
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
Esther Perel Global Media - estherperel.com
Latest episode: Mon Sep 15 2025
Every Monday morning step into the office of iconic psychotherapist Esther Perel and listen in as real people in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories. From breakups and open relationships to workplace conflicts and fractures in the family, it’s a place to hear our own stories reflected in the lives of others. So…where should we begin? Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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- Sep15Esther Calling - I’m Afraid of Losing More Than Just the Business51mins
- Sep8Esther Calling - A Secret I Can't Even Tell My Therapist47mins
- Aug25Esther Calling - Still Single at 4029mins
- Aug18Grief Begins With Love With Julia Samuel36mins
- Aug11Friendship - My Reliable Gift58mins
- Aug4Esther Calling - I Fell For My Best Friend42mins
- Jul28Esther Calling - Stuck in the Middle28mins
- Jul21Two Conversations Esther Wants You To Hear From Sessions Live48mins
- Jul14Can Our College Friendship Survive Adulthood?61mins
- Jul7What Now? with Trevor Noah - Meet Esther Perel - One of My Favorite People132mins
- Jun30Esther Calling - Never Been In a Long Term Relationship, Scared I Don't Know How To Do This46mins
- Jun23Esther Calling - Esther says "Run!"51mins
- Jun16Esther Calling - I Want To Fit In, But I Don't Want To Fit In58mins
- Jun9Esther Calling - First He Loved Bombed Me And Then It Was Over53mins
- Jun2Terms & Conditions May Apply: What We All Need to Know About Modern Dating49mins
- May19I Took My Boss to Therapy62mins
- May12Esther Calling - I Waited for You to be Ready but Now I’m 40 and Childless49mins
- May5Esther Calling - I Leave First So You Can't Abandon Me51mins
- Apr28Esther Calling - Stuck Between My Daughter and My Husband45mins
- Apr14I Can't Love You the Way You Want Me To60mins
- Apr7Esther Calling - Do You Love Me for Me or For What I Do for You?43mins
- Mar31Esther Calling - To Forgive My Ex-Husband I Need to Forgive Myself First46mins
- Mar24You are Vocal on the Criticism But Silent on the Compliments60mins
- Mar17Esther Perel Invites Us to Imagine Our Preferred Future54mins
- Mar10Leaving the Shame Behind49mins
- Mar3Esther Calling - No Longer Daddy's Little Girl44mins
- Feb24Esther Calling - I Can Break up with Him But I'm Still Stuck With Myself35mins
- Feb10When the Turn On Becomes a Turn Off59mins
- Feb3Esther Calling - I'm Keeping the Baby...Now What?42mins
- Jan27Is This Worth a Second Chance?60mins
- Jan20Esther Calling - Are We Just Not Sexually Compatible? Part Two52mins
- Jan13Esther Calling - Are We Just Not Sexually Compatible?43mins
- Jan6Esther Calling - Did I Get Ghosted or Is He Just Not That Into Me?43mins
- Dec16Esther Calling - I Don't Want to Turn Into My Mother51mins
- Dec2Esther Calling - Grief is Like a Fingerprint45mins
- Nov18Say More - Esther Perel on Fantasy with Gillian Anderson55mins
- Nov11How Many Times Can I Forgive You?59mins
- Nov4Finding Love Would Mean Letting Go of Who I Am51mins
- Oct21Esther Calling - You Are So Not Invited to My Wedding45mins
- Oct14Love the Child, Not the Father55mins
- Oct7Best Friends Don't Make For the Best Bosses45mins
- Sep23Say More - Miranda July and Esther Perel on The Rebirth of Desire51mins
- Sep16Esther Calling - Why Can't I Find Someone? Is it Me?36mins
- Sep9We Had Boundaries and He Crossed Them62mins
- Aug26The Arc of Love - Happily Divorced57mins
- Aug19The Arc of Love - All The Things We Never Said49mins
- Aug12The Arc of Love - A Romantic Revival48mins
- Aug5The Arc of Love - The Other Woman49mins
- Jul29The Arc of Love - The Poly Dinner Party51mins
