The podcast episodes provided focus on couples counseling sessions led by therapist Esther Perel, where she guides real people through intimate and profound relationship challenges.

In the first episode, 'Impotent is No Way To Define a Man', Esther works with a couple struggling with the husband's erectile dysfunction and the wife's feelings of resentment and sexual frustration. Esther emphasizes that defining the husband as 'impotent' is only making the situation worse.

The second episode, 'There's You, There's Me, There's US', features a middle-aged couple who, despite their loving and positive relationship, have gone months without connecting sexually. Esther guides them through body exercises to help them find sexual spaces amidst the demands of everyday life.