How Esther Perel's parents' experience as Holocaust survivors shaped her worldview

NPR

Published October 30, 2026 at 5:54 PM EDT

Esther Perel is a famous psychotherapist and host of the podcast Where Should We Begin. She told Wild Card's Rachel Martin that her parents' experience as holocaust survivors shaped her worldview.

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