The 4 Best How's Work? with Esther Perel Podcast Episodes
1) The Break-Up
They flew fighter jets together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then they co-founded a successful business. Now, for the first time in their adult lives, they’re ready to part ways professionally, but they d...Show More
2) Not Many Men Work For Their Moms
She started a real estate company 30 years ago. Her son, who calls himself a Mama’s Boy, recently joined the business. They think their close mother-son relationship hurts the brand. With Esther’s hel...Show More
3) I'm Your Special One
A young artist and her gallerist are exceptionally close. The line between professional and personal relationship often blurs, or disappears altogether. But it's a fragile intimacy, threatened by feel...Show More
4) Since I Can't Be Myself, I Try To Be You
They are identical twins, inseparable since the start of life, now too in business. One brother has dreams of pursuing a career on his own, but is afraid of being left behind. While the other has neve...Show More
5) We Sell Happiness But We're Miserable
One is the creative guy, the other runs the business. While their bakery is thriving, their relationship is falling apart. How much of this has to do with the fact that they don't show the same love a...Show More
6) My Promotion Ended Our Friendship
They were close friends before they started working together. But when one got a surprise promotion, the other began to question her value within the friendship, as well as the organization. To save t...Show More
7) Breaking News Has Broken Us
A large and scattered network of journalists meet for a virtual session with Esther. Over the past year, they've reported on the biggest stories of their careers, but they are burned out, isolated, gr...Show More
8) Couples Therapy with My Boss
From day one, they’ve described their relationship as “tumultuous." One is new to the workforce, the other is new to this particular workplace. One manages the other. And while they like each other on...Show More
9) He Gets The Respect, She Gets the Toilet Paper
Married for ten years and co-owners for seven, they bring their home dynamic to work with them. Their employees are sick of the fights and the struggles for power and control, and so are they. Meanwhi...Show More
10) You'd Be Perfect for Ralph Lauren
They've spent their whole lives in careers that made promises it could not keep. They are fashion models, both scouted as teenagers. Now one fights to let go, the other to find a better way to stay. L...Show More