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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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Coffeehouse: beating limerence when no contact is impossible
Another visit to the LwL coffeehouse where all of life’s big problems are solved. Or people spout off to their online…
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People who like to live in uncertainty
I’ve opined on many occasions that uncertainty is the rocket fuel of limerence. I’ve tended to discuss this from the perspective…
The two tribes
Note: this is an updated version of a previous post In her landmark book, Love and Limerence, Dorothy Tennov describes how…
How common is limerence: the numbers
A long-running unanswered question about limerence is how common it is in the general population. When she first articulated the idea,…
Coffeehouse: limerence bootcamp
Another visit to the LwL coffeehouse. ‘sup For newcomers, the purpose of these posts is to provide a forum for general…
Emotional resistance, limerence and purposeful living
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the emotional resistance that we feel when confronted with the need to change our…
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Quickstart guides 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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