Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

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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.
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what a gift
Jan 28
For a modest subscription fee, you get access to more mind blowing therapy than you could get by emptying your bank account to pay for personal therapy over the course of a lifetime. What a gift to the masses!
So many ads and a paywall too
Feb 10
Perel is great but my primary experience of listening to this podcast is one of trying to escape their strategies for getting money out of it/me. Upwards of three minutes of advertising drivel between segments, so much content behind a subscription, and much of the free content a teaser for the paid stuff, which never becomes free even months later. It’s so jarring when juxtaposed with the show itself, which is trying to be about the fundamentally non commodifiable human goods. As I listen to Perel rattling off yet another pitch for socks or vitamins or whatever I just keep thinking “you have several best selling books, do speaking engagements all over the world and have a psychotherapy practice in Manhattan. Aren’t you rich enough? Isn’t this supposed to be about helping people?” Ditto on the celebrity content — these people are not interesting because they aren’t actually sharing any of their genuine struggles and thus they make Perel decidedly less interesting too. Of course we are all inured to this kind of thing by now but on this podcast it feels especially aggressive.
Re: I’m Keeping the Baby
Feb 3
I can’t believe the point wasn’t raised that the guy could have worn protection if he didn’t want a child!
The Way I Hear
Jan 16
Thank you Esther for the way you sound and deliver insights and facts to me. I listen to these podcasts and always come away with compassion and self understanding - remarkable.
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- CreatorEsther Perel Global Media
- Years Active2017 - 2025
- Episodes136
- RatingExplicit
- Copyright© 136272
- Show Website
- ProviderEPGM Apple Subscriptions
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