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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 Blog
All the latest articles about limerence and how to survive it.
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Limerence and anxious attachment
One of the commonest ways of interpreting limerence is to view it through the lens of attachment theory. This obviously makes…
Why can’t I get over someone I barely dated?
A curious thing about obsession is that it sometimes sets in with hardly any encouragement. Occasionally, the people who occupy our…
Continue Reading Why can’t I get over someone I barely dated?
Purposeful living for single limerents
I focus a lot on the perspective of married limerents, for an obvious reason (I’m married). However, that perspective tends to…
Design your (purposeful) life
I’d planned a case study for this week’s blog, but it’s fallen through, so instead here’s a video on how to…
The neuroscience of self-discipline
In the last post, I argued that training yourself to become more disciplined was a route to success in resisting the…
Self-discipline as limerence armour
One of the best defences against unwanted limerence is strength of character. The moral fibre, decisiveness and self-discipline to do the…
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.
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