Love Life Prof

Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life is a guide that uses cutting-edge psychological research to tell you how to find a new love, fix a current relationship, love again after a loss. It gives you the tips and techniques you need to get through many difficult times in loving. Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 or BookLocker.com/9605 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Does Valentine's Day make you wish you had someone to love (and to love you)? Do you miss a loved one? Or do you just feel lonely? Don't despair—there are ways to feel less lonely during all the Valentine's Day hype. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2019/02/04/five-ways-not-to-be-lonely-on-valentines-day/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Our nation is increasingly becoming divided into opposing groups. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2019/03/25/seeing-others-as-a-threat-and-how-to-change-it/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

So, what should you look for offline in a possible partner? And how do you best present yourself offline? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2019/07/10/love-in-the-age-of-social-media/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

The Love Demystified Workbook, available at Amazon as a paperback or on Kindle, contains more than a dozen questionnaires to assess your current love life. Respond to these questionnaires to find out where you are now and what you are needing. You can discover how intimate your current relationship is, how resilient you are, how romantic you are, and how empathetic you are. Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

In the late 60's, Beverly Palmer was a doctoral student in the counseling psychology department at Ohio State; she was fascinated by the mystery of love, and she wasn't alone. Centuries before, Aristotle, Plato, and Shakespeare wrote about the subject, and Oscar Wilde even said, “The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2018/02/22/heres-how-a-cluttered-garage-inspired-love/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

As the 1965 song reminds us, “what the world needs now is love…not just for some but for everyone.” The challenge today is to ask ourselves, “Can we show love towards everyone?” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/04/14/what-the-world-needs-now/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

If you became embroiled in an argument with your partner, felt rejected by a lover, or lost a loved one, would you bounce back fairly quickly? Or would you remain angry, mired in self-recrimination, stuck in despair? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/09/26/how-resilient-are-you-in-love-and-life/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

In relationships, some lovers are quicker to feel anger than others. Yes, not having your expectations fulfilled or not getting your needs met can cause frustration. But some lovers seem to have shorter fuses when these situations occur. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/11/10/anger-triggers-and-resolutions/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Have you started taking each other for granted? Do you wish there was more affection and fun in your relationship? KEY POINTS Saying "I love you" is always appreciated, but expressing gratitude toward one's partner also goes a long way. Touch helps romantic partners feel connected and strengthens a relationship. Taking a walk or hike with one's partner, especially when there is something important to discuss, can ease tension. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2021/09/15/five-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-make-your-relationship-happier/ and https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lasting-love/202108/5-things-you-can-do-now-make-your-relationship-better Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

When people are asked what aspects they value in a potential partner they tend to list physical qualities, socially desirable characteristics, and unrealistic expectations. Furthermore, we tend to make judgments about the other person's trustworthiness, competence, and likability within the first tenth of a second, during the first glimpse of that person. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/08/25/what-to-look-for-in-a-potential-partner/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

So, after you have met someone, how can you be sure this is the right one? Are there some personality characteristics that you may not see initially but are ones that can stop a relationship from becoming a loving one? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/08/13/red-flags-what-to-watch-out-for-when-you-are-dating/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

As my husband and I are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary I started to wonder what has caused not just our relationship but our love to last. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/06/26/what-makes-love-last/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

In a truly intimate relationship, the rejections, irritations, and disappointments are as much a part of loving as are the securities, pleasures, and dreams. No marriage is made in heaven and no relationship is built on only the heavenly feelings. But no one ever forewarns us about the trials and tribulations. Instead we believe that if it's really love it will be sunny days forever, with no dark clouds to muddy up the horizon. After all, we were always told that love is never having to say you're sorry. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/06/02/when-the-unpleasant-feelings-emerge/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

It is easier to interact with people who have the same opinions that you do. It is easier to stay in your own social media silo. You may not have even considered thinking about things from another person's perspective. Yet there are many benefits to understanding another person's thoughts, motives, and emotions. Taking the other person's perspective can help you (a) reduce conflict, (b) solve problems more effectively, and (c) enlarge your view of yourself. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2021/06/25/the-benefits-from-understanding-another-point-of-view/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

