Love the Child, Not the Father
Theirs is an accelerated love story. They moved in, decided to have a baby, and are now struggling to weather the hardships of parenting together. She feels unsupported and like she's the only adult i...
14 Okt 202458min
Best Friends Don't Make For the Best Bosses
They have been best friends for years. He opened a book store and she was his first employee. Things were great until they weren't. She left to preserve the friendship- but a year later they still hav...
7 Okt 202445min
Say More - Miranda July and Esther Perel on The Rebirth of Desire
This week, Esther is in a borrowed bedroom in Los Angeles, the perfect place to talk about desire and the novel on every bedside table, All Fours. The writer, director, and artist, Miranda July, joins...
23 Sep 202455min
Why Can't I Find Someone? Is it Me?
Esther speaks to a woman who feels frustrated and stuck in her dating patterns. She loves going on dates, regularly meets people out and about, and feels open to having multiple forms of a relationshi...
16 Sep 202439min
We Had Boundaries and He Crossed Them
They were in a consensual, non-monogamous relationship and happily growing their family. But he broke the first rule of their relationship, and it resulted in a major crisis—an unplanned pregnancy inv...
9 Sep 20241h 5min
You Keep Planning A Future Without Me
They met as community organizers in their neighborhood. She had just gotten out of a multi-year marriage to her ex-wife and began to forge new friendships. After about a year, something shifted for he...
24 Jun 202455min
Four Affairs, Four Divorces. Why Do I Keep Doing This?
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 partner, she questions her ability to maintain a h...
17 Jun 202455min
What If I Break Up With My Dad?
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 part of her father has ruptured the family- and le...
3 Jun 202452min
