The 3 Phases of Limerence (Being Madly in Lov...

Enjoy the episode? Send us a text!He talks to everyone at the party.Then you get in the car and he goes silent.You ask a question. Nothing. You tell him about your day. Nothing.And you start to wonder if every other woman in that room was prettier, or funnier, or more interesting ...  Show more

Enjoy the episode? Send us a text!AI can give you brilliant relationship information.It can also give you brilliantly bad advice.And you won't know which one you got until it blows up in your face.Here's a true story.A woman's husband was flying home from a business trip. She wan ...  Show more

Dr. K unpacks the intense, destabilizing experience of limerance—the obsessive, all consuming “crush” that can hijack your thoughts, emotions, and even your sense of self. He explains how limerance isn’t just infatuation, but a powerful mental state fueled by unmet needs, anxious ...  Show more

When a crush turns into a harmful obsession, you might experience limerence, romantic infatuation characterized by extreme emotional highs and lows, intrusive thoughts and idealization. In this episode, we talk to neuroscientist Tom Bellamy, author of the book Smitten, about how ...  Show more

Limerance - the state of having undeniable feelings for someone who does not feel the same way - feels so much like love but can be so confusing, because deep down we know this person is probably not the one. Despite that we find it impossible to move on, impossible to disconnect ...  Show more

How do you know if it’s love or obsession? What does it mean when you can’t stop thinking about someone who doesn’t return your feelings? In this episode, Matthew, Stephen, and Audrey talk about the phenomenon of limerence, how it can leave you always clinging to hope in dating, ...  Show more