Friendship - My Reliable Gift

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

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

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 long they feel like brothers, with all of the baggage that comes with family but none of the certainty. There are things that go unspoken between them, issues they have skimmed over in their two decades of friendship. Esther creates the space for the conversation they didn't know quite where to begin. This session was recorded in collaboration with NPR's Invisibilia and a sibling episode with Esther can be heard on their podcast this week as well. Want to learn more? Receive monthly insights, musings, and recommendations to improve your relational intelligence via email from Esther: https://www.estherperel.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What you are about to hear is a classic session of where should we begin with Esther Perel.
0:05.7	None of the voices in the series are ongoing patients of Esther Perel's.
0:10.1	And each episode is a one-time counseling session.
0:13.3	For the purposes of maintaining confidentiality, names and some identifiable characteristics
0:18.8	have been removed.
0:20.3	But their voices and their stories are real.
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1:00.3	Read, watch and listen to The Guardian for free at the Guardian.com.
1:07.9	Support for Where Should We Begin comes from Apple Podcasts.
1:11.8	Sometimes we have the urge to reach into the past and grab onto the regrets or lost connections that have shaped us.
1:19.9	These moments have a way of making us wonder. What if things had gone differently?
1:25.3	Heavyweight is a podcast that explores that question and tries to make things right.
1:30.1	In a single episode, you can laugh, cry and reflect on your own defining moments,
1:35.3	and maybe even find the closure that you might be searching for.
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1:46.6	It's one of those things that it's like,
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