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Love's Triple Helix: The Science of Desire, Romance, and Attachment

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Discover how love operates as three distinct brain systems, not just one emotion. Drawing from Helen Fisher's brain imaging research, Andrew Huberman's neuroscience, and Esther Perel's relationship wisdom, learn practical strategies to maintain desire and build lasting bonds in our high-expectation era.

Love's Triple Helix: The Science of Desire, Romance, and Attachment
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Nature Neuroscience (Original research)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16327783/
eLife (Original research)
link
https://elifesciences.org/articles/80517
Hidden Brain
link
https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/you-2-0-when-did-marriage-become-so-hard/
Nature (Original research)
link
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005Natur.435..673K/abstract
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
link
https://www.tapesearch.com/episode/bonus-keep-your-relationship-healthy/WBYCUASaLQgzWbJmNFB7Sk
The Evolution of Desire
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-evolution-of-desire-by-david-m-buss
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy (Clinical model)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10693116/
Attached
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/attached-by-amir-levine
Mating in Captivity
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/mating-in-captivity-by-esther-perel
Modern Wisdom
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https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/modern-wisdom-5872558/episodes/986-esther-perel-how-love-dies-263906757
Why We Love
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/why-we-love-by-helen-fisher
Huberman Lab Podcast
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/the-science-of-love-desire-and-attachment
The Journal of Sex Research (Review)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37267113/
The Molecule of More
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/the-molecule-of-more-by-daniel-z-lieberman
TED Talk
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https://www.ted.com/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology (Review)
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3012750/
PLOS Medicine (Meta-analysis)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20668659/
Current Directions in Psychological Science (Review)
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09637214231217663
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Original research)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3572722/
TED Speaker Page
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https://www.ted.com/speakers/helen_fisher
Frontiers in Psychology (Original research)
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00938/full
Journal of Economic Psychology / PubMed (Registered replication)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32514040/
Come As You Are
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/come-as-you-are-by-emily-nagoski
Wired for Love
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/wired-for-love-by-stan-tatkin
Modern Wisdom
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https://www.audible.com/podcast/319-David-Buss-The-Hidden-Psychology-Of-Sexual-Conflict/B094J2BV78
Polysecure
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/polysecure-by-jessica-fern
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