How To Build Relationships In The 21st Century
Marisha Dixon is back for the 2nd episode of Tawk To Me, and she’s recruited an expert panel to discuss how to build relationships in the 21st Century…
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Love Science articles include a variety of information on topics such as: attachment styles, love languages, love theory, the effects of love on the brain, and beyond. This is where you will find all love and relationship facts to learn more about how science and data view the most complex emotion of all -- love.
Myth Busters: Romantic History Edition
You know that person who sits on a throne as the deity in your personal romantic mythology? That person who shook you to the core and revealed to you…
Matchmaker Says: Expressing Vulnerability On A Date
How do we overcome the fear of verbalizing our feelings for someone without coming on too strong, or committing to something we’re not ready for…
Finding Mr. Foodie
Everything was perfect…until it was time to order dinner. When I think back, we had sent the waiter away several times because my date had not even looked at the menu as we were so engrossed in conversation, or so I thought…
Creating Space to Receive Love
The key is to notice and be aware of your internal sorting process, and at the same time, be courteous and grateful to the date for offering you these realizations. In this sense, there is never actually a “bad date” because they are all offering you very useful data and intel for your life and relationship creation process…
The Staggering Research On Choosing Mates
E. Jean Carroll occasionally drops a line to the team with a little inspiration or interesting tidbit of research. Aren’t we a lucky bunch?! Her last token to us was a collection of the latest research on all things amour. Enjoy…
Matchmaker Says: Be Open-Minded
Matchmaker Boon sent this video out to the team with the subject line: “Oh, the relevance.” We couldn’t agree more. Watch One Girl Design Her Perfect Guy, And Then Meet Him. It’s smart, playful and revelatory…
The Intricacies of Playing “Hard To Get”
We have been performing the cat and mouse act with potential mates for centuries. While many argue the art of being enigmatic and demur is attractive–do we really know that is true? Stanford PhD Jayson Jia, and his associates, embarked on a scientific expedition to determine whether this widely accepted dating practice was actually bona fide…
Matchmaker Says: What is Love?
This week’s question: What is Love? What does it feel like? Matchmaker Melody says: > Wow… I think philosophers, psychologists, theologians and researchers of all > kinds have been grappling with this one for thousands of years…
Matchmaker Says: Judge Not
Matchmaker Cynthia shared this story with the team about her client, D.C., last week and we felt it contained a valuable lesson for all those undergoing the processes of dating…
The Must-Follow Rules for Your Foreign Fling
The longest relationship I’ve had on American soil lasted for five months…
Love Science: 2 Traits of Lasting Love
Science says lasting relationships come down to 2 basic traits… Business Insider recently published an article based on the findings of Psychologist John Gottman’s 40-year study of relationships and marriage. Interestingly, this topic of study wasn’t widely examined until the 1970s when the rate of divorce suddenly spiked to unprecedented levels. Gottman was one of the early researchers in the field — culminating over four decades of research, experimentation and analysis. And if you asked him, Gottman would tell you that healthy relationships boil down to two essential traits…
