State Of Affairs

"To understand modern infidelity is really to understand modern marriage." Psychotherapist and author Esther Perel discusses how we perceive, define, and experience cheating.

"Sometimes when we go looking elsewhere, we're not so much wanting to leave the person that we're with, as much as we want to leave the person we have ourselves become." Psychotherapist and author Esther Perel explains why people in happy relationships still cheat.

"Betrayal runs deep. But it can be healed." Psychotherapist and author Esther Perel explains how you can begin to heal if you or your partner cheats.

Have you ever engaged in "ghosting," "icing," or "simmering"? Psychotherapist and author Esther Perel explains why these modern dating tactics illustrate a lack of empathy-and lead to poor self-confidence and self-worth.