# Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

A podcast by Esther Perel Global Media. Every Monday morning step into the office of iconic psychotherapist Esther Perel on "Where Should We Begin" and listen in as real people in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories. From breakups and open relationships to workplace conflicts and fractures in the family, it’s a place to hear our own stories reflected in the lives of others. So…where should we begin? For an ad-free version of our podcast, plus bonus episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and more, visit our Office Hours section.

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## Latest episodes

- [Is My Fantasy Ruining My Love Life?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/53798a5166ce) (2026-10-26, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8945136607.mp3
- [Can I Still Be a Good Man if I Leave?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/7e73962ed4d6) (2026-10-19, 60 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2790100157.mp3
- [I Want You To Want Me](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/879273a18a3b) (2026-10-12, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1711621366.mp3
- [I Don't Mean to Be Mean, But...](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/e6e9741d1348) (2026-10-05, 67 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6831830338.mp3
- [My Ex, His AI Girlfriend, And Our Kids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/0396eea1707a) (2026-09-28, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6029153248.mp3
- [Good Relationships Need Better Fights](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/f93f4be78a37) (2026-09-21, 59 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6423574917.mp3
- [How Many Times Can You Betray Me?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/33572298f632) (2026-09-14, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7449686240.mp3
- [On Again/Off Again](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/d94095e2d3f0) (2026-08-31, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8395182908.mp3
- [Will I Always Be Alone?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/4c1620ef6164) (2026-08-24, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9310269222.mp3
- [Can I Be Loved?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/b76c6e667ca8) (2026-08-17, 38 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1492521442.mp3
- [Am I Being Gaslit?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/889b078f0fe3) (2026-08-10, 37 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3886442327.mp3
- [I Love My Partner, So Why Can’t I Let Go of My Ex?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/b2e398dac410) (2026-08-03, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2690073404.mp3
- [Burdens of the Family](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/c041ea7bf0fa) (2026-07-27, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3014074297.mp3
- [Is Using ChatGPT Hurting My Relationship?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/e1a702832e17) (2026-07-20, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6814785204.mp3
- [You Slept With My Best Friend](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/540cc58d2853) (2026-07-13, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5360965805.mp3
- [My Hero Complex](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/a5570193a540) (2026-06-29, 41 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8955506839.mp3?updated=1780936242
- [20 Years Later, Esther Revisits Mating in Captivity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/1716cff4e1d0) (2026-06-22, 45 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1364412653.mp3
- [In This Relationship What Is "I" and What is "We"?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/07faf4d14b45) (2026-06-15, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2064163687.mp3?updated=1781110295
- [Are You Abandoning Me or Am I Suffocating You?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/8c1fd57b3635) (2026-06-08, 52 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP4778948356.mp3?updated=1780417641
- [Love in the Time of AI with Kashmir Hill](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/09e7fd7eef8f) (2026-06-01, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8154947852.mp3?updated=1779895100
- [To Make Room for My Brother I Learned to Disappear](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/b637c2ff4084) (2026-05-18, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5438999385.mp3?updated=1778615005
- [I Gave Him an Ultimatum. Now What?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/3aab4656b511) (2026-05-11, 59 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9860532294.mp3?updated=1778085011
- [My Parents Got Divorced, So Why Am I Still in the Middle?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/e4beb420e637) (2026-05-04, 58 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7074890228.mp3?updated=1777394153
- [How To Start (Even When You Don't Know Where You're Going)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/8db717309d04) (2026-04-27, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5239713561.mp3?updated=1777045902
- [Is This the Person I'm Meant to Be With?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/7d912e5003f3) (2026-04-20, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3467516582.mp3?updated=1776181964
- [Wedding Woes About My Mom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/22c39068ddda) (2026-04-13, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2523731468.mp3?updated=1775495293
- [Should I Have Another Baby?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/1b95df66969c) (2026-04-06, 46 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3724143682.mp3?updated=1775236018
- [When I'm Manic I Cheat](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/cbe253a4a145) (2026-03-30, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3746592388.mp3?updated=1773761663
- [Love, Loneliness, and AI: Where Should We Begin? Live with Esther Perel and Spike Jonze](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/71f6d8310f68) (2026-03-23, 57 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2973360736.mp3?updated=1774034435
- [My AI Loves Me Better Than Anyone Ever Could](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/01a600d3ab5e) (2026-03-16, 65 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8669190306.mp3?updated=1773412968
- [Am I Letting My Jealousy Ruin This?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/daa2b979a985) (2026-03-09, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3453878859.mp3?updated=1771963970
- [Can We Repair After a 25 Year Affair?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/9b9a37f305a0) (2026-03-02, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3347473831.mp3?updated=1771533785
- [Trapped In Their Own Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/b0a5523bbbf6) (2026-02-23, 48 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1736688957.mp3?updated=1770908637
- [What if Dating Isn't For Me?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/f449db2d857b) (2026-02-16, 53 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3882871688.mp3?updated=1770737836
- [I Have a Crush on a Coworker](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/6ecdd8afaa78) (2026-02-09, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6849556515.mp3?updated=1770223681
- [Our Sex Life is a Disaster](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/f2a10fe937dc) (2026-02-02, 55 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP6656736571.mp3?updated=1769704416
- [I Told My Friend I Was in Love with Her, Then She Told Everyone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/56ec4b054bc3) (2026-01-26, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP7301584224.mp3?updated=1768230779
- [It's Very Hard to Live with a Saint](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/9181a92f29ce) (2026-01-19, 43 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9934785548.mp3?updated=1767882762
- [Was I Used for a Visa?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/c94648166b10) (2026-01-12, 56 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8800070661.mp3?updated=1767710965
- [Can Our Love Survive Our Differences?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/4723136c3da6) (2026-01-05, 61 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1628378830.mp3?updated=1766180234
- [He Loves Her, His Family Rejects Her](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/41da8c6bf476) (2025-12-22, 45 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9137274767.mp3?updated=1765301704
- [The Permission to Be and Not Just the Pressure to Do](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/ed6c43f0d0f5) (2025-12-15, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP5913305366.mp3?updated=1764687713
- [Love in War - Where Are They Now?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/af4f8683a3d2) (2025-12-08, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP3617837019.mp3?updated=1764876819
- [Mothering My Mother Into Mothering Me](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/1b52814a73be) (2025-12-01, 52 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1029563092.mp3?updated=1763566402
- [You Need Help to Help Her](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/070708556ee4) (2025-11-24, 49 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9407252446.mp3?updated=1763067896
- [One Relationship. Two Truths.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/03320f3bf1c6) (2025-11-17, 51 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP2670572500.mp3?updated=1762879981
- [The One Who Stays and the One Who Goes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/3b8820b275d9) (2025-11-10, 54 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9402439474.mp3?updated=1762193504
- [In Loving You, I Learned to Love Myself](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/be752fc67240) (2025-11-03, 49 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP8226441027.mp3?updated=1762139609
- [I Accidentally Dated An OnlyFans Star](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/f72f870bfb5e) (2025-10-27, 50 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP1900989159.mp3?updated=1760534948
- [The Chronic Philanderer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1237931798/9ee247139e60) (2025-10-20, 47 min): audio https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/257/traffic.megaphone.fm/VMP9544296971.mp3?updated=1760118925

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