How to Resolve Conflict in Relationships: A Conversation with Esther Perel

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🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Couples have arguments over many topics. However, it’s through resolving conflict that both people in the relationship feel heard and seen. Psychotherapist, relationship expert, and New York Times-bestselling author Esther Perel says conflict when navigated skillfully can lead to growth, resilience, and a stronger bond. In this conversation with John Donvan, Perel discusses her new online course, shares her experience working with different relationship types, strategies for transforming conflict into a constructive dialogue, and the importance of validating both sides’ perspectives. Our guest: Esther Perel, Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a reminder to all my girdies out there starting 2024 single.
0:03.5	What's meant for you won't pass you by and showing yourself a little love can go a long way and maybe a match on
0:08.4	bumble. Sometimes it can feel like there's a lot of pressure to constantly better yourself.
0:12.2	But just be
0:12.8	everybody's journey looks different and sometimes you just need to appreciate where you
0:16.5	are right now. This is open to debate I'm John Don Van. Hi everybody and as most of you know this program
0:25.3	tends to focus on debatable topics that are usually of a quite weighty nature things like foreign policy and economics and cultural trends and philosophical political disputes.
0:36.6	But that said, we also have a soft spot for Valentine's Day.
0:41.4	One time we debated around the question,
0:43.4	are dating apps killing romance?
0:45.6	Another time it was, should we have sex with robots?
0:49.0	Well, that one was maybe more about artificial intelligence
0:51.4	than about romance, but you get the idea.
0:53.4	So Valentine's Day has come around again,
0:55.9	and this time we're approaching it from a different angle.
0:58.5	Instead of a debate, I'm going to have a conversation
1:01.1	with psychotherapist Esther Perrell, host of the podcast,
1:04.0	Where Should We Begin, who has also made a name for herself globally, really, in offering
1:09.8	thoughtful and thought-provoking insight and guidance around relationships, especially of the one-on-one
1:15.0	kind that have the sexual or erotic component involved.
1:18.7	She's even taking her insights on tour.
1:20.3	This spring and fall, she's in cities across the United States, where you can enjoy an evening with
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