Sex & Relationship Therapist Esther Perel on Modern-Day Dating Challenges for Men

The Man Enough Podcast

Wayfarer Studios LLC

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

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

We talk about dating for men, rethinking balanced relationships, how the rapidly changing norms challenge men to unlearn and keep up faster than they ever have, and how men can show up more in the abortion conversation. About Esther Perel: Esther Perel is a world-renowned “male-friendly” therapist, sex & relationship expert, NYT bestselling author, top podcast host (Where Should We Begin? and How's Work?), TEDTalk superstar (25MM views!), and now game creator. She is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. New episodes every Monday 🎙️ The video version of every episode and bonus features will always be available on the @wearemanenough YouTube channel ( https://youtube.com/WeAreManEnough ) and at https://ManEnough.com/podcast The Man Enough Podcast is produced by Wayfarer Studios and presented by Procter and Gamble, in partnership with Cadence13, an Audacy company. SHOW NOTES 1:15 - Host intro: dating advice from married men; Andrew Tate, the “king of toxic masculinity” 12:20 - Esther joins and they play her game, “Where Should We Begin - A Game of Stories” 26:00 - When was the last time you didn’t feel enough? 30:00 - Dating and relationship challenges, how norms and expectations have changed 36:30 - How Esther’s work benefits humanity and benefits men 42:20 - Empathy for men who are struggling with the current cultural environment, disenfranchisement 50:05 - How men are (or aren’t) showing up in the abortion conversation 58:30 - Host wrap-up JOIN THE MAN ENOUGH COMMUNITY: https://instagram.com/wearemanenough https://tiktok.com/wearemanenough https://twitter.com/WeAreManEnough https://facebook.com/wearemanenough https://youtube.com/WeAreManEnough Subscribe to the Man Enough newsletter for behind the scenes, updates, sneak peeks of new episodes, and positive masculinity content: https://manenough.com/newsletter Read the Man Enough book: https://manenough.com/books Pre-Order the Boys Will Be Human book: https://boyswillbehuman.com ESTHER PEREL LINKS: https://www.instagram.com/estherperelofficial/?hl=en https://twitter.com/estherperel?lang=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4eN7PS9mi8__4EYxy6VpFw Esther Perel Podcast: https://www.estherperel.com/podcast Esther’s Game: “Where Should We Begin - A Game of Stories”: https://game.estherperel.com/ FOLLOW THE HOSTS: Justin Baldoni https://instagram.com/justinbaldoni https://www.tiktok.com/@justinbaldoni https://facebook.com/justinbaldoni https://twitter.com/justinbaldoni Text: +1 (310) 845-6909 Liz Plank https://instagram.com/feministabulous https://tiktok.com/@lizplank https://facebook.com/feministabulous https://twitter.com/feministabulous http://www.elizabethplank.com/ Jamey Heath https://instagram.com/jamey_heath_ https://tiktok.com/@jameyheath https://twitter.com/jamey_heath_ https://facebook.com/jameyjaz http://www.jameyheath.com/ SPECIAL ADVERTISER OFFERS FOR YOU Turning Points Podcast Check out season 2 of Turning Points: Navigating Mental Health. The first episode features Boston Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo. A podcast from Point32Health in partnership with Boston Globe Media. Available wherever you get your podcasts. #dating #datingadvice #datingadviceformen #relationships #relationshipadvice #abortion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Justin Baldoni here, just wanted to let you know that my next book, Boys Will Be Human,
0:05.4	a get real gut check to becoming the strongest, kindest, bravest person you can be is available for
0:11.0	pre-order right now.
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0:15.0	that's boys will be human dot com
0:17.0	It comes out October 4th and I am so proud of this book.
0:20.0	It's a book that I desperately needed when I was in middle school and high school so if you
0:24.4	know a boy that is between 11 and a hundred I promise you this book is for them that's
0:30.3	boys will be human dot com coming up on the man enough that's Boys Will Be Human.com.
0:34.0	Coming up on Man Enough.
0:36.7	For women who are listening who say,
0:38.5	I can't find a good guy. And for men who are listening who say, I can't satisfy any woman,
0:41.2	I don't want to date anymore.
0:42.3	What would you tell those people? You woman I don't want to date anymore what would you tell those people you
0:44.4	know don't dick around and then say I'm not meeting the right person because what
0:49.4	you're waiting to be dazzled right I love this just like suddenly melt the plot is much more thick than we typically want to
0:57.2	let it be.
1:01.1	Being man enough what does that mean?
1:04.0	It's really manly to mess up, admit you're wrong, and then grow.
1:08.0	I couldn't accept that I was evil, so maybe I'm broken, but those broken things could be corrected.
1:13.1	Intimacy between a father and a son is me just wanting to like,
1:16.3	put my head in your lap.
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