When friends and colleagues heard that I was profiling Perel, they asked if I would seek advice. It’s hard to resist asking her for advice, not just because she seems wise, but because of her hypnotic charisma and sly smile. But I told everyone of course not, that I was treating this as any other interview, not as a chance for some pro bono therapy. I still ended up getting some.
You might think that Perel’s origin story would be one about falling in love, or heartbreak, or sexual…

