Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
Every Monday morning step into the office of iconic psychotherapist Esther Perel and listen in as real people in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories. From breakups and open relationships to workplace conflicts and fractures in the family, it’s a place to h...
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Esther Calling - He Doesn't Believe in Marriage, But I Can't Let Go of the Hope
When her younger sister gets engaged, a woman finds herself spiraling with unexpected grief and frustration. She’s spent years in relationships with m...
Is It Our ADHD, OCD, and PTSD? Or Is It Us?
A couple sits down with Esther Perel to untangle trust, control, and intimacy after becoming parents. He feels weighed down by anxiety and responsibil...
Breaking News Has Broken Us
This is a classic session of How's Work? A large and scattered network of journalists meet for a virtual session with Esther. Over the past year, they...
Esther Calling - Will This Heartbreak Ever End?
Nothing changes us quite like our first love—or our first heartbreak. After falling in love for the first time in his late twenties, he now finds hims...
Esther Calling - I’m Afraid of Losing More Than Just the Business
She’s watching the company she co-founded unravel—strained partnerships, family entanglements, and the weight of guilt, anger, and responsibility pull...
Esther Calling - A Secret I Can't Even Tell My Therapist
Their marriage was turbulent and the divorce is now two years behind her—but she still can’t let him go. Torn between the part of her that knows it wa...
Esther Calling - Still Single at 40
In this classic Esther Calling, Esther meets a man who’s never been in a relationship for more than five months. As he approaches age 40, he knows the...
Grief Begins With Love With Julia Samuel
Psychotherapist and bestselling author Julia Samuel invites us into a profound exploration of the twin forces of love and loss. With warmth and wisdom...
Friendship - My Reliable Gift
This is a classic session of Where Should We Begin? In a Where Should We Begin first, Esther sits down with two friends. They’ve been close for so lon...
Esther Calling - I Fell For My Best Friend
He fell in love with his best friend. But when his best friend reconnected with an ex, it was too much to bear and he had to end the friendship. He wo...
Esther Calling - Stuck in the Middle
He prides himself on being an empathic confidante to his friends…but is it to a fault? In this classic episode of Esther Calling, we meet a man fed up...
Two Conversations Esther Wants You To Hear From Sessions Live
Esther presents two conversations you have to hear from her clinical conference, Sessions Live. Listen in as psychiatrist and narrative therapist Paul...
Can Our College Friendship Survive Adulthood?
Friendship is a key thread of the social fabric. But what happens when the thread starts to fray?
They met in college and...
What Now? with Trevor Noah - Meet Esther Perel - One of My Favorite People
This week on Where Should We Begin we are sharing a very special episode of What Now? with Trevor Noah. Esther joins Trevor for a heartfelt conversati...
Esther Calling - Never Been In a Long Term Relationship, Scared I Don't Know How To Do This
He's 42 and is in his first real relationship. And he's panicking. He's afraid he doesn't know how to be in a true romantic partnership. With Esther's...
Esther Calling - Esther says "Run!"
Does loving him come with a price? After four months of dating, he’s asking her to cut ties with all of her exes. Is this a sign of love and commitmen...
Esther Calling - I Want To Fit In, But I Don't Want To Fit In
She is a single mother by choice. She lives in a very tight knit community with very traditional values. Now that her child is almost one, she's ready...
Esther Calling - First He Loved Bombed Me And Then It Was Over
She's grappling with the aftermath of a tumultuous relationship with a narcissistic partner. First, he love bombed her and made her feel special only...
Terms & Conditions May Apply: What We All Need to Know About Modern Dating
Dating often comes with a lot of questions. Who gets to say what they want? Who gets to be chosen? Who gets to choose? Should I stay on/off the apps?...
I Took My Boss to Therapy
This is a classic session, from the second season of How's Work? From day one, they’ve described their relationship as “tumultuous," but there are hig...
Esther Calling - I Waited for You to be Ready but Now I’m 40 and Childless
They were in love for 6 years and building a life together. They froze embryos and agreed on a timeline for getting pregnant. But when the time came,...
Esther Calling - I Leave First So You Can't Abandon Me
This week, Esther talks to a caller who often feels let down by her friends. She longs for deeper and more meaningful relationships and worries she is...
Esther Calling - Stuck Between My Daughter and My Husband
A mother comes to Esther for help dealing with the escalating conflicts between her husband and their teenage daughter. She's tired of being caught in...
Ms. Entitlement and Mr. Sacrifice Out on a Date
This is a classic session of Where Should We Begin? An on-again, off-again couple in their fifties, dating in a post-divorce landscape, are struggling...
I Can't Love You the Way You Want Me To
Their relationship is on the edge. They're grappling with communication issues and the emotional scars from their past. And they're trapped. Trapped i...
Esther Calling - Do You Love Me for Me or For What I Do for You?
"Am I too much?" is a consistent frame for a relationship that so many people come to Esther with. This week, a Southern preacher who has made a caree...
Esther Calling - To Forgive My Ex-Husband I Need to Forgive Myself First
Esther talks with a young divorcée about the challenges of co-parenting with her ex-husband while wrestling with feelings of anger and frustration. Th...
You are Vocal on the Criticism But Silent on the Compliments
She feels abandoned by him, he feels choked by her, and their marriage is at a tipping point. They are a couple so focused on their kids that they hav...
Esther Perel Invites Us to Imagine Our Preferred Future
We all know the difference between being alive and feeling alive. The state of the world has many of us struggling with threat and uncertainty, both o...
Leaving the Shame Behind
This is a classic session of Where Should We Begin? A young couple has endured a series of crises early in their marriage, from a benign brain tumor t...
Esther Calling - No Longer Daddy's Little Girl
Esther speaks to a woman who has been estranged from her father for almost two years for reasons she can’t quite figure out. Despite multiple attempts...
Esther Calling - I Can Break up with Him But I'm Still Stuck With Myself
Esther talks with a woman who is contemplating ending her five-year long-distance relationship. She reflects on avoidant behavior, stemming from a fea...
I Want to Feel Wanted
This is a classic session of Where Should We Begin? After ten years, a husband tells his wife he no longer wishes to be married. A month later, stuck...
When the Turn On Becomes a Turn Off
Sexual preferences demand a lot of trust, intimacy, and vulnerability in relationships. This week, Esther talks with a couple who are refreshingly ope...
Esther Calling - I'm Keeping the Baby...Now What?
They had a whirlwind romance, and he spun a tale of their future to come—marriage, kids, a life together. He's in his mid-forties, and she is in her l...
Is This Worth a Second Chance?
Should we have tried harder to make this work? What if you're the one who got away? These are the questions that keep us up at night. This week, Esthe...
Esther Calling - Are We Just Not Sexually Compatible? Part Two
For the first time in an Esther Calling, Esther speaks to the partner of the caller from last week to hear his perspective on the story. Then, she doe...
Esther Calling - Are We Just Not Sexually Compatible?
This week, a caller wonders if she’s sexually compatible with her partner or if they’ve just become too adherent to their sexual patterns. Esther help...
Esther Calling - Did I Get Ghosted or Is He Just Not That Into Me?
A young woman notices a pattern in her life of frequently being ghosted. And the last time this happened, it really stung. Not only did she lose a lov...
Esther Calling - I Don't Want to Turn Into My Mother
After becoming a mother for the first time, a young woman reflects on the complicated relationship with her own mother. Esther guides her through esta...