The Meaning and Mystery of Love

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 “The mature response to the problem of existence is love.”
— Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

Did you know we can actually die from a broken heart? Yep, it’s called “Broken Heart Syndrome” and it causes around 10,000 deaths each year in the U.S.

When a loved one dies many stress hormones are released, causing the heart to struggle and sometimes stop. Many simply ask “Why go on?” and can find no good reason.

Did you know scent matters more to women than men when it comes to romance? Apparently women are unconsciously looking for the proper immune system to mate with.

These fun facts all come from CBS Sunday Morning.

I loved the first story about lost loves called “Lost and Found.” They said that if we should try to track down lost loves from our distant past, something made much easier by the Internet, there is a 70% chance that we will get back together with them if we are both single and available. Helen Fisher says that’s because they have been imprinted on our brains, so we cannot forget them! 

I found tracking down a lost love from decades past quite useful, but in a very different way… have you tried it yet? Sometimes we need to reconnect with our past in order to move on…

Laura Lee Carter, MA Counseling Psychology, the writer behind the popular online blog How to Believe in Love Again, has been helping others turn midlife difficulties into opportunities for personal change since 2007. Besides working as a psychotherapist, Laura Lee has authored a number of books and e-books on midlife transformation.  Don’t miss her new book: Find Your Reason to Be Here: The Search for Meaning in Midlife. Follow her on Twitter: @midlifequeen.