When we select a partner, we commit to a story. Yet we remain forever curious: What other stories could we have been part of?Esther Perel
Infidelity has a tenacity that marriage can only envy, so much so, that this is the only commandment that is repeated twice in the Bible: once for doing it, and once just for thinking about it.Esther Perel
Today, we turn to one person to provide what an entire village once did: a sense of grounding, meaning, and continuity.Esther Perel
Adultery, it seems, has a consistency that marriage can only dream about.Esther Perel
The intricacies of love and desire don’t yield to simple categorizations of good and bad, victim and culprit.Esther Perel
Desire runs deep. Betrayal runs even deeper. But it is the unspoken in a relationship—the gaps, silences, omissions, and denials—that truly create its depths.Esther Perel
Commitment and loyalty are the guardrails of love—they provide the security that we need to go about our daily lives.Esther Perel
We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are.Esther Perel
It seems we are perfectly capable of loving and cheating, and that duplicity may be part of the human condition, a painful paradox to be wrestled with.Esther Perel
So much about infidelity is about denial and secrecy, covering up and lying.Esther Perel
In reality, the 'truths' we believe can actually limit our vision; they can blind us to a fuller understanding of those we love.Esther Perel