No matter what our relationships look like, one can’t deny the underlying permanence of love. It can be hard to decipher the signs of love in this day and age. Books, while many fictional ones discussing the love between characters, non-fiction can help shine a light on love in one’s life. Read the following recommendations curated by The Bombay Circle Press, and explore love deeply.
A Brief History of Love by Dr Liat Yakir
Is love about chemistry or do biology, evolution and psychology all have a part to play?
Love is one of the most complex and confusing emotions in the human experience. It consumes so much of our lives and yet we don’t truly understand it – what it is on a biological, chemical and evolutionary level. This book takes you on a fascinating journey to explore the science of love, looking closely at the interplay between genes, hormones, emotions and relationships. Discover everything you need to know about why you are attracted to certain people, the brain’s role in your emotions, how to pick “the one” and how to preserve that love over ti
me. Learn how to have better, healthier and more loving relationships by understanding the inner workings of love in your body.
Hold Me Tight by Dr Sue Johnson
Heralded by the New York Times and Time as the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it views the love relationship as an attachment bond.
This idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world. In Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson presents Emotionally Focused Therapy to the general public for the first time. Johnson teaches that the way to save and enrich a relationship is to re-establish safe emotional connection and preserve the attachment bond. With this in mind, she focuses on key moments in a relationship-from “Recognizing the Demon Dialogue” to “Revisiting a Rocky Moment” — and uses them as touch points for seven healing conversations.
Through case studies from her practice, illuminating advice, and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their relationships and ensure a lifetime of love.
Attached by Amir Levine M.D. and Rachel Heller M.A.
Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory—the most advanced relationship science in existence today—can help us find and sustain love. Attachment theory forms the basis for many bestselling books on the parent/child relationship, but there has yet to be an accessible guide to what this fascinating science has to tell us about adult romantic relationships-until now.
Attached guides readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate (or potential mates) follow. It also offers readers a wealth of advice on how to navigate their relationships more wisely given their attachment style and that of their partner. An insightful look at the science behind love, Attached offers readers a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections.
Love is a skill, and like any other, can be trained and improved. Read the non-fiction books present here and understand where you lie, what you can improve, and correct the course of your relationships.
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