The Most Misunderstood Form of Love: Limerence

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The Most Misunderstood Form of Love: Limerence

I always knew I fell in love hard, but it wasn’t until limerence hit me that I knew something was different. When I started my quest to figure out what was happening to me, I could barely find any information at first. Obsessive love kept popping up on web searches, but there was a creepy vibe to that term that just seemed off - with the feeling of an inevitable diagnosis of crazy. I knew I wasn’t crazy, but I was definitely crazy in love… With the wrong person, at the wrong time. Who may or may not have felt the same way. Or couldn’t….The roller coaster ride of limerence is intoxicating, overwhelming and all consuming.

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Limerence: A Love Story Like No Other

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Limerence: A Love Story Like No Other

You are convinced you’ve finally found the missing piece. This is what love is supposed to feel like! Or so the story goes.

You may not know it, but you’ve been brewing a love story. You’ve been quietly cataloging all of the things you find attractive and magnetic in others, what feels like “home” and how you want to love and be loved. Your brain has been clocking the qualities of parents, caregivers, those close to you since you were very young.

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Getting Closure - You Can Stop Blaming Yourself For a Relationship Ending

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Getting Closure - You Can Stop Blaming Yourself For a Relationship Ending

It’s time. You’ve beaten yourself up long enough. Your fault, their fault, someone is always to blame. What if there was a kinder, gentler way to get to a place of closure on a tough relationship ending?

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Does Your Relationship Have Asymmetrical Commitment?

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Does Your Relationship Have Asymmetrical Commitment?

When you’re in a relationship with significantly differing commitment levels, the person putting in more is always bound to suffer. The person who commits more, gives more and is willing to make more sacrifices for the other person or for the relationship runs the risk of getting burned because over time you put in more and more emotional energy and emotional investment. Being in a state of ambiguity about a relationship status and your partner’s commitment level can allow asymmetrical commitment to hide out for months and years.

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Help - I've Hit ‘A Dark Night Of the Soul’ In My Relationship

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Help - I've Hit ‘A Dark Night Of the Soul’ In My Relationship

A Dark Night of the Soul in a relationship can derail you. It can build up quietly over months or years or jolt you awake suddenly. All at once, you may question your entire foundation. The questions of Staying or Leaving become involuntary thoughts you bounce between, day and night, then night into day that go up and down with your emotions and moods.

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