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Jun 2022
54m 33s

We Started As An Affair

Esther Perel Global Media
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Esther says in this session, “a love story is between two people, a marriage engages an entire community of people.“ Here we see how that plays out when the relationship in question is the result of an affair; when it means the dissolution of two prior marriages and the breaking up families. How does this couple write their own two-person love story when the ... Show More
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