You might see your partner and yourself through the lens of many assumptions. Then you begin to act toward your partner in ways that confirm these assumptions. Instead of changing your assumptions, you become disillusioned that love is not what you thought it should be. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/09/19/assumptions-that-cause-disillusionment/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

We expect our feelings never to change. We are constantly presented with the image of true love as an unchanging state of bliss where the initial feelings of passion, togetherness, and tender caring are the only feelings we should have if we are in love. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/05/08/when-your-feelings-change-are-you-no-longer-in-love/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Judging is a great destroyer of relationships, and it can destroy your self-confidence as well. Yet we all do judge others. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/02/18/why-judge/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

When was the last time you listened to your heart? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/02/03/listen-to-your-heart/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

How do you deal with a compulsive liar if you don't agree with him? And why does he impulsively and compulsively lie? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/01/27/what-do-you-do-when-a-powerful-person-is-an-insecure-liar/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Ever since the early 1970s, psychologists have found that men tend to fall in love more quickly and they hold on to a waning affair more so than do women. But what happens when there is a break-up? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/12/16/is-it-men-or-women-who-fall-the-hardest-after-a-break-up/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

According to a recent study, more than one-third of marriages in America now begin on-line. But do these marriages last as long as do marriages that result from off-line meetings? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/12/01/do-marriages-from-meeting-online-last/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

When we experience love at first sight, a chemical, phenylethylamine(PEA), floods the brain. PEA, an amphetamine-like chemical, makes us feel euphoric and aroused. Surprisingly, we don't even need an actual person present to have a surge of PEA. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/10/31/what-makes-men-addicted-to-pornography-and-women-to-romance-novels-and-chocolate/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Try these three tips to improve your relationship. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/10/14/289/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

You may think saying “I love you” is all that is needed in your relationship(s). But, if you live each day as if it could be your last with the person(s) you love, you will find many ways to show your love rather than just announcing your love. Here are some proven ways to show your love. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/01/09/dont-just-say-i-love-you-show-it/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2021/03/08/how-to-recover-from-zoom-fatigue/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Blame it on the chemistry. Yes, it is chemistry that causes you to fall in love with the wrong person. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/09/15/so-thats-why-i-fall-in-love-with-the-wrong-person/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Men usually get hooked into the passionate part of love first while women often need affection before the sex. At least that is what men think is true of women and women think is true of men. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/09/02/can-men-more-easily-separate-sex-and-love/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

We all have needs and often look to our partner to satisfy them. A relationship that satisfies these needs feels so comfortable. But what happens when your partner stops satisfying your needs? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/08/19/whats-wrong-with-satisfying-each-others-needs/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

Whether you want to meet someone new or want to ignite a spark in your current relationship, try flirting. Here's how! This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/07/10/flirting/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

Disappointed? Really, really angry? Your partner failed your expectations, failed to do the right thing, failed you. How do you express your feelings without coming across as accusing or criticizing? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/08/03/disappointment/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

A soulmate is supportive and makes you feel comfortable. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/12/18/five-ways-you-know-you-have-found-your-soulmate/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

Whom do we really fall in love with? And what makes us lovable? Whether we have a partner or are looking for one, we all want to know why we are attracted to one particular person rather than another. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/03/17/what-makes-us-attractive-and-to-whom-do-we-become-attracted/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

We all have at least a little bit of romance in our hearts. Find out how romantic you are! This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/07/21/how-romantic-are-you/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

We all start out being dependent on someone for love, needing to get love to survive. Then, in the process of growing up, new needs emerge—-the foremost of which is to feel lovable, independent of other people's judgments. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/10/06/what-would-happen-if-you-assumed-you-are-loveable/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

Each new year gives us a chance to be renewed. How about renewing your relationship? One of the best ways to renew your relationship is to discover something new about your partner. Even if you have been with each other for decades you may not know your partner as well as you think you do. Here's how you start the discovery! This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2017/12/30/discover-something-new-about-your-partner/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

