Psychotherapist Esther Perel on discovering what it means to be truly alive through her family history and how she applies that knowledge to her work with couples.

0:00 Early life and family
2:54 Two types of survivors
5:27 Love and desire
14:30 Eroticism
17:21 Why relationships fade
20:37 Reigniting the spark
22:40 Sex as a window to self
25:46 The evolution of marriage
30:14 Marriage isolation
31:51 Playfulness
33:35 Love in a concentration camp

(This episode first aired in 2018)

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