The kiss that you have never given is just as powerful as hours of actual lovemaking. The erotic isn't just what is… — Esther Perel Erotic Copy Share Image
Love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life: time. Marriage… — Esther Perel Adventure Copy Share Image
“Infidelity hurts. But when we grant it a special status in the hierarchy of marital misdemeanors, we risk allowing it to overshadow… — Esther Perel Betrayal Copy Share Image
Today, we turn to one person to provide what an entire village once did: a sense of grounding, meaning, and continuity. At… — Esther Perel Committed Copy Share Image
At the same time, eroticism in the home requires active engagement and willful intent. It is an ongoing resistance to the message… — Esther Perel Active Copy Share Image
If a woman isn't feeling sexual with herself, she won't respond to advances from any partner, male or female. When this woman… — Esther Perel Dance Copy Share Image
“We don't like to be intimate alone. Some couples take this one step further, confusing intimacy with control. What passes for care… — Esther Perel Intimacy Copy Share Image
“Sexual desire does not obey the laws that maintain peace and contentment between partners. Reason, understanding, compassion, and camaraderie are the handmaidens… — Esther Perel Compassion Copy Share Image
The one word I hear when people have affairs is that they feel alive. They don't talk about the fact they're having… — Esther Perel Affair Copy Share Image
There is not one person who can fulfill all your needs. You may choose a partner who is your intellectual equal, and… — Esther Perel Adventure Copy Share Image
I have more than thirty thousand hours of family and relationship counseling experience under my belt. Over the years, I have seen… — Esther Perel Advice Copy Share Image
Real sexual conversations are enormously intimate and beautiful because they reveal so much about who we are and what we want. What… — Esther Perel Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Q: Are there any secrets to long-lasting relationships? A: Infidelity. Not the act itself, but the threat of it. For Proust, an… — Esther Perel Betrayal Copy Share Image
For most couples who come to me - especially in the aftermath of the revelation of an affair, when they are in… — Esther Perel Affair Copy Share Image
“In our consumer culture, we always want the next best thing: the latest, the newest, the youngest. Failing that, we at least… — Esther Perel Consumer culture Copy Share Image
