Ep. 3: Speak to Me in French

By: Esther Perel

Narrated by: Esther Perel

Length: 39 mins

Publisher's summary

[Contains mature themes] A husband and wife met while deeply committed to the evangelical faith and didn’t kiss until their wedding day; for her, that kiss felt like “kissing her brother.” Esther gets creative in an effort to help them create a new sexual relationship.

Step into the office of renowned relationship therapist and TED Talk sensation Esther Perel, and listen in as she counsels couples in crisis due to infidelity, sexlessness, loss, and disconnection. The result? Astonishing insights on how they can make love work – and takeaways for you on ways to repair and restore your own relationships. This weekly, 10-part premium podcast is available for free through mid-July.

About Esther:

Esther Perel is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and provocative voices on personal and professional relationships. A celebrated psychotherapist who has helmed a private practice in New York City since 1983, she has over three decades of experience navigating the intricacies of love and desire.

©2017 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2017 Audible Originals, LLC

Insightful- Be You

I learned to not hold back and your true desires and your true personality. Easy to get caught up in who you think you should be or a proper way to react but not being genuine can only lead you astray from others and your true self.

Fabulous new way to do enactments in therapy!

A fabulous new way (blindfolded & in different characters) to do enactments in therapy. I can't wait to try it with a couple. Vivian Baruch, M.Couns, Sydney, Australia.

this was all sorts of uncomfortable for me.

Guess I'm not comfortable with role playing. Squirming the whole time. Esther is still amazing, really love her stuff. This was the one I liked the least though.
You should listen to it, to see if you squirm too! Haha!!

amazing

This series is absolutely amazing. I highly recommend it for any therapist working with couples.

So moving

This is such a beautiful healing playful session supporting a couple in reclaiming sexuality after trauma. I laughed and cried and was so moved.

Writing the same review of the whole set of these

So I'm not going to review each of these individually. They're all a great listen and I can't recommend one over the others. If you're in a place in your relationship where you're not happy and looking for steps you could take these are a great place to start. Esther does one-off sessions with these people and helps these see what is going on, and what they can do to change things. You don't have to be going through the exact same scenario to see some common threads, and find bits and pieces that will be helpful to you.

I'm going to leave the same review for each of these as you should really listen to all of them, rather than trying to pick and choose which you might find relevant.

Fascinating peak in real life relationship

A pattern examined, unusual for gender stereotypes. A woman who is wildly sexual, and a man that seeks sex, more from a place of love and connection. It was fascinating to hear that this pattern exists as well.

An amazing way of therapy

I very much enjoy listening to the sessions as in a way it helps me think of my issues that I've had. I know that there are many others out there that have similar problems and it's amazing to hear Esther provide the coaching, solutions and her thoughts as well! Thank you for sharing! I look forward to the next sessions!

given hope for healing

"The best vengeance for sexual trauma is to have a happy sex life." Listening to this story has definitely given me a new hope for healing from sexual trauma. Thank you.

WOW!! Amazing!

I'm already a huge fan of Esther, but this was just amazing. I got goosebumps, teared up. There's so much connection and this is such a visceral session. Thank you for sharing!