Having Needs Doesn't Make You Needy
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
Esther Perel Global Media
4.7 • 16.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The best gift I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike. |
| 0:07.0 | It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like, it was so, it was all wrapped up, |
| 0:13.0 | it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing's shaped like a bike and I had a little ribbon on it and I was so guest. |
| 0:17.0 | For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now so for that one change me a little. |
| 0:24.0 | Enjoy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks. |
| 0:31.0 | What the fuck? |
| 0:36.0 | You're kidding me! I'm so angry! |
| 0:40.0 | Look at this thing! You're kidding me! |
| 0:45.0 | Celebrate Italy not qualifying for the football with spicy Italian flavours, the ultimate spicy sausage. |
| 0:52.0 | It's with Enduja, a sausage more fiery than a disappointed Italian fan. |
| 0:57.0 | Subject to availability. |
| 1:04.0 | Every season for where should we begin I receive thousands of applicants and one of the most frustrating things is that I'm only going to be able to see ten couples. |
| 1:16.0 | And I've been grappling with this. How can I connect with more of you? There are so many powerful questions, so many pain points that I would like to be able to at least address with you even if shortly. |
| 1:29.0 | So this series is going to be different. It's you calling me with a very precise question. |
| 1:36.0 | With your pain point, me calling you back and together we think out loud and we go from where should we begin to where can you start? |
| 2:06.0 | Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Hi Esther. How are you? Good afternoon. I'm doing great. Much better now. |
| 2:17.0 | What is the question that you would like me to address with you? |
| 2:22.0 | I am in the first season of my life where I am actually dating for an extended period of time. And I would like to be uninhibited and be brave in my vulnerability and my honesty and my authenticity. |
| 2:45.0 | While still preserving what's sacred, I don't mind sharing, but I suppose the question is how do I foster reciprocation for my partner at an appropriate pace that honors both of our levels of intimacy and |
| 3:14.0 | how much we wish to share. And I tell myself often that I'm giving much emotionally. And I don't mind taking the lead in that area and then waiting for a response. |
| 3:30.0 | I'm taking it's funny. I'm taking dance lessons. I'm learning about principles of like lead and follow in a very tangible physical way. |
| 3:39.0 | What dance are you learning? I'm learning potato actually. So some of those principles I actually try to carry over to the coding process. |
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