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  1. esther calling
    ‘Why Do I Panic and Break Up As Soon As the Honeymoon Phase Is Over?’Because you learned from your parents to bolt as soon as things get hard, Esther Perel tells this week’s “Esther Calling” listener.
    By Esther Perel
  2. career
    The Woman Who Brought Luxury Fashion to South BeachHow Laure Heriard Dubreuil, the founder and CEO of The Webster boutique, gets it done.
    By Hanna Flanagan
  3. esther calling
    ‘Where Does the “Evil Voice” in My Head Come From?’In part two of their conversation, Esther Perel helps a caller realize that her desire to cheat is a reenactment of past sexual trauma.
    By Esther Perel
  4. esther calling
    ‘Why Does Part of Me Want to Cheat?’You may have shared your trauma with your boyfriend, Esther Perel tells a caller in part one of their conversation, but you wish he was more curious.
    By Esther Perel
  5. esther calling
    ‘I Lost My Husband to Suicide. How Do I Recover Who I Was Before?’Your joy is still alive within you, Esther Perel tells this week’s caller, and if you remember it, you will find love again.
    By Esther Perel
  6. parenting
    How (and Where) Are Parents Supposed to Get it On?Being a highly engaged parent in a nuclear family, fulfilling as it can be, often requires that some intimacy between parents gets lost.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  7. esther calling
    ‘How Do I Have a Relationship With My Birth Mother Without Survivor’s Guilt?’“You don’t become a healer to numb your own feelings,” says Esther Perel. “The question is whether you want to take care of her.”
    By Esther Perel
  8. esther calling
    ‘How Can I Repair With My Family When They Don’t Celebrate My Identity?’“You may have profound disagreements,” Esther Perel says, “but you manage to really hold each other dear in spite of them.”
    By Esther Perel
  9. esther calling
    ‘How Do I Forgive My Mother for Passing Down Her Trauma to Me?’After acknowledging her pain and the ways it shaped your relationship, says Esther Perel, ask that she do the same for you.
    By Esther Perel
  10. esther calling
    ‘We Moved Away From Family During the Pandemic. Now I Miss That Support.’Depleted mothers are everywhere, says Esther Perel. Focus on retrieving the woman behind the mother and wife.
    By Esther Perel
  11. family
    ‘My Mom Is Selfish. Do I Still Have to be a ‘Good Daughter’?’Having a living mom, no matter how self-centered, is important, writes Brooding columnist Kathryn Jezer-Morton. Even if frustrating.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  12. esther calling
    ‘I’m Seeing Someone I Really Like — I Just Wished She Liked Me Less’To be able to experience a loving relationship, Esther Perel says, you must first accept that you’re capable of being loved.
    By Esther Perel
  13. brooding
    When Lonely Children Go Viral, Should We Rejoice?GoFundMes and positivity will not actually help a child make friends — even worse, sharing feel-good content about them risks causing harm.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  14. the hard part
    There’s No Such Thing as a Vacation with Young KidsA relaxing getaway may no longer be in the cards — but giving in to the chaos can be just as exquisite.
    By Amil Niazi
  15. brooding
    Will Teens Always Be Daredevils?It seems like an impulse that’s on the wane lately. Is that a good thing?
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  16. esther calling
    ‘Is My Partner Gaslighting Me, or Am I Being Overly Sensitive?’Manipulation, scapegoating, coercion, and lying are all gaslighting tactics, says Esther Perel. This “Esther Calling” caller knows them all too well.
    By Esther Perel
  17. esther calling
    “I’m Stuck in the Middle of My Fighting Friends”You’re not responsible for their relationship, says Esther Perel in this installment of “Esther Calling.”
    By Esther Perel
  18. esther calling
    ‘I Want a Child, But My Partner Isn’t Sure’Giving them space to decide means changing the dynamic of the conversation, says Esther Perel in the latest “Esther Calling.”
    By Esther Perel
  19. esther calling
    ‘I’m 40 and I’ve Never Had a Long-Term Relationship’First things first: Our romantic attachments mirror the emotional bonds we have with our first caregivers, says Esther Perel in this “Esther Calling.”
    By Esther Perel
  20. esther calling
    ‘I’m Losing My Best Friend to Her New Fiancé’Curiosity, Esther Perel says in this “Esther Calling,” about a friend’s life now is essential if a childhood friendship is to survive adulthood.
