Yesterday

You Need Help to Help Her

This is a classic session of Where Should We Begin? A husband and wife are united in their desire to help their daughter, two years after she suffered a breakdown and moved home, shutting herself off from her family and friends. Esther urges them to examine the way pressure and e ... Show More

48m 57s

Nov 17

One Relationship. Two Truths.

She’s reeling from a relationship that brought both deep love and deep betrayal. After discovering that her boyfriend had been lying about the terms of their polyamorous arrangement, she’s left struggling to reconcile the intimacy they shared with the deception that shattered it. ... Show More

50m 44s

Nov 10

The One Who Stays and the One Who Goes

They met in vet school and married just as they reached graduation. But now his work takes him around the world, forcing them to live apart for months at a time. He’s ready to start a family, but she’s hesitant: how can they think about children when they’re often separated by di ... Show More

53m 4s

Mar 2024

Esther Perel on New AI – Artificial Intimacy

In this first episode in a series on the possibilities and costs of living beyond human scale, Brené and Esther Perel discuss how we manage the paradox of exploring the world of social media and emerging technologies while staying tethered to our humanness. How do we create IRL r ... Show More

1h 5m

Aug 2023

Esther Perel on Artificial Intimacy

For all the talk about AI, we rarely hear about how it will change our relationships. As we swipe to find love and consult chatbot therapists, acclaimed psychotherapist and relationship expert Esther Perel warns that there’s another harmful “AI” on the rise — Artificial Intimacy ... Show More

44m 7s

Nov 2020

To Be Less Polarized, We Must Humanize (with Esther Perel)

Baratunde ends Season One focused on the state of our relationships, a key pillar of how to citizen, and thus the health of our society after the most contentious election in modern history. In conversation with world-renowned relationship expert, Esther Perel, they discuss how t ... Show More

1h 4m

Nov 2021

43. Esther Perel Answers Your Relationship Questions

1. Why Esther often recommends letter writing if you don’t know quite how to start—or have—hard conversations. 2. What to say—and when to say it—to show up for a friend who is in a bad relationship. 3. The importance of rituals in transitioning through breakups—what we should d ... Show More

45m 25s

Aug 2021

How To Have Successful Relationships with Esther Perel

How To Have Successful Relationships | This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Athletic Greens, and Cozy Earth Modern love comes with an unprecedented list of expectations. Relationships can of course be a source of amazing connection and joy, but they can also be really h ... Show More

1h 11m

Nov 2021

42. ARE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS ALIVE? with Esther Perel

1. How, if you have been struggling in your romantic, parental, family, or work relationships through the lingering uncertainty of the last two years, you are not alone. 2. The revolutionary understanding that, in relationships, “behind every criticism is a longing; behind every ... Show More

1h 3m

Aug 2023

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel: Friendship — My Reliable Gift

Today, we’re sharing an episode of Where Should We Begin?, a Vox Media podcast hosted by the iconic psychotherapist Esther Perel. Listen in as real people in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories. In this episode, a Where Should We Begin ... Show More

58m 34s

Sep 2021

Turn Yourself On w/ Esther Perel

Esther Perel is one of the most fascinating thinkers today on issues of desire, sex, and relationships. As an author and psychotherapist, she helps therapy patients (and the general public) understand the complexities of love and desire with provocative questions. How do you turn ... Show More

54m 12s

Nov 2022

Esther Perel - Let's Be Better Lovers

If there’s such thing as a b-b-b-bonus B-B-B-BONUS ep, this is it. Psychotherapist Esther Perel is THE woman to turn to for relationship advice - IYKYK! Her two TED talks have been viewed over sixty million times, she’s written two books that have both been featured on the New Yo ... Show More

54m 54s

Apr 2022

Esther Perel: Relationships and How They Shape Us (Re-Release) #256

This is the third in a series of re-released episodes from the Feel Better Live More archives. In this conversation, I speak to arguably one of the world’s leading and most original thinkers on modern relationships, the wonderful, Esther Perel, who has long been on my dream guest ... Show More

1h 24m

Esther Perel on New AI - Artificial Inti...