Esther Perel

When people think, and you are a sexologist and you must have had... No, no, no. I grew up in utter ignorance. Wow. I wish I had been told a lot of things in that domain.

When people think, and you are a sexologist and you must have had... No, no, no. I grew up in utter ignorance. Wow. I wish I had been told a lot of things in that domain.

So I wish I'd been told that. It's a very common answer. Is it? Yes. I wish I had been told I was loved. I am capable. I'm worthy of something. I miss you. I mean, many things that people want to hear have to do with feeling, basically feeling seen, feeling acknowledged, feeling valued, you know.

So I wish I'd been told that. It's a very common answer. Is it? Yes. I wish I had been told I was loved. I am capable. I'm worthy of something. I miss you. I mean, many things that people want to hear have to do with feeling, basically feeling seen, feeling acknowledged, feeling valued, you know.

So I wish I'd been told that. It's a very common answer. Is it? Yes. I wish I had been told I was loved. I am capable. I'm worthy of something. I miss you. I mean, many things that people want to hear have to do with feeling, basically feeling seen, feeling acknowledged, feeling valued, you know.

So I spent 35 years in my office seeing patients. I still do. And at one point, I started to wish that people would hear some of the powerful insights that occur in the conversations in my office. And not that many people can actually enter the kind of healing that takes place. And I just thought, I have to open the door to this office.

So I spent 35 years in my office seeing patients. I still do. And at one point, I started to wish that people would hear some of the powerful insights that occur in the conversations in my office. And not that many people can actually enter the kind of healing that takes place. And I just thought, I have to open the door to this office.

So I spent 35 years in my office seeing patients. I still do. And at one point, I started to wish that people would hear some of the powerful insights that occur in the conversations in my office. And not that many people can actually enter the kind of healing that takes place. And I just thought, I have to open the door to this office.

so that people can hear not everything takes place in a therapy office. How do I bring those stories to the world at large? How do I create what has become a public health campaign for relationships worldwide? And that was my invitation is first I open the doors and I come to you, but then I want you to actually become a fly on the wall

so that people can hear not everything takes place in a therapy office. How do I bring those stories to the world at large? How do I create what has become a public health campaign for relationships worldwide? And that was my invitation is first I open the doors and I come to you, but then I want you to actually become a fly on the wall

so that people can hear not everything takes place in a therapy office. How do I bring those stories to the world at large? How do I create what has become a public health campaign for relationships worldwide? And that was my invitation is first I open the doors and I come to you, but then I want you to actually become a fly on the wall

and listening to the raw, intimate, anonymous conversations of others, and you will see yourself. If you listen intensely to others, you see yourselves, even if it's not your exact story. That's right.

and listening to the raw, intimate, anonymous conversations of others, and you will see yourself. If you listen intensely to others, you see yourselves, even if it's not your exact story. That's right.

and listening to the raw, intimate, anonymous conversations of others, and you will see yourself. If you listen intensely to others, you see yourselves, even if it's not your exact story. That's right.

So one of the things that changes is that we are today looking for a soulmate on an app. And the soulmate is the one and only, which basically has always meant God.

So one of the things that changes is that we are today looking for a soulmate on an app. And the soulmate is the one and only, which basically has always meant God.

So one of the things that changes is that we are today looking for a soulmate on an app. And the soulmate is the one and only, which basically has always meant God.

And now it's your partner. Yeah. And with this partner, you want to experience transcendence and wholeness and ecstasy and meaning all the things that you actually used to look for in the realm of the divine. And now you want that with your partner. So people say, well, are we asking for too much? And I say, no, we don't. We can have enormous expectations.

And now it's your partner. Yeah. And with this partner, you want to experience transcendence and wholeness and ecstasy and meaning all the things that you actually used to look for in the realm of the divine. And now you want that with your partner. So people say, well, are we asking for too much? And I say, no, we don't. We can have enormous expectations.

And now it's your partner. Yeah. And with this partner, you want to experience transcendence and wholeness and ecstasy and meaning all the things that you actually used to look for in the realm of the divine. And now you want that with your partner. So people say, well, are we asking for too much? And I say, no, we don't. We can have enormous expectations.