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Identifying the characteristics of a healthy relationship and being mindful of red flags are good ways to establish connections that contribute to our well-being.
Humans have complex psychological monitoring systems that track whether we are at risk of being pushed out of groups.
In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to reveal how emotions were being ‘manufactured.’
Young people have led makeovers of the concept of love before. But relationships with AI chatbots leave out the compromises and effort of real relationships.
A good deal of my own sense of value does not come from thinking nice thoughts about myself. It stems instead from being loved by my wife.
Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.
If you’re feeling disconnected from others, or just disenchanted with the day, you might consider trying loving-kindness meditation, writes a scholar of mindfulness.
Limerence is an intense, involuntary infatuation that can feel like love, but with obsessive thoughts and emotional highs and lows.
The Bible describes the two men meeting and sharing an instant connection.
Martin Luther King Jr. popularized the term ‘beloved community’ and gave it his own meaning. But the still-cited phrase was coined decades before.
Travelling remains time-consuming, precarious, and shockingly dangerous for most South Africans 30 years after apartheid has ended.
Written at a time when there were different norms around sexual morality, Plato’s Symposium is one of the principal sources of the Greek philosopher’s views on love and beauty.
Treena Orchard and Carolina Bandinelli talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how dating apps have changed expectations about the search for love.
What makes a relationship last when feelings fade or circumstances change? Can you force yourself to love someone you hate or don’t care about?
At a time when so much violence and war are ravaging the world, a scholar of medieval Christianity explains Catholic views on the morality of warfare and the value of forgiving enemies.
People in Ancient Greece and Rome were just as obsessed with falling in love as we are. And their romantic tribulations bring plenty of timeless advice.
What happens when people form romantic relationships across class? Eve Vincent and Rose Butler interviewed 38 people to find out. Their candid answers are revealing.
This fever-dream Swedish novella demonstrates an incomparable ability to give name to the things we feel but have been unable to find the right words for.
Bridgerton explores relatable experiences that resonate with its audience despite its historical setting.
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