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Four Affairs, Four Divorces. Why Do I Keep Doing This?
Season 6 Episode 48
Four affairs and four divorces later, she is searching for answers as to why she can’t stop leaving in such an abrupt way. Despite longing for a life…
1 year, 8 months ago
What If I Break Up With My Dad?
Season 6 Episode 46
Esther takes a question from a young woman struggling with her relationship with her father. A recent divorce and the slow reveal of an affair on the…
1 year, 9 months ago
It Feels Like My Siblings Abandoned Me
Season 6 Episode 45
In this Esther Calling, Esther speaks to a young woman grappling with the burden of caring for her ailing parents and the feelings of resentment she …
1 year, 9 months ago
Does Growing Up Mean Growing Apart?
Season 6 Episode 44
They grew up together and now run a production company. They are contending with the growing pains of transitioning from best friends to coworkers an…
1 year, 10 months ago
My Mom Should Have Set a Different Example
Season 6 Episode 43
Esther speaks to a woman who is experiencing a kind of a double story. She resents her mother for the choices she made and the example she set, while…
1 year, 10 months ago
Love is a Trap
Season 6 Episode 41
He gets to a certain point in relationships before he starts fantasizing about his ex-boyfriends or other future partners. Esther talks him through w…
1 year, 10 months ago
I Think I Married the Wrong Person
Season 6 Episode 40
She gets angry when she feels devalued and put down. He intellectualizes and rationalizes instead of sympathizing. Esther helps them to see each othe…
1 year, 11 months ago
My Exes Exes Keep Ruining My Relationships
Season 6 Episode 39
A woman whose ex-boyfriend cheated on her with his ex girlfriend ends a perfectly good relationship because she can't trust how close her current par…
1 year, 11 months ago
Esther Perel on New AI - Artificial Intimacy
Season 6 Episode 38
This week we're airing a very special episode of Brené Brown's Unlocking Us where Esther and Brené discuss how we manage the paradox of exploring the…
1 year, 11 months ago
My Husband, His Other Wife, and Me
Season 6 Episode 37
They were aid workers who met abroad, fell in love, and came to the States to get married. After two years, her partner returned to his home country …
1 year, 11 months ago