Love

The Search for a Soulmate
by Linda Schierse Leonard
Ever since I can remember I've longed for a soulmate. I was never particularly interested in marriage itself since my parents' marriage was so terrible. And when I was young I looked down on weddings.

Stage II Relationships; Love Beyond Addiction
by Earnie Larsen
Because human beings are made to live in community, we are concerned with our relationships. The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of our relationships, whether with lovers, parents, friends, or coworkers.

Love Is a Learned Phenomenon
by Leo F. Buscaglia, Ph.D.
Psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, anthropologists and educators have suggested in countless studies and numerous research papers that love is a 'learned response, a learned emotion.' How man learns to love seems to be directly related to his abi

Love requires effort
Born for Love; Reflections on Loving
by Leo F. Buscaglia, Ph.D.
Love requires effort Love never dies a natural death. It dies from neglect and abandonment. It dies of blindness and indifference and of being taken for granted. Things omitted are often more deadly than errors committed. In the end, love dies of

Mystified Love
Creating Love: A New Way of Understanding Our Most Important Relationships
by John Bradshaw
For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish. Romans 7-19 The mass of mankind live lives of quiet desperation. Henry David Thoreau In my early teens I worked as a grocery checker at Butera's Food Market in

A Time for Love
by Eugene Kennedy
Walk across the Boston Common in the afternoon shadows when the office workers flood down from the State House. In every face you see a longing for love. Forget for a moment the supposed romance of San Francisco. Look rather at the impassive faces of the

How to Be Your Own Best Friend
by Mildred Newman, Bernard Berkowitz, Jean Owen
When Thoreau remarked that most men live lives of quiet desperation, he could not have foreseen how noisy that desperation would become. Modern man may suffer, like his forebears, but he does not suffer in silence. Our malaise is articulate; we talk

How to Make a Man Fall in Love with You: The Fail-Proof, Fool-Proof Method
by Tracy Cabot
A Personal Note from the Author I was over thirty-five and still answering those embarrassing questions like, "How come you've never been married?" and "Do you live all alone in this big house?" or, "Don't you have a boyfriend

It Takse Less Than 10 Seconds For Men To Fall In Love
by Margarita Nahapetyan
It takes a man less than 10 seconds to fall in love, according to the findings of a brand new research. The scientists claim that the time needed for a man to fall in love at first sight is precisely 8.2 seconds.

Passion For Opera Compared To Love At First Sight
by Margarita Nahapetyan
According to Claudio Benzecry, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut, USA, the passion for opera is like love at first sight for its fans. Throughout the three seasons, between the years of 2002 and 2005, Professor Benzecry

Romantic Love Can Last Forever
by Margarita Nahapetyan
Romance does not necessarily have to fade away in the long-term relationships and transform into a friendship-type love, according to a new study. Romantic love can last a lifetime and lead to even happier, stronger and healthier relationships.

Virtual Dating And Love
by Margarita Nahapetyan
With the popularization of personal computers and Internet services all over the world, a growing number of people become more and more involved in on-line love affairs and even on-line marriages.

Love At First Sight
by Margarita Nahapetyan
Perhaps, it is the most romantic thing that can happen to anyone. It makes people lose their heart and mind within a matter of several seconds. Love is a very strong emotion which, sometimes, is even impossible to control.

The Hidden Lives of Men
Why Men Fall Out of Love: What Every Woman Needs to Understand
by Michael French
For each man kills the thing he loves. - Oscar Wilde There are many stories by women about why they leave their husbands, partners, or lovers, but few by men who head for the exits. Are they not getting the attention they want? Are they simply tired of

Falling For The Man She Sees Every Day
by Toni Coleman, LCSW
I am in a situation that I have no idea how to deal with. I am a thirty something female, with one female and one male roommate. My female roommate is rarely home, so it is often just the other roommate and I.

