A back-to-basics video this week on why limerence happens and is so hard to escape: https://youtu.be/XbJ-JsYFtMk?si=tQEyIoP-f4wDRorZ Does love sometimes feel overpowering? Like you’ve been …
The pain of long-term limerence
I generally talk about limerence as runaway reward seeking—as person addiction in the sense of chasing the intoxicating high of the limerent object. Gimme gimme gimme That’s definitely the route …
Why is it so hard to stop wanting someone?
Note: this is an updated version of a previous post. Limerence usually begins as an extraordinary emotional eruption. Early on, the giddy infatuation is glorious - enlivening, elating, …
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Big ideas in intimate spaces
Quick update post this week. This thursday Sep 11th, I’ll be giving a talk on limerence at the Berwin’s North Salon in Harrogate, UK. These events are a great concept - an old-school …
Biased brains and bonding
I posted a new article on Psychology Today this week, all about brain lateralization—whether the brain can be …
Playing with fire
Note: this is an updated version of an earlier post It's not an easy thing to abstain from bliss. For limerents in a long-term relationship who are suddenly struck by limerence for someone …