Where Should We Begin? (Esther Perel)

Esther Perel has been one of my favorite counselors/speakers for a while now.  She is so practical and direct.  I heard her speak recently, and she blew me (and the rest of the audience) away.  I was fortunate enough to meet her, and get an autograph.

She said she had a new podcast series that she had just produced.  I think she said it was going to be released soon (October '17?), but that it was already available on Audible.  Well, turns out it's also available on YouTube.

These audio files are excerpts from actual counseling sessions.  They are powerful and impactful to me because I have been through similar counseling.  This is amazing stuff, pure gold.  One of the comments (to episode 6) described it well, in my opinion:

Esther Perel is a saint, she's amazing. As a social worker, I wish had at least half of the compassion, understanding, and patience that she exhibits in these sessions.  Such touching, moving, funny, and heartbreaking sessions. I would say the best way to describe "Where Should We Begin" as raw and real. Thank you, Esther I need to introduce my partner to your concepts and ideas

I believe listening to these recordings is time well-spent for anyone in a relationship, or anyone who wants to be in a relationship--that is, for just about everybody!


Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Book #1 I've Had Better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1QGarbxe5E

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Book #2 Motherless Women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glwm_oXFHM0

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Book #3 Speak to Me in French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC9fVYWBwt8

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Book #4 The Addict
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQTQHeU9y8c

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Book #5 Impotent Is No Way to Define a Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6PZV3bluxg


Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Book #6 There's You There's Me and There's Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHiV0Xc3TG0

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Book #7 Tell Me I'm Not Alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do4ldatw5FI

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Book #8 Sexlessness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mILhy04rZE4

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Book #9 Trauma Doesn't Like to Be Touched
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaaytLbtD-A

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Book #10 I Can't Give You a Child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6G5zaJQ6MI


And there is a lot more material from Esther Perel out there as well.  All of it that I have heard is fabulous.  Here are two podcasts where she was a guest.

Art of Charm podcast: Esther Perel | Mating in Captivity (Episode 410)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6J9KyiOhbk

Esther Perel Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu-sCM0eXaw



Update, October 11, 2017, with more podcasts:

Another episode of the Tim Ferriss show:
Intimacy, Emotional Baggage, Relationship Longevity, and More – Esther Perel

Lewis Howes School of Greatness podcast:
Esther Perel - THE TRUTH ABOUT INFIDELITY, INTIMACY, AND LOVE