- Jul22The Arc of Love - A Small Town Affair50mins
- Jul15The Arc of Love - Young Love50mins
- Jul8The Arc of Love - I Don't Think I Want Kids? But My Partner Might?54mins
- Jun24You Keep Planning A Future Without Me51mins
- Jun17Esther Calling - Four Affairs, Four Divorces. Why Do I Keep Doing This?51mins
- Jun3Esther Calling - What If I Break Up With My Dad?49mins
- May20Esther Calling - It Feels Like My Siblings Abandoned Me37mins
- May13Does Growing Up Mean Growing Apart?63mins
- May6Esther Calling - My Mom Should Have Set a Different Example42mins
- Apr22Esther Calling - Love is a Trap40mins
- Apr15I Think I Married the Wrong Person54mins
- Apr8Esther Calling - My Exes Exes Keep Ruining My Relationships50mins
- Apr1Esther Perel on New AI - Artificial Intimacy67mins
- Mar25Esther Calling - My Husband, His Other Wife, and Me40mins
- Mar19Sex, Comedy and Context: A Live Conversation with Trevor Noah49mins
- Mar11If He's A "High Value Man", What Am I?33mins
- Mar4I Love You One Day, I Hate You The Next53mins
- Feb26Say More - Ira Glass on Is This It?49mins
- Feb19I Trust You to Always Tell Me When I'm Wrong56mins
- Feb12Esther Calling - I Lost Him, But I Lost Myself Too46mins
- Feb5He Wants it Everyday, She Wants it Never55mins
- Jan29As They Like Me More, I Like Myself Less59mins
- Jan25Esther Calling - Part of Me Wants to Cheat Part Two34mins
- Jan22Esther Calling - Part of Me Wants to Cheat Part One45mins
- Jan15Now That I Have A Girlfriend, I Never Want To Leave My Wife58mins
- Jan8Esther Calling - Am I Just Your Placeholder?32mins
- Jan3Non-Negotiables in the New Year | From Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris56mins
- Dec18Say More - Neil Patrick Harris on Friendship33mins
- Dec4Esther Calling - My Emotional Inheritance41mins
- Nov27Esther Calling - Is This Survivor's Guilt?40mins
- Nov13She's Out, He's Still In.58mins
- Nov6Esther Calling - Depleted Mothers Club31mins
- Oct30A Marriage Organized Around Trauma56mins
- Oct16A Hospital Divided58mins
- Oct9Esther Calling - I Left. Now I Want My Wife Back.43mins
- Sep25Esther Calling - Self Love Isn't Something I Grew Up With38mins
- Sep18How's Work? - The Preacher's Wife Part Two42mins
- Sep11How's Work? - The Preacher's Wife52mins
- Aug28Esther Calling - My Brother's Wife Ruined Our Relationship27mins
- Aug14Esther Calling- I Want Her to Like Me Less28mins
- Aug7Esther Calling - I Crossed a Line I Never Thought I Would Cross32mins
- Jul24Long Distance and Lost53mins
- Jul17Esther Calling - Am I Being Gaslit?36mins
- Jul10Donor Daddy53mins
- Jun27Where Should We Begin? is coming back… weekly2mins
- Mar11Love In War with Esther Perel: Ukraine58mins
- Jun23Esther Calling - I Need Her to See Me27mins
- Jun9We Started As An Affair54mins
- May26Esther Calling - I Deserve to Be a Mother31mins
- May12Esther Calling - Having Needs Doesn't Make You Needy18mins
- May5My Orgasm Is Not Just For Me55mins
- Apr28Twice Married, To Each Other54mins
- Jan20Esther Calling - Will He Make The Space For Me17mins
- Jan13Esther Calling - It's a Matter of Pride19mins
- Dec30I Can Be Strong and Be Taken Care Of56mins
- Dec23I Don't Mean to Be Mean, But...64mins
- Dec16An Intimate Evening with Esther Perel17mins
- Dec9Before We Got Together I Identified As Gay55mins
- Dec2Where Are They Now - A Romantic Revival51mins
- Nov18Esther Calling - Losing My Best Friend19mins
- Nov11Esther Calling - My Partner's Privilege19mins
- Sep30If I Quit, What Will People Say? | How's Work?55mins
- May14Couples Under Lockdown: Lagos, Nigeria54mins
- Apr16Couples Under Lockdown: New York, New York48mins
- Apr2Couples Under Lockdown: Bavaria, Germany54mins
- Mar24Couples Under Lockdown: Sicily, Italy49mins
- May17Prologue2mins