Where should we begin season one

by Esther Perel

Genres: Audiobook, Nonfiction, Self Help, Psychology, Relationships

Audiobook

First published October 17, 2017

About the author

Esther Perel is recognized as one of the world’s most original and insightful voices on personal and professional relationships. She is the best-selling author of Mating in Captivity Unlocking Erotic Intelligence, translated into 25 languages. Fluent in nine of them, the Belgian native is a practicing psychotherapist, celebrated speaker and organizational consultant to Fortune 500 companies. The New York Times, in a cover story, named her the most important game changer on sexuality and relationships since Dr. Ruth. Her critically acclaimed viral TED talk reached nearly 5 million viewers in the first year.

Known for her keen cross-cultural pulse, Esther shifts the paradigm of our approach to modern relationships. She is regularly sought around the world for her expertise in erotic intelligence, couples and family identity as well as corporate relationships and team collaboration.

Her clients and platforms include companies such as Nike, Johnson & Johnson and Mopar, the Open Society Institute, Tony Robbins Productions, Summit Series, Founder’s Forum, PopTech, Young Presidents Organization, Entrepreneur Organization, and the Bronfman Foundation.

Her innovative models for building strong and lasting relationships have been widely featured in the media across 5 continents spanning The New York Times, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, Ha’Aretz and The Guardian, The New Yorker, Fast Company, and Vogue. She is a frequent guest on radio and television shows including NPR’s Brian Lehrer Show, Oprah and The Today Show, Dr. Oz and The Colbert Report.

In addition to Esther’s 30-year therapy practice in New York City, she also serves on the faculty of The Family Studies Unit, Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center and The International Trauma Studies Program at Columbia University.

Reviews

[Roxana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading (well, here listening) about other people's lives can sometimes help you out of your own bubble. Life is so full of possibilities, we are diverse, intense in so many different ways. I loved the unjudgemental, kind, encouraging tone of the author.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is actually a podcast on Audible. Esther Perel is a relationship counselor and she interviews 6 different couples for about an hour each in the podcast. It’s parents and children, divorced couples, a couple who married after a suicide, etc. It’s fascinating to hear their stories and the counsel she gives them.

[Anca Popescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very interesting composition. Esther is just so good at re-writing the story of every couple. And all the definition of an affair she is covering in this, quite eye opening. Where he is steeping out, where she is stepping are the theams we (majority) see affair as. But going through Esterhs works she shows how much broader this actually is. She is so great at rearranging ideas.

[cypher · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting, but i was not a big fan of the format - direct sharing of couples during therapy, as talking to a microphone, made it feel a bit fake/unrealistic, even if the cases discussed seem real and common enough.
i also can't admit i always agree with the advice given, but this stems from a difference in personal/moral values between myself and the author, but i understand where she comes from, when she gives her input.
overall, slightly mixed feelings. i am also afraid of podcasts like this turning into drama/gossip click-bait, where overall, even if the author had a different intention, people's private lives end up exploited.

[Nadege · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was really awesome to listen to this audible production. It's not often that other people's healing is made available. I honestly learned so much. I recommend for anyone, you don't just have to be in a relationship. You will certainly learn about your own preferences and bias.

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Esther Perel's ideas on relationships and partnerships. Listening to these podcasts is like a more intense version of all the Dear Abby style articles on the internet. I like how Esther is so nonjudgmental about anyone and is always hopeful that the couple can work through their issues

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting & thought provoking and done in a way that makes it easy to integrate the advice given to suit your own situation.

[Stacey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very practical examples of resolving communication issues in close relationships—wish I had read this way earlier.

[Michelle Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

PHENOMENAL*
We can't get enough Esther!