Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Podcast
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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.

  1. 1 DAY AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Esther Takes Your Questions from Los Angeles

    Esther's favorite part of her shows is getting to take questions from the audience, but not everyone has the chance to have their questions answered. In this bonus episode, Esther adds a coda to her Los Angeles show and lets the conversation and questions continue.

    15 min
  2. Esther Calling - Why Can't I Find Someone? Is it Me?

    3 DAYS AGO

    Esther Calling - Why Can't I Find Someone? Is it Me?

    Esther speaks to a woman who feels frustrated and stuck in her dating patterns. She loves going on dates, regularly meets people out and about, and feels open to having multiple forms of a relationship. And still…she gets to one or two or three dates before the relationship fizzles out. Esther gives her a new way to think about it and reframes her frustrations. Esther's has two new courses coming out this week. If you are interested in Bringing Desire Back or Playing With Desire in your relationships, then click the link below for more. And if you join the waitlist before 9/17, you will have the chance to ask Esther your questions about desire and eroticism and special access to a foreplay challenge Esther has dreamed up just for you. For more go to: https://www.estherperel.com/the-art-of-desire-waitlist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    40 min

  3. 12 SEPT • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    A Few Months Later - We Had Boundaries and He Crossed Them

    Esther checks in with the couple from this week's session—a consensual, non-monogamous relationship whose world was rocked when he broke the first rule of their relationship and it resulted in a major crisis. Now, three months later, how are they handling and weathering all of the upheavals in their relationship? And did the session help them turn the page?

    15 min
  4. We Had Boundaries and He Crossed Them

    9 SEPT

    We Had Boundaries and He Crossed Them

    They were in a consensual, non-monogamous relationship and happily growing their family. But he broke the first rule of their relationship, and it resulted in a major crisis—an unplanned pregnancy involving another woman. They are committed to each other, but this unforeseen transformation of their family has many unexpected consequences that involve their entire world—family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors. Will their relationship be able to survive all of these upheavals? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1h 7m

  5. 5 SEPT • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Bringing Back Desire - Preview

    Esther's new course bundle on desire opens for enrollment next week. She'd like to share a special preview with her subscribers and personally invite you to join her in unlocking desire and playing your way to a more erotically charged life in her new courses. In the first course, Bringing Desire Back, you'll learn how to remove sexual blocks, get unstuck, and reignite desire. In the second course, Playing with Desire, you'll learn how to bring more aliveness and vitality into your relationship and build rich, fulfilling, erotic rituals. If you like what you hear in this bonus, there's a special offer for Apple Subscribers at the end of the preview. Join the waitlist for the new course bundle on desire: https://www.estherperel.com/the-desire-bundle-waitlist

    9 min
  6. The Arc of Love - Happily Divorced

    26 AUG

    The Arc of Love - Happily Divorced

    They're amicably divorced divorce lawyers, carving out a new kind of relationship after the end of their marriage. Esther reframes their situation and proposes a radical solution. What you are about to hear is a series Esther calls The Arc of Love. Each session centers around a couple’s story. Whether it’s issues of trust and betrayal, care and aggression, closeness and distance, repair and rupture, polyamory or monogamy. The episodes can be listened to in any order you want but were curated with a beginning, middle, and end. For the first time on the U.S. stage, Esther invites you to an evening unlike any other. Join her as she shines a light on the cultural shifts transforming relationships and helps us rethink how we connect, how we desire – and even how we love. To find a city near you, go to https://www.estherperel.com/tour2024 Want to learn more? Receive monthly insights, musings, and recommendations to improve your relational intelligence via email from Esther: https://www.estherperel.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1h 2m
  7. The Arc of Love - All The Things We Never Said

    19 AUG

    The Arc of Love - All The Things We Never Said

    Often when a relationship ends, we're left with regrets, questions, and conversations we wish we could have had. Esther helps a woman process the things she left unsaid including the sexual grief and loss she feels after her husband unexpectedly died. What you are about to hear is a series Esther calls The Arc of Love. Each session centers around a couple’s story. Whether it’s issues of trust and betrayal, care and aggression, closeness and distance, repair and rupture, polyamory or monogamy. The episodes can be listened to in any order you want but were curated with a beginning, middle, and end. For the first time on the U.S. stage, Esther invites you to an evening unlike any other. Join her as she shines a light on the cultural shifts transforming relationships and helps us rethink how we connect, how we desire – and even how we love. To find a city near you, go to https://www.estherperel.com/tour2024 Want to learn more? Receive monthly insights, musings, and recommendations to improve your relational intelligence via email from Esther: https://www.estherperel.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    53 min

  8. 15 AUG • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    A Few Years Later - The Arc of Love - A Romantic Revival

    This is a revisit of a classic Where Should We Begin session- it was the first time Esther ever invited a couple back to revisit their session. This session also involves discussion of a death by suicide please take care while listening. 10 years ago, his first wife took her own life. A year later he met his current wife and she became an overnight stepmother to four children. Three years after they first spoke to Esther, she asks them what has changed? Have they been able to revive and sustain their love despite all of the obstacles?

    48 min
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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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