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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

I Want to Feel Wanted

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

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

4.716.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

After ten years, a husband tells his wife he no longer wishes to be married. A month later, stuck in limbo, they come to Esther. She helps them have an honest conversation about their expectations, desires, and the ways in which their role as parents has left little room for intimacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

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0:27.0

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0:33.0

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0:35.0

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0:43.0

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And wake up.

0:48.0

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0:51.0

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0:55.0

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0:58.0

Two weeks ago my husband announced to me that he was no longer interested in continuing our marriage.

1:09.0

But just kind of blindsided me.

1:13.0

What you're about to hear is an unscripted one-time couples counseling session.

1:19.0

It contains mature themes and listener discretion it's advised.

1:23.0

For the purposes of maintaining confidentiality, names and some identifiable characteristics have been removed.

1:30.0

But their voices and their stories are real.

1:35.0

And the way he told me was so shocking because it was such a short conversation.

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