. Married for 20 years with four children, they have lost their way with each other. He wants it all the ti...
They are new mothers after a long wait and they are both struggling in their roles at the same international organization. One can't seem to get out f...
This episode contains discussions of a sexual trauma. Please take care listening. This is the second part of a special two part conversation. Certain...
This episode contains discussions of a sexual trauma. Please take care listening. A woman in a healthy and loving relationship talks to Esther about t...
For years she has been the breadwinner while he has felt like a failure at home raising their daughter. After he found a new career and subsequently,...
Esther speaks to a woman who seems to get to a certain place within a relationship and then they end it. In her words, she seems to keep finding herse...
Our friend Dan Harris hosts the Ten Percent Happier podcast. A skeptical journalist, Dan had a panic attack on live TV that sent him on a journey that...
Friendships are their own love stories. Our friends provide continuity in an ever-changing world. They accompany us through the trials and tribulation...
This is a classic session, from the first season of Where Should We Begin?. They’ve been together for more than a decade, but this isn’t the first tim...
A woman comes to Esther with a question about how to move on from the pain that her parents have caused her. They’ve begun family therapy but she wond...
Esther speaks to a man struggling to live a life he can enjoy. He feels wracked with guilt over a troubled history with his birth mother and her life...
This is a classic session, from the first season of Where Should We Begin? A couple with two small children are at physical and emotional odds in thei...
