“Now, all over the world, there is one word that people who have affairs always tell me. They feel alive.”— Esther Perel, ted.comTagged: Why People Cheat, Cheating happens
“...it isn't always our partner that we are turning away from, but the person that we have ourselves become. And it isn't so much that we're looking for another person, as much as we are looking for another self.”— Esther Perel, ted.comTagged: Why People Cheat, Cheating happens
“At the heart of an affair, you will often find a longing and a yearning for an emotional connection, for novelty, for freedom, for autonomy, for sexual intensity, a wish to recapture lost parts of ourselves or an attempt to bring back vitality in the face of loss and tragedy.”— Esther Perel, ted.comTagged: Why People Cheat, Cheating happens