Can Love Last?: The Fate of Romance over Time
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Can Love Last?: The Fate of Romance over Time Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Stephen A. Mitchell (Author), Adam Lofbomm (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 142 ratings
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A fascinating look at the key components of romantic love - sex, idealization, aggression, self-pity, guilt, and commitment - argues that romance does not diminish in a long-term relationship, describes the barriers to lasting love, and offers helpful advice on how to promote an enduring love by eliminating self-destructive efforts to protect oneself from its risks.

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  1. Listening Length
    6 hours and 15 minutes
  2. Author
    Stephen A. Mitchell
  3. Narrator
    Adam Lofbomm
  4. Audible release date
    April 28, 2020
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Tantor Audio
  7. ASIN
    B0872JWQLH
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 6 hours and 15 minutes
Author Stephen A. Mitchell
Narrator Adam Lofbomm
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date April 28, 2020
Publisher Tantor Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0872JWQLH
Best Sellers Rank #139,233 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#596 in Marriage & Long-Term Partnerships
#787 in Love, Dating & Attraction
#3,233 in Love & Romance (Books)

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Jean
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2019
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If you've ever loved and lost, then this is the book for you. Comforting. Bracing you with reality. This narrative rekindles your own memories and allows you to relive the highlights in your own life of being in love. It also holds your hand as you recall the dissolution of that love. Lots of wisdom between its covers. An easy delight to read.
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Frank Selden
4.0 out of 5 stars Not a rhetorical question any more
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2016
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Can Love Last is a question lovers often ask. At first I thought the book jumped around a lot. It doesn't. Instead, Mitchell looks at the question from many angles, like holding a diamond up to the light and turning it to examine the quality through multiple facets. He mixes true character stories with practical wisdom. Can Love Last? is not just a rhetorical question or a theme for easy listening ballads. Sometimes I bring past memories and judgments of previous relationships into my current amazing relationship. This book helped me see how I can let go of my stories and focus on what is important for this relationship to last as I desire.
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Diane DeArmond
5.0 out of 5 stars Hope for the romantic
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2011
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For those of us who are interested in the deeper layers of romance and desire, this is an excellent book. I am particularly impressed with the author's facility with psychoanalytic ideas both those of Freud and many of his followers. It is written in a language that a non-psychologist can understand. His respect for the human condition comes through in every page.
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jenjen
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Advice
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016
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An interesting take on making romance last over time, this emphasizes the risk involved in committing to loving. We invest emotionally in our relationships and thereby make things safe to prevent pain. However, this tends to kill whatever thrills begin our relationships and make them so passionate. It's a challenge to continue to recognize this process and keep a balance between safety in relationships and excitement.
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Joshua T
5.0 out of 5 stars Psychoanalysis with a Modern Dose of Common Sense
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2017
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I have been reading and studying psychology for over sixty years. This book helped me dissolve or let go of some old, clunky Freudian and mid-century ego psychology formulations that I had filed in my head. Very readable and, for me, useful.
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An Mi
5.0 out of 5 stars understand and embrace intimacy
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2016
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This book helped me understand why physical intimacy needs to be balanced with distance. The author weaves Freudian theories through fresh explanations of specific examples of people's individualized solutions or failures at relationships. Needs a careful read. No better book on love.
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Sam Lake
5.0 out of 5 stars Mitchell tells why it is not an easy journey but can be done if one is aware ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2014
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Fabulous book. How can domesticity and romantic/erotic life co-exist? Mitchell tells why it is
not an easy journey but can be done if one is aware and the partner is also. For psychologically
minded adults or those who wish to be....brilliant.
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Bo Lee
2.0 out of 5 stars Brainy, arguably brilliant but a useless book
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2022
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Good writing is clear writing. Good writing does not hide behind too many fancy words or make references every other sentences to make a point. This book maybe appreciated by Stephen Mitchell's colleagues, who are professional therapists or academics, but to an average reader trying to understand the subject matter this book is a waste of time that goes through, circles, weaves together everything and anything that can be thrown at the subject matter to make a big impression but misses the mark. I am sure Stephen was a learned person who was accomplished. But his writing in this book is a patchwork or a hodgepodge thoughts from multiple fields and masters that briefly touches upon some well known ideas at the expense of not expressing Stephen's ideas fully in understandable and useful ways that a reader with this subject as interest in mind. I love the subject matter. I appreciate some of the idea references from famous experts but ended up returning the book for a refund feeling dissatisfied, having still my hunger for answers.
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Frank Calberg
4.0 out of 5 stars Can love last?
Reviewed in Germany on March 21, 2023
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Takeaways from reading the book:
- Page 45: Habits dull romantic love.
- Page 91: Love seeks control, stability, continuity and certainty. In love, we are searching for points of attachment, anchoring and something we can count on.
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Pradnya Shenoy
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on April 26, 2018
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A very good read..
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2017
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Wife likes it.
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Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Spain on July 21, 2016
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Great book, I has lost it. It is the second time I buy it, I really enjoy the way he used to put in a simple way concepts developed in other books.
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Jack Bussy
2.0 out of 5 stars Bla bla
Reviewed in France on April 18, 2012
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Que des généralités sans profondeur.... Il vaut mieux relire Alberoni pour se faire une idée plus juste des problèmes que soulève le titre...
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