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 transcribedAfter 20 years together, they wonder if their marriage has run its course? She is too unhappy to stay together and doubts if she ever felt true passio...
How do you begin to define a new identity for yourself when you've left the comforts of the world you've known in search of a bigger life? This is wha...
He was deployed to Fallujah, Iraq in 2004. In the 20 years since, he has struggled with PTSD and addiction. She has long taken on the role of his care...
This is a classic session, from the first season of Where Should We Begin? A new marriage and a young child—both are first-generation children of immi...
They're best friends and ER doctors at a small hospital. During the pandemic, they experienced a fracturing among their coworkers, who they once thoug...
He fell in love with someone at work and left his wife. Fast forward a year, he's engaged and realizes he's made a mistake. Now he wants his wife and...
This is a classic session, from the first season of Where Should We Begin? A young family, a ten-year age difference, and a wife who used an extra-mar...
Esther talks to a woman who was passed over for a promotion, again. She straddles two cultures and finds that it is impacting her work and her persona...
When a tragedy shakes their church and their community, both the preacher and his wife try to put the pieces back together for themselves and his cong...
She has never quite fit into the mold of the preacher's wife in their small town. He has put his self-worth solely into his career, as a bandaid over...
In this Esther Calling, we meet a woman who feels that her brother's wife is standing in the way of her relationship with her brother. For years, she...
This episode is a classic session of Where Should We Begin from season 1. They're grandparents, with a 40+ year love story and a stable, happy marriag...
A woman in her 40s talks to Esther about a crossroads in her life. She has begun a relationship with a supportive and loving partner, but without the...
What happens when you transgress the one boundary you never thought you would? In this week's Esther Calling, Esther talks to a woman who began an emo...
This is a classic session, from the first season of Where Should We Begin? A couple, together a decade, with three young children. He reached out beca...
They knew each other as kids. He grew up in a house where love was never a guarantee. She had the seemingly perfect family and all the love in the wor...
In this Esther Calling, Esther talks to a woman looking for clarity on whether she's being overly sensitive to her partner's critiques or if he is, in...
He donated sperm to help a friend start her family. A decade later that gift shattered his own. Esther talks through the consequences of a secret. Lea...
Every Monday morning step into the office of psychotherapist Esther Perel. Each week on Where Should We Begin?, hear real couples in search of insight...
In this session Esther counsels a couple torn apart by the war in Ukraine. Young sons divided between a mother who leaves for the sake of her youngest...
