Esther Perel

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5,077 appearances 21 recordings 15 series first heard Sep 2024 last heard 21 Jun

Esther Perel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 7 in all, peaking in May 2026 with 3.

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Because it is made to create addiction, to make you want to come back for more.

It has that smell.

It has that taste.

It lingers after you've swallowed.

It's programmed.

And we don't always go for what we think is good for us.

We are a creature that does a lot of things that are not good for us.

And because we are lured by it.

So why do we accept the easy, the fast, the effortless, the vanity?

The agreeableness builds our vanity because we are sometimes vain people.

Should love be hard?

Love isn't hard.

I don't think that is the right adjective here.

I think love is active.

It is a verb that you conjugate in multiple tenses.

And it is incredible how it strengthens itself when it overcomes adversity or crisis or grief or challenging events.

It's unbelievable how it expresses itself and manifests itself in ways you never thought you were capable of.

You know, you have a pet, you discover a love you've never known before.

You have a baby, you have an expansiveness of your heart that is mixed with grief.

There is no love without the fear of loss.

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