The Paradox of Love: Hormones and Healthy Connections

This chapter explores how love can trigger irrational behaviors and emotional turmoil, influenced by hormonal changes and attachment styles. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these dynamics to foster healthier relationships that enhance well-being and happiness.

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Love isn’t just a feeling, it’s a pattern. And patterns, when understood, can be changed.

We are the descendants of beings who bonded, lusted, and survived—not by chance, but by biology.

In this episode, we explore the elegant architecture of love, divided into three distinct experiences: lust, attraction, and attachment.

Each has its own hormonal symphony: testosterone’s drive, dopamine’s thrill, oxytocin’s warmth. But these chemicals, while essential, are not our destiny. We must choose how we respond to them.

The opportunity lies in seeing love not just as passion, but as a practice—a practice of self-awareness, empathy, and intentionality.