Mating in Captivity & The State of Affairs - Esther Perel

Esther Perel is a real psychotherapy superstar. I recommend looking up her online talks, her website and podcast in which she does a single-session therapy intervention for couples in crisis. She is an endlessly inspiring woman.

‘Mating in Captivity’ explores the commonly experienced struggle to balance the erotic with the domestic in modern long-term monogamous couplings and suggests ways we might be able to experience deep love and intimacy while also enhancing desire and lust within a relationship.

The more recent ‘The State of Affairs’ is also excellent and helping change the typical conversations around infidelity and paves the way toward healing and even on occasion, improving relationships following a betrayal.