Esther Perel
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Oh, that I used to experience with my ex-partner.
But then they go back to the shelf.
And their real estate diminishes.
Their impact diminishes.
You are beginning to be able to remember them without reliving them.
So you can tell a story that is a memory without having the entire activation of as if you were reliving it.
So they become a memory.
And
That is what it means to get over someone.
It's not to forget about them.
It's not to pretend they never existed.
It's they become a memory.
And sometimes it's a bad memory, but it lives in the recesses.
It's not right here.
Esther Perel, I'm so grateful that you came back on the show today, celebrating 20 years of Dating in Captivity.
I'm so grateful to always have you on the show.
And celebrating first year of Substack.
It's a place to gather.
Yeah.
the work from the podcast to the writings, to the exercises, to the notes, to the afterthoughts.