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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

You are Vocal on the Criticism But Silent on the Compliments

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

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

4.715.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

She feels abandoned by him, he feels choked by her, and their marriage is at a tipping point. They are a couple so focused on their kids that they have lost their connection and their sense of self. Despite creating a life story where family is the center of everything, they feel completely alone. Can Esther help them write a new story? 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

None of the voices in this series are ongoing patients of Esther Perel.

0:06.3

Each episode of Where Should We Begin is a one-time counseling session.

0:10.6

For the purposes of maintaining confidentiality,

0:13.5

names and some identifiable characteristics have been removed,

0:17.5

but their voices and their stories are real.

0:30.1

Gen X women are doing it, and doing it quite well.

0:37.4

Having a bit of this sexual rediscovery later and finding that everything still works, sometimes much to their surprise, that desire

0:40.2

is still there, that, you know, sexual function is still there.

0:44.7

Is there a middle-aged sexual renaissance of foot? And should 50-somethings be crediting 20-somethings

0:50.4

for it? That's this week on Explain It to Me. New episodes every Sunday morning,

0:56.1

wherever you get your podcasts. This week on Networth and Chill, we're honored to welcome

1:02.4

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1:07.2

and consumer protection. In this revealing conversation, the former Harvard Law Professor turned political powerhouse

1:13.9

breaks down complex financial systems with her trademark clarity and conviction.

1:19.1

Listen wherever you get your podcast or watch on the Your Rich BFF YouTube channel.

1:24.4

We have times where I feel like we're the happiest.

1:28.8

I'm so in love with him.

1:30.7

We have like four weeks where I'm like on cloud nine after 16 years.

1:36.1

And then something happens with his family.

1:39.5

The second I say anything, he turns into like completely different person, cold, super, like awful.

1:46.4

And then I want to definitely meet.

1:48.4

And I feel like I'm in the worst marriage.

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