Couples Under Lockdown: Lagos, Nigeria

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.7 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Last summer they left everything they'd built in Seattle for a chance at a very different life. He took a dream turn to expand his company and be closer to home; she gave up her nursing job to manage their girls and explore new horizons abroad. COVID-19 hits as they watch the fate of other countries, knowing if it reaches Nigeria with a population of more than 200 million people, it will be devastating. They've been offered a chance to go home, but to what? Leaving Nigeria would mean walking away from everything, but staying could be more than either signed up for. Esther speaks to the couple as Africa begins easing restrictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And I feel like at the end of the day I'm just kind of like holy shit, you know, it's just nuts.
0:13.0	None of the couples you are about to hear are ongoing clients of Esther Perel.
0:18.0	For the purposes of maintaining their confidentiality, names and some identifiable characteristics have been removed.
0:25.0	But their voices and their stories are real.
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2:05.0	They moved from the West Coast to Lagos, Nigeria.
2:10.0	He had received a dream job where he could not just do well, but also do good.
2:17.0	I was approached by a vice president at the company I worked for with the proposition that they wanted to start a team here in Africa.
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