Welcome to Living with Limerence
Learn all about limerence and how to live with it, how to improve your relationships as a limerent (or partner of a limerent), and how to recover when you are caught in the mental trap of obsessive infatuation.
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What is limerence?
Information about limerence and how to manage it
A guide for professionals
The evidence base for limerence summarised for coaches and therapists
How to get rid of limerence
Practical steps to overcoming destructive infatuation
The essential guide to limerence
Everything you ever wanted to know about limerence and how to live with it in one handy guide
The Limerence quiz
Are you a limerent? Find out by taking this quick quiz:
The Blog
All the latest articles about limerence and how to survive it.
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Limerence and the second sex
I’ve always been rather impressed by the fact that the original text on limerence – Love and Limerence, by Dorothy Tennov…
Skills for a healthy relationship
Many of the relationship problems created by limerence result from a conflict between the wild fantasy ideal that limerence promises and…
Coffeehouse: book update
As I mentioned at the beginning of the year, I’m currently writing a book on limerence, and am now well past…
Case study: polyamory and unwelcome limerence
Today’s case study is from Ashley, a reader who is polyamorous and in a polycule with three partners. I’m going to…
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Signs that your partner doesn’t respect you
In the last post, we discussed the many problems of dealing with limerence in marriage, and the emotional storm that betrayed…
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Dealing with limerence in marriage
One of the commonest situations where limerence becomes a destructive force in life is when it happens within the confines of…
Quickstart guides, community forum and online courses
All the resources we have for how to survive limerence and live with purpose. Find the support you need.
Contact
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