As the 1965 song reminds us, “what the world needs now is love…not just for some but for everyone.” The challenge today is to ask ourselves, “Can we show love towards everyone?” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2018/11/08/what-the-world-needs-now-is-love/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Men and women often mean very different things when they think about intimacy. Women often are asking for more emotional closeness when they ask for more intimacy. Men, on the other hand, sometimes confuse sexual and emotional closeness. Some men might even admit that they have no clue what a woman is asking for when she asks for more intimacy. And some men and women can use sexual intimacy as a substitute for emotional closeness. What, then, is intimacy? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2018/10/23/want-more-intimacy-in-your-relationship/ Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Scientific research provides powerful and practical tools that you can use to improve your love life. I want to share some of these tools, described in my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life, which you can use to make your love last. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2018/07/31/love-is-a-science/ Find my book, at https://amzn.to/398rk93 and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf

Here are three simple tips to help make love last. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2018/05/15/3-tips-for-meghan-and-harry-and-all-married-couples-to-create-a-lasting-love/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life, and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93

When two people are working on a project they often send each other signals that they are paying attention and are interested in what the other person is saying. But when are these signals interpreted as flirting and when do they cross the line into harassment? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2018/03/17/how-flirting-can-become-harassment/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life, and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/398rk93

Get the Love Demystified Workbook in paperback or as an ebook, to find out the answers to these questions and more. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2019/09/11/find-out-how-much-passion-romance-and-intimacy-is-in-your-relationship/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

Need a unique gift for the young adult in your life? Help them have a successful love life with Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2019/11/08/give-love-this-christmas/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

Our nation is increasingly becoming divided into opposing groups. And these divisions are becoming more and more entrenched. So, why is this occurring? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2020/01/19/why-are-we-so-divided-and-what-can-we-do-about-it-psychological-research-has-some-clues/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

Does Valentine's Day make you wish you had someone to love (and to love you)? Don't despair—there are ways to dispel loneliness during the Valentine's Day hype, and help get you out doing something you enjoy. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2020/02/10/how-to-stay-connected-on-valentines-day/ and and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

A December 2019 poll conducted by Public Agenda/USA TODAY/Ipsos showed more than nine out of 10 Americans said it's time to reduce divisiveness, which they believe is exacerbated by government leaders and social media. People want to stop the animosity and relate to one another again. But how? Based on my knowledge of psychological research, here are four approaches you can use to overcome divisiveness. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2020/03/20/4-science-based-strategies-to-tame-angry-political-debate-and-encourage-tolerance/

“What the world needs now is love …. Not just for some, but for everyone.” Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote that song in 1965, when the United States was involved in the Vietnam War. Are we at war again now, 53 years later, not overseas, but at home? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2019/05/10/what-the-world-needs-now-2/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

What should you look for online in a possible partner? And how do you best present yourself online? This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2020/05/29/finding-real-love-online/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

Feeling Lonely? So many people feel like you do. Even before the social distancing and isolation brought on by Covid-19, there was an epidemic of loneliness in the United States. A recent poll identified three out of every five Americans as suffering from chronic loneliness. Among millennials the percentage is even higher. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://lovelifeprof.com/2020/06/09/recovering-from-loneliness-in-the-age-of-covid-19/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

In love it is all about how you see yourself and how you see the other person. Is your perception of your partner preventing you from fully loving?And is your partner's perception of you preventing him/her from fully loving you? This episode is also available as a blog post at https://lovelifeprof.com/2016/07/10/letting-go-of-old-perceptions/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT

We all want to be loved. But how do we feel loved instead of lonely, especially now during this pandemic? Surprisingly, ancient texts might give us an answer. This episode is also available as a blog post at https://lovelifeprof.com/2020/09/03/give-love-to-get-love/ and follow me on all social media @LoveLifeProf Find my book, Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life https://amzn.to/398rk93 and my workbook Questionnaires to Assess Your Love Life at https://amzn.to/2lQT2BT