30. Esther Perel on Peace - a podcast by WQXR & WNYC Studios
from 2019-10-09T12:00
“The language of music brings out different parts of us. It's universal. It's probably the most important thing with which [we] can make peace.”
For the final episode in our opening season of The Open Ears Project, relationship therapist Esther Perel talks about the first time she heard Fauré’sRequiemas a young woman and how it seemed to “understand” an inexpressible sadness she was carrying inside her.
She describes with great tenderness the way music connects her to her mother, a survivor of the Holocaust, and how this piece transports her to something akin to a religious experience.
Esther Perel is a psychotherapist, relationships expert, author, and creator and host of the podcastWhere Should We Begin? Season 3 ofWhere Should We Begin?Comes out Thursday October 10th on Spotify. Later this fall she will launch a new podcast on Spotify focused on workplace dynamics. Learn more at Estherperel.com/podcast
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In Paradisumby Gabriel Fauré
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