You Need Help to Help Her

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

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

4.7 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This is a classic session of Where Should We Begin? A husband and wife are united in their desire to help their daughter, two years after she suffered a breakdown and moved home, shutting herself off from her family and friends. Esther urges them to examine the way pressure and expectations – no matter how well-intentioned – can shape a child’s upbringing. Also, please join me on Entre Nous, my new home on Substack for anyone who wants to live, love, and work with more connection and imagination. I invite you to sign up and become a free or paid member at estherperel.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What you are about to hear is a classic session of where should we begin with Esther Perel.
0:05.0	None of the voices in the series are ongoing patients of Esther Perel's.
0:10.0	And each episode is a one-time counseling session.
0:13.0	For the purposes of maintaining confidentiality, names and some identifiable characteristics have been removed.
0:20.0	But their voices and their stories are real.
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1:36.3	We don't understand what's happened or how to help her and what parts we even can help her with and what parts she just has to
1:46.5	figure out. The specific things of this happened or this happened or this is going on, it's not as
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