Love is an addiction. And its potency can be compared with any addictive substance in the world. And just as when we begin to fall prey to any addiction, it’s often hard to recognize the signs. You may never really realize when you start to like a person, when you start to fall for them, [...]
The Dualism of Falling in Love
March 7, 2013 | Posted by
Have you ever really thought about your experience(s) with falling in love? Have you ever analyzed what your “head over heels” attachment style communicates about your needs, your level of maturity, or you as a person? Nearly every person has at least one experience, if not several, of falling in love, with most people regarding [...]
Debunking 5 Destructive Myths About Marriage
March 6, 2013 | Posted by
“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn’t? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But that’s not the clever trick. The really clever trick is this: Can you accept the flaws?” -Elizabeth Gilbert Myth #1: If we have fallen out of love, it [...]
No Valentine, No Worries! Celebrate with the Anti-Valentine's Day List
February 14, 2013 | Posted by
While perusing Twitter yesterday I saw all these tweets about Valentines Day. Everyone, it seems, has a love-hate relationship with the day of love. However, love it or hate it, it’s here. So what do you do when you find yourself without a Valentine’s Day date? Or if you’re like me and just don’t celebrate [...]
Is Love Just a Biological Drive For Emotional Balance?
February 11, 2013 | Posted by
We human beings were designed by evolution not only to survive, but, in the broadest sense, to love. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors depended heavily on the band or group for their survival, and the emotion or feeling of love is typically what reinforces the close emotional bonds that stabilize such a group. In one sense, love [...]
What is Love: How to Overcome Hollywood's Myth of 'True Love'
February 11, 2013 | Posted by
If you’re sitting at the dinner table across from your significant other this Valentine’s Day thinking, “Cupid got it wrong,” then you might need a history lesson in love. Television, movies and music make love seems like some over-powering compulsion that must have a set of characteristics that, ordinarily, people don’t want in any other [...]
Valentine’s Day’s Very Unromantic History
February 10, 2013 | Posted by
The origin of Valentine’s Day has nothing to do with love and everything to do with “torturous martyrdom.” On second thought, perhaps the origin of Valentine’s Day has a great deal to do with love. Originally, the feast day of St. Valentine remembered two 3rd century martyrs by the name of Valentine who were elevated [...]
Is it Love or Just Chemistry?
February 10, 2013 | Posted by
By Temma Ehrenfeld Is it love? Well, I don’t mind sounding Clintonian if I say it depends what you mean by “love.” The ancient Greeks had more than 10 words for experiences that we might call love. Eros was a combination of lust and romance. Ludus was uncommitted and playful. So let’s say we’re talking [...]
Manti Te’o Drama Shows Complexity of Loving Someone You’ve Never Met
January 18, 2013 | Posted by
In what must be the most jaw-dropping sports story to emerge in a week of jaw-dropping sports stories (hello, OprahLance!), it emerges that star Notre Dame footballer Manti Te’o had a girlfriend who never existed. That would not be much of a tale — who hasn’t had at least one fake dalliance? — except that [...]
Nurturing Your Most Important Love Relationship, The One With Yourself
January 14, 2013 | Posted by
There’s an assortment of articles about building healthy relationships with our partners and loved ones. But we don’t hear nearly as much about the most important relationship in our lives: the one with ourselves. As writer and photographer Susannah Conway said, “Your relationship with yourself is the foundation of everything.” Having a good relationship with [...]
