Family estrangement and infidelity: Esther Perel answers your questions

About this episode

Esther Perel addresses listener questions about family estrangement, infidelity, and the complexities of love and relationships.

How do you grieve a dying parent you're estranged from? Do cheaters ever change? People say love should feel 'easy', is that true? Psychotherapist Esther Perel is back on All in the Mind, answering your questions about heartbreak, loss, and love in this extra special mailbag episode. We've got questions on how to reconnect with estranged siblings, what to do when global conflicts impact personal relationships, and whether a first love can still feel special, even if it happens later in life. And if you missed part one of our chat with Esther Perel, you can listen to our episode titled "Couples therapy with an AI partner? Esther Perel's just done it" here . Esther also featured on our first episode of Mind Hacks ! Guest: Esther PerelPsychotherapist and couples therapistAuthor, The State of Affairs and Mating in Captivity Host, Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Credits: Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar Senior producer: James Bullen Producer: Rose Kerr Sound engineer: Roi Huberman More information: If you want to hear more from Esther Perel, she chatted to Lisa Leong on This Working Life. The episode is called Esther Perel on conflict and power struggles at work . You can catch…

People in this episode

Host: Sana Qadar

Guest: Esther Perel

Topics covered

• family estrangement
• infidelity
• heartbreak
• loss
• love
• relationships

Keywords

• estrangement
• infidelity
• heartbreak
• relationships
• psychotherapy
• Esther Perel
• love
• loss

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ABC Australia

Books & works: The State of Affairs, Mating in Captivity, Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel, This Working Life, Couples therapy with an AI partner? Esther Perel's just done it, Mind Hacks

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