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#71 Esther Perel: Cultivating Desire

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Are You Secure in a Relationship?

What does it mean to be secure in a relationship? I'm going to give it you as an image of a little child. They sit on your lap, or they hold you, or they rest on your shoulder or on your chest. That is security in a relationship, for adults and for children. Even when i'm gone,when i come back, you'll be there. And so i experience freedom and connection at the same time. that's why that game is so important, is to know that even when i're gone, i live inside of you. You don't have to worry about leaving somebody there who is suddenly bewildered and anxious and depressed and angry. Or that you

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