A Radical Geography of Love
The Birth of Pleasure
by Carol Gilligan
Let it be Like wild flowers, Suddenly, an imperative of the field ... - Yehuda Amichai For years, without knowing why, I have been drawn to maps of the desert, drawn by descriptions of the winds and the wadi - dry watercourses that suddenly fill with

Love in Ruins
Minds in Distress: The Clash of Evolution, Human Conditioning, and Culture in America
by Edward E. Loewe Ph.D.
What we have been discussing so far - romantic love - is an aspect of the human condition which has shown itself to be both a source of jubilation and of pain. Its hallmark is in many ways unpredictability. Love shows no reliability whatsoever in terms

The Truth About Finding Unconditional Love
Real Love: The Truth About Finding Unconditional Love and Fulfilling Relationships
by Greg Baer, M.D.
Like most of us, I was told as a child that if I did all the right things - set my goals high, worked hard, and followed the rules along the way - I would accomplish great things. And it was further implied that, as a result, I would grow up to be happy

You Must Love Yourself First
If Love Is a Game, These Are the Rules
by Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D.
Your relationship with yourself is the central template from which all others are formed. Loving yourself is a prerequisite to creating a successful and authentic union with another. The relationship you have with yourself is the central relationship in

A Renaissance of Love
The Future of Love
by Daphne Rose Kingma
Love is a mighty power. It is light. It is the energy of life. It brings us into life and sustains us while we live and breathe. Love is an energy, not a substance. It is essence, not matter. You can't contain it; you can't put it in a box, but you can

Chemistry
Cracking the Love Code
by Janet O'Neal
Chemistry is the elusive quality that separates a romantic relationship from a platonic one. It's the special attraction, the magical essence that makes us want to have sex with a particular person, to blend and be one with that person. Because chemistry

Heart of the Matter; How to Find Love, How to Make it Work
by Linda Austin, M.D.
You know what it feels like when "something's missing." You sense a vague discomfort, a whiff of uneasy numbness that creeps up during quiet moments. Nonsense, you scold yourself. Snap out of it. There's no reason to mope. Don't let anyone

The Gods and Goddesses Are Alive Within You
Gods and Goddesses in Love
by Agapi Stassinopoulos
Everything is full of Gods. — Thales Three thousand years ago, my Greek ancestors tried to identify the forces playing themselves out in human nature and created the eight gods and seven goddesses of Olympus, giving each of them a name and a story

The Power of Loving-Kindness
Handbook for the Heart: Original Writings on Love
by Benjamin Shield, Ph.D., Richard Carlson, Ph.D.
By Sharon Salzberg "There is a saying in the Buddhist tradition: 'You can explore the universe looking for somebody who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and you will not find that person anywhere.'" The power

Love Stories - Miles and Betty Trimpey
by Larry King
The bombing of pearl harbor on December 7, 1941, radically changed the plans of innumerable young couples across the United States practically overnight. War had been raging across Europe for over two years, ever since Adolf Hitler invaded Poland on

Opening to Love
by Judith Sherven, Ph.D., James Sniechowski, Ph. D.
At the heart of the new intimacy is the capacity to consciously open yourself and take in more and more of who your partner truly is.

Valentine's Day
by Allie Ochs
Valentine is about love, romance and twosomes. Yet, it is next to impossible to have an intimate Valentine's Day when your relationship is subject to resentment and conflict. It is like going for dinner with an upset stomach.

Loving Without Losing Yourself!
by Allie Ochs
You are in love and it feels wonderful. This love is different and you are prepared to do anything to make it last. To prevent this ship from sinking you work hard to steer this relationship into a safe harbor. In the process you lose yourself and your

When Being In Love Means Being In Control
by John D. Moore, MS, CADC
1. We were emotionally abandoned and may have been verbally, psychologically, or physically abused (or all three) during childhood. 2. We trap partners into relationships by withholding emotions or finances, or through other means of manipulation. 3. We e