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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

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9 snips
Aug 5, 2024 • 53min

The Arc of Love - The Other Woman

In this engaging discussion, Esther, a renowned relationship expert, guides a wife grappling with her bisexuality and the state of her marriage. They explore the complexities of love, trust, and intimacy in modern relationships. Themes of communication and emotional safety take center stage as they navigate the intricacies of non-monogamy and the impact of family dynamics. Esther's insights challenge listeners to reconsider relationship norms while highlighting the importance of vulnerability and desire in sustaining deep connections.
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26 snips
Jul 29, 2024 • 51min

The Arc of Love - The Poly Dinner Party

A lively dinner conversation brings polyamory into the spotlight, revealing its evolution and acceptance over the past decade. Guests share personal stories of navigating family dynamics and coming out, highlighting the importance of communication in non-traditional relationships. The discussion also challenges conventional definitions of love and family, advocating for diverse relationship structures. Jealousy is dissected as a complex emotion in both monogamous and polyamorous contexts, emphasizing openness as a pathway to deeper connections.
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5 snips
Jul 22, 2024 • 50min

The Arc of Love - A Small Town Affair

The podcast delves into complex relationship dynamics involving trust, betrayal, care, aggression, and polyamory. It explores the impact of self-esteem issues on relationships, patterns of lying, and navigating self-loathing within a partnership. The episodes offer insights on rebuilding trust, reflecting on past behaviors, and exploring the use of non-disclosure agreements in different contexts.
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19 snips
Jul 15, 2024 • 51min

The Arc of Love - Young Love

A young couple faces immigration challenges in their cross-border relationship, navigating love amidst legal obstacles. The podcast delves into themes of trust, betrayal, care, and closeness, offering insights on relationships and cultural dynamics. It explores the importance of communication, external connections, gratitude, and maintaining long-distance love.
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34 snips
Jul 8, 2024 • 54min

The Arc of Love - I Don't Think I Want Kids? But My Partner Might?

In this podcast, a man grapples with the idea of becoming a father while his partner is unsure about having kids. Esther Perel guides them through their conflicting desires. The episode delves into trust, betrayal, and navigating differences in desires for parenthood.
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33 snips
Jun 24, 2024 • 52min

You Keep Planning A Future Without Me

A lesbian woman enters into a straight relationship after meeting a man through community organizing. They face challenges as he questions their future and feels stuck in old habits. Esther Perel helps them navigate an erotic stalemate and explore their complex emotions, childhood experiences, flight fantasies, and communication dynamics.
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9 snips
Jun 17, 2024 • 52min

Esther Calling - Four Affairs, Four Divorces. Why Do I Keep Doing This?

Esther, with four affairs and divorces, seeks to uncover why she struggles in relationships. The podcast delves into trust issues, seeking unconditional love, self-worth struggles, emotional turmoil, and the impact of past experiences on current patterns. It explores themes of escapism, loneliness, communication, and breaking free from harmful cycles in relationships.
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27 snips
Jun 3, 2024 • 50min

Esther Calling - What If I Break Up With My Dad?

Exploring a strained father-daughter relationship post-divorce and affair discovery. Unpacking feelings of betrayal, hurt, and navigating complex family dynamics. Delving into emotional struggles, loyalty, and seeking understanding amidst challenging circumstances.
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9 snips
May 20, 2024 • 38min

Esther Calling - It Feels Like My Siblings Abandoned Me

A young woman discusses feeling abandoned by her siblings while caring for ailing parents. The episode explores family conflict, resentment, and navigating emotional vulnerabilities within sibling relationships.
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16 snips
May 13, 2024 • 1h 3min

Does Growing Up Mean Growing Apart?

Exploring transitioning from friends to coworkers in a family business, balancing unity and individuality in relationships, understanding group dynamics and conflicts, navigating individuality within family harmony, the burden of being the reliable backstop, appreciating progress in relationships, the balance between subjective truths and objective facts, maintaining boundaries between work and friendship, embracing movement over verbal expression for emotional struggles.

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