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Esther Perel's Where Should We Begin?: The Arc of Love

By: Esther Perel
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About this listen

For her latest Audible Original, Where Should We Begin?: The Arc of Love, Esther Perel invites you to listen to private and intimate conversations exploring the evolution of relationships. Hear six sets of people at different points in their quests for romantic and familial love, including a young couple whose immigration status has forced them to consider marriage, a stepmother trying to put the pieces back together for four children whose mother died by suicide, a nonbinary child desperate to connect with their single mother, a divorced couple whose two-household relationship may prove that marriage doesn’t have to end after divorce, and more. Listen and better understand your own relationships through the struggles of these people and Esther’s remarkable insights.

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About the Author and Performer

Esther Perel, the New York Times best-selling author of The State of Affairs, has transformed the conversation on what it means to be in love and have a thriving intimate relationship. For the past thirty-five years, she has worked with thousands of couples around the world who have grappled with a variety of relationship challenges – from intimacy to infidelity. In addition to providing therapeutic sessions for clients in her New York City private practice, Perel consults and speaks regularly on erotic intelligence, conflict resolution, and human connection. Weaving true love stories with incisive psychological and cultural analysis, she invites listeners into a revealing exploration of modern marriage. Her provocative audio series, Where Should We Begin? is an Audible Original.
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For those of us who seek not only to understand ourselves better but also the systems that shape us, Perel is invaluable – with each new episode, I naively wonder whether I will discover anything relevant to my life, and yet, episode after episode (and season after season), through these brief little windows into her work, we continue to meet the hidden, misunderstood, unexamined, overly examined, rehearsed, speechified, forgotten, infantile, wistful, resourceful, remorseful, joyful and imaginative parts of ourselves and our stories. Once again, Perel and her team have delivered something which we really have yet to find elsewhere. She is a gift to us all, and it is such an honour to listen. Thank you Esther, and thank you to everyone at Audible. You are changing lives and ushering us into a new era of relationships.

Magical, life-giving, irreplaceable...

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never thought I could pick up potential issues in my relationships by listening to Esther's sessions and commentaries. pretty good listen.

surprisingly inisightful

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I loved listening to all the real stories. It felt so real, just like I was sitting there next to them in the room. I felt the pain and joy, I cried and laughed with them. I admire them to get out there and share their story. I am one of Esther's fans and like the way she interacts with her clients. Highly recommended!

You get to feel pain and joy with each story

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Esther Perel skilfully instigates moments that change her client’s paradigm. She does it methodically and with artistic skill. Seeming to immerse herself completely in each individual’s experience to gather a deep understanding of their needs. The podcast is beautifully done and we can all only wish to find a therapist with a mind as progressive and holistic as hers!

Honest, raw and insightful

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Amazingly insightful and helpful. Truly relatable and life changing listen. All stories were relevant to my marriage experience.

Raw and real. Therapy at its finest.

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I certainly could have used her help back in the 80’s when I got divorced.

Thought provoking

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Everyone has a little something to learn from each story, a word or a phrase that really sticks with you and applies to you.

A beautiful collaboration of sessions

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A wonderfully helpful guide for couples looking to work through their struggles. I really enjoyed listening to Esther help these couples, she has to be one of the best at what she does.

Insightful

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Esther and her participants show profound courage to reach new insights about what it is to love in all its forms.

Outstanding insight with compassion

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she has great insight, although at times I struggled with her accent, but that is my limitation.

helpful insights into relationships

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