Today we’re sharing the first episode of Esther Perel’s new show How’s Work? In it, Esther sits down with coworkers, cofounders and colleagues, and brings her inimitable perspective to workplace relationships and conflicts. You can listen to all episodes right now for free on Spotify and weekly everywhere else. https://smarturl.it/hows-work In this episode, friends and fellow dancers at a strip club: one brings years of experience, the other a youthful energy that turns angry at times. They’re here to talk about boundaries that are crossed, educating “civilians" about their work, family acceptance, and how they'll transition from the sex work industry into professional careers. Can sex work be a bullet point on a resume?

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel's New Show: How's Work?

They’re a divorced couple whose two-household relationship may prove that a happy family doesn’t have to end with divorce.

Happily Divorced

They’re a child desperate to connect with their single mother after 28 years of living in the shadow of a special-needs brother.

Mom and Monique

He’s away a lot. She’s a stepmother at home to four children whose mother died by suicide. Is there anything left over for her?

A Romantic Revival

She wonders if she can satisfy her attraction to women without losing the husband she loves.

The Other Woman

Their relationship started with an affair that ended two marriages. Now they wonder if there’s enough trust there to build something stable together.

A Small Town Affair

She lives in Mexico, he lives in the US. Their immigration status has forced them to consider marriage sooner than they might have planned.

Young Love

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Almost two years ago her husband was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's Disease. They have three kids, a mortgage to pay, and he has developed some compulsive behaviors he isn't proud of. Esther helps them learn how to turn off the caregiver, and remember they are much more than that to each other.

I Don't Want to Be Your Caregiver, I Want to Be Your Wife

[Contains mature themes] After a discovery in her doctor's office, a woman realizes her husband has been unfaithful. While betrayed and angry, she still feels a desire to stick it out for the sake of the kids. He, meanwhile, is desperate to find a way back to her. Esther takes them back to their upbringings and the years before the infidelities to find a place of mutual compassion.

I've Had 100 Conversations with You in My Head

[Contains mature themes] They’ve been together for more than a decade, but this isn’t the first time they’ve separated. Stuck in a cycle of explosive escalations, a husband and wife want to make it work but can’t break their habit of going for the emotional jugular. Esther encourages them to start their conversations differently.

You Can Be Right or You Can Be Married

[Contains mature themes] What began as an eight-year affair between two women has stretched into a 19-year partnership. But despite their private commitment to one another, they’ve never quite managed to move beyond the shame of their origin story. Esther takes a novel approach to revealing a long-held secret.

Questions You Aren't Allowed to Ask

A young couple has endured a series of crises early in their marriage, from a benign brain tumor to a serious car crash to the husband’s near-fatal heart attack. Following his recovery, he’s adapting to new physical limitations, while she says the children bear the brunt of his frustrations. Esther coaches them through an honest conversation on anger, parenthood and the power of apology.

Leaving the Shame Behind

[Contains mature themes] An on-again, off-again couple in their fifties, dating in a post-divorce landscape, are struggling with different world views, priorities and sexual interests. Recognizing that their polarized dynamic takes the fun out of spending time together, Esther guides both towards less rigid perspectives.

Ms. Entitlement and Mr. Sacrifice Out On a Date

After ten years, a husband tells his wife he no longer wishes to be married. A month later, stuck in limbo, they come to Esther. She helps them have an honest conversation about their expectations, desires, and the ways in which their role as parents has left little room for intimacy.

I Want to Feel Wanted

Real couples. Candid conversations. Surprising truths. In the new Audible series, listen in as the foremost authority on modern love Esther Perel meets with real couples—and their stories become your stories.

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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

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