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The Arc of Love - All The Things We Never Said

2024/8/19
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女性来访者：丈夫去世后，她感到深深的悲伤和遗憾，尤其是在性方面。他们从第三个孩子出生后就没有过性生活，而她一直未能与丈夫沟通这个问题，直到丈夫因健康问题去世。她感到自己未能及时发现并帮助丈夫解决健康问题，也未能及时表达自己的需求，这让她非常自责。她甚至尝试与灵媒沟通，试图与已故丈夫对话，表达自己的情感。 她详细描述了他们婚姻中性生活的变化，从最初的和谐到后来丈夫的性欲减退，以及她对丈夫健康状况的担忧。她反思了自己在沟通中的不足，以及他们之间未能坦诚交流的遗憾。她表达了对丈夫的思念和爱意，以及对未能帮助丈夫解决健康问题的自责。她还谈到了自己对未来性生活的迷茫和担忧。 Esther Perel：Esther Perel 作为一名心理治疗师，引导来访者表达她对已故丈夫的复杂情感，包括爱、思念、遗憾、愤怒和自责。她帮助来访者梳理了他们婚姻中性生活变化的原因，以及丈夫去世前隐瞒健康状况的原因。她引导来访者与已故丈夫进行象征性的对话，帮助她表达未尽之言，并鼓励她接纳自己的悲伤和遗憾。她强调了沟通在亲密关系中的重要性，以及坦诚交流的重要性。她鼓励来访者重新开始生活，珍视自己的性需求和情感需求，并提醒她不要过度自责，要记住他们曾经拥有过的美好时光。

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The speaker discusses how the birth of their children and subsequent pressures, including the husband's deteriorating health, impacted their relationship and communication.

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Often when a relationship ends, we're left with regrets, questions, and conversations we wish we could have had. Esther helps a woman process the things she left unsaid including the sexual grief and loss she feels after her husband unexpectedly died.

What you are about to hear is a series Esther calls The Arc of Love. Each session centers around a couple’s story. Whether it’s issues of trust and betrayal, care and aggression, closeness and distance, repair and rupture, polyamory or monogamy. The episodes can be listened to in any order you want but were curated with a beginning, middle, and end.

For the first time on the U.S. stage, Esther invites you to an evening unlike any other. Join her as she shines a light on the cultural shifts transforming relationships and helps us rethink how we connect, how we desire – and even how we love. To find a city near you, go to https://www.estherperel.com/tour2024

Want to learn more? Receive monthly insights, musings, and recommendations to improve your relational intelligence via email from Esther: https://www.estherperel.com/newsletter)

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