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Apr 2018
48m 28s

You Can Be Right or You Can Be Married

Esther Perel Global Media
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[Contains mature themes] They’ve been together for more than a decade, but this isn’t the first time they’ve separated. Stuck in a cycle of explosive escalations, a husband and wife want to make it work but can’t break their habit of going for the emotional jugular. Esther encourages them to start their conversations differently.

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