Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee · 2026-10-13 · 51 min · 7,865 words

How to Stay Curious, Playful & Intimate, Decades After You Meet with Esther Perel #687

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It's important to not fall in the trap where for centuries you had to be ashamed if you had sex and now you have to be ashamed if you don't have sex. It's the same tyranny reversed. In order to want sex, it needs to be sex that is worth wanting. And then we can start the conversation. Hey guys, how you doing? Hope you're having a good week so far. My name is Dr. Romgan Chatterjee. And this is my podcast. Feel better.

Live more. Today's episode is a bit different to usual, in the sense that it was recorded live at the Iconic Festival, South West by South West in London. In June earlier this year. Today's guest, Esther Perrell, asked me to interview her on stage. To mark the twentieth anniversary of her groundbreaking book, Mating in Captivity.

Unlocking. Erotic intelligence. Now two decades ago Esther's book Ask. Whether desire

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