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The Jordan Harbinger Show

911: Esther Perel | Cheating, Argument, and Conflict

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Education, Business, Science

4.8 β€’ 12.4K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Where should we begin examining our problems with relationships, cheating, conflict, and more? Legendary therapist Esther Perel talks us through it here!

What We Discuss with Esther Perel:
  • People who cheat don't necessarily want to leave their partner β€” they want to leave what they have become, or to get in touch with another part of themselves that they miss.
  • Is monogamy a state that mating humans evolved toward naturally, or is it more of a social construct imposed for the sake of control?
  • Most of us don't argue because we love conflict, but because we're trying to galvanize some kind of change that requires another person's participation. So how can we argue better for the sake of both parties?
  • What we can learn from conflict β€” especially with respect to creating connection.
  • As an expert in intimacy and human connection, where does Esther see us heading as a species when we can all have bespoke AI in our pocket that just exists to make us happy?
  • And much more...

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0:00.0

Special thanks to U.S. Bank and Nissan for sponsoring this episode of the Jordan Harbinger Show.

0:05.2

Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show.

0:08.4

Sometimes a person goes looking elsewhere, not because they want to find someone else,

0:14.6

but because they want to find another self. When we are in a relationship,

0:20.0

we enter a role, we become the father, the mother, the provider, the subjugated,

0:27.6

the responsible, whichever. And there is something about that transgression that often says,

0:35.3

it's not that I want to leave you, I want to leave what I have become.

0:44.0

Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. On the Jordan Harbinger Show, we decode the stories,

0:48.3

secrets and skills of the world's most fascinating people and turn their wisdom into practical

0:52.8

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0:57.2

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1:01.3

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1:29.2

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1:31.9

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1:36.8

Now today on the show, legendary therapist, Esther Perrell, I'm excited about this one. I really,

1:42.3

I've been waiting a while to do it. I've been friends with Esther for a long time going on,

1:47.0

I think a decade at this point. And since then, she's just taken over the world, you love to see it.

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