    By Esther Perel
  21. brooding
    On Parenting Regrets and the ‘Right Time’ for KidsThis isn’t an advice newsletter — but you have questions anyway. So here are some answers.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  22. esther calling
    “I’m Resentful of My Partner’s Privilege”“This is not a problem you need to solve,” Esther Perel tells this “Esther Calling” listener. This is the relationship.
    By Esther Perel
  23. the hard part
    Leave That Screaming Kid AloneThe summer travel season has become complain-about-other-people’s-kids season. If not even children can take up space without reproach, who can?
    By Amil Niazi
  24. brooding
    Director Nicole Holofcener Can’t Tell You How You’ll Mess Up Your KidsStill, the You Hurt My Feelings filmmaker continues to be my guide to adulthood.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  25. the hard part
    Facing Infertility With My KidsThe IVF process is a lonely one. I refuse to let it be this time around for the sake of my two children.
    By Amil Niazi
  26. brooding
    Learning How to Parent from a Warhol Factory Girl at the Chelsea HotelAlex Auder’s mother Viva Superstar was a Warhol girl. As a parent, she thinks kids need less micromanaging by adults.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  27. brooding
    What Exactly Is the Magic of Disney World?Adults who love Disney hear a siren song returning them to a time they fully lived inside a secondary world. This is nothing to laugh at.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  28. i can’t shut up about
    Bury Me in Martha Stewart’s Basket HouseAt the very least, she seems to be using the baskets.
    By Mia Mercado
  29. brooding
    Busking As a Family BandAfter a spate of troubles finding housing, The de la Mottes, a family ensemble of nine kids who all play string instruments, have landed in Harlem.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  30. the hard part
    Are You a Silky Mom, a Crunchy Mom, or a Scrunchie Mom?Parenting, according to TikTok.
    By Amil Niazi
  31. brooding
    Bless This Mess(y Fridge)Where better to display the uncurated floatsam of our actual lives?
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  32. the hard part
    Gentle Parenting Is Too GentleAnd brutal as hell for us parents.
    By Amil Niazi
  33. brooding
    Are Helicopter Parents Actually Lazy?Maybe they’re soothing their anxiety, maybe they’re just choosing the path of least resistance.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  34. brooding
    Are New Dads OK?Male loneliness can make for a powder keg of bad vibes.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  35. the hard part
    What We Never Say About ParentingIt’s good, actually.
    By Amil Niazi
  36. extremely online
    I Can’t Shut Up About Farmer Will on Love IslandThe series’ most enigmatic cast member to date.
    By Mia Mercado
  37. brooding
    Cup of Jo’s Joanna Goddard Opens Up About Her Divorce“There’s something really nice about waking up in a house alone. It feels kind of quietly revolutionary.”
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  38. brooding
    What If You Just Didn’t Clean That Up?Our ideas about cleanliness are stuck in the mid-20th century. Today, women can afford to care less.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  39. the hard part
    There Is No Break Coming for Parents — EverNew year, same shit.
    By Amil Niazi
  40. brooding
    How Am I Supposed to Teach My Kids to Be Generous?Especially when “paying it forward” is just a quid pro quo turned outward.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  41. brooding
    What If We Make Affordable Child Care About Wellness?Then we might finally see some change.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  42. sober questioning
    Hear Me Out: Don’t Get Sober on January 1Recover doesn’t care what day it is — you shouldn’t, either.
    By Ana Marie Cox
  43. the hard part
    Holiday Traditions Are Cheesy and Exhausting and Totally Worth ItYour future adult kids will thank you.
    By Amil Niazi
  44. brooding
    Actually, It Takes Real Skill to Be a MomfluencerTransforming family life into something people want to buy is harder than it looks.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  45. brooding
    Are There Any Kids’ Books Out There That Are … Actually Good?Wizards and dragons need not apply.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  46. sober questioning
    Alone and Sober on ThanksgivingStill grateful though.
    By Ana Marie Cox
  47. the hard part
    Finding Joy for My Kids in the ApocalypseEven when I want to scream into the abyss until my voice runs out.
    By Amil Niazi
  48. brooding
    Would Unschooling Actually Make My Kids Any Happier?To help kids take more pleasure in school, encourage them to do their own thing — not schoolwork.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  49. brooding
    Can a 40-year-old Really Call Themself an Orphan?The death of a parent makes you a child again, but also an elder.
    By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
  50. sober questioning
    The Voice in My Head Doesn’t Want Me to Get SoberSo I learned to shut him — of course it’s a him — up.
    By Ana Marie Cox
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