Description
When you love someone, how does it feel? And when you desire someone, how is it different? Looks at the story of sex in committed couples.
About the Author
Esther Perel is recognized as one of the world’s most original and insightful voices on personal and professional relationships. She is the best-selling author ofMating in Captivity Unlocking Erotic Intelligence, translated into 25 languages. Fluent in nine of them, the Belgian native is a practicing psychotherapist, celebrated speaker and organizational consultant to Fortune 500 companies. The New York Times, in a cover story, named her the most important game changer on sexuality and relationships since Dr. Ruth. Her critically acclaimed viral TED talk reached nearly 5 million viewers in the first year.Known for her keen cross-cultural pulse, Esther shifts the paradigm of our approach to modern relationships. She is regularly sought around the world for her expertise in erotic intelligence, couples and family identity as well as corporate relationships and team collaboration.Her clients and platforms include companies such as Nike, Johnson & Johnson and Mopar, the Open Society Institute, Tony Robbins Productions, Summit Series, Founder’s Forum, PopTech, Young Presidents Organization, Entrepreneur Organization, and the Bronfman Foundation.Her innovative models for building strong and lasting relationships have been widely featured in the media across 5 continents spanningThe New York Times, theWashington Post,The Wall Street Journal,Le Monde,Ha’AretzandThe Guardian,The New Yorker,Fast Company, andVogue. She is a frequent guest on radio and television shows including NPR’sBrian Lehrer Show,OprahandThe Today Show,Dr. OzandThe Colbert Report.In addition to Esther’s 30-year therapy practice in New York City, she also serves on the faculty of The Family Studies Unit, Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center and The International Trauma Studies Program at Columbia University.