In the last post I covered how limerence can be the trigger for renewal, and a starting point for transforming life for the better. While this is an optimistic perspective, there is an unfortunate - …
How limerence can lead to renewal
In the last few posts, I've concentrated on the elements of purposeful living. There are two reasons why. First, purposeful living is a good way to protect yourself against the destructive aspects …
Who do you want to be?
Limerence can cause a profound shock to our sense of identity. Limerence is by definition extraordinary - it takes us outside ourselves, transcends our mundane everyday lives, upends our previous …
Cultivating self-awareness
In the last post, I argued for the importance of self-awareness for living a purposeful life. Two of the major barriers to self-awareness are ego-protecting rationalisation, and ego-depleting …
Self awareness and purposeful living
Earlier in the year, I wrote about the elements of purposeful living, with the definite intention of expanding on the themes is a series of in-depth posts. Life got in the way, but now it's time to …
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Finding purpose when languishing
I've spent this week working on a new post on the neuroscience of how limerence fades, drawing on the literature of habituation and hedonic adaptation, but if I'm honest it's been a bit of a …