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Building Love That Lasts

Series: Building Love That Lasts
3.8
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Episodes
12
Rating
NR
Year
2022
Language
English
Publisher
The Great Courses

About

Integrating the science of positive psychology with the wisdom of ancient philosophy, this course brings you fresh and valuable insights into healthy relationships. Experts provide you with helpful perspectives and essential tools to build love that lasts.

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Episodes

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1. An Introduction to Making Love Last

28m

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Is there a secret to healthy relationships? Your guides, James Pawelski and Suzann Pileggi Pawelski, suggest that we work harder at falling in love than staying in love. Jump into this innovative course and crack the code to healthy relationships, backed with wisdom from ancient Greek philosophy and science from contemporary positive psychology.

2. Love Lessons from Ancient Greece

26m

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What does Aristotle have to teach us about building healthy relationships? Turns out, plenty. Learn concepts from Aristotelian love by exploring the fundamental human wants that make love tick, then compare it to what history and culture tell us about soulmates through popular movies such as Jerry Maguire.

3. The Psychology of Lasting Love

26m

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In this lesson, James and Suzie weave together ancient wisdom and positive psychology, using science to help us cultivate research-based habits to strengthen our connections. Explore the superpowers we each have and figure out which ones you most often use in your relationships.

4. Cultivating the Right Kind of Passion

31m

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Passion is what makes love go round, right? Yes, but there are different types: Learn about obsessive versus harmonious passion and get the tools you need to build healthy habits. Then use them to heal from anxious or avoidant attachment styles so you can control the passion instead of letting it control you.

5. The Power of Positivity

28m

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In relationships, we all naturally seek pleasure. But maybe we should focus on pleasure's cousin, positivity, instead. Discover the differences between seeking one vs. the other, and see all the ways that the pursuit of positivity can open you up to the world, and by extension, to your partner.

6. Putting Positivity into Practice

31m

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Picking up from the previous lesson, you will begin to understand how to apply positivity to your relationships. Your experts discuss the top 10 positive emotions and give you concrete ways to prioritize and utilize them to organize your life to help you connect more deeply with others.

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The Great Coursesdirector
The Great Coursesproducer
Suzann Pileggi Pawelskiactor
James O. Pawelskiactor