Addicted to Love

Damona Hoffman, dating coach, TV host from A+E Networks as well as the host of the Dates & Mates Podcast shares her secrets when it comes to online dating in 2018. We’ll be talking about dating app addiction, post-date depression, as well as the slow-love principle. We’ll also discuss the pitfalls and pains when it comes to finding a great mate. Don’t chase the no’s, focus on the yes’s – rejec...

We are all tempted to get instant gratification. Passionate nights, butterflies, and hours of chatting with a new lover. These moments are great but if we jump into something too quickly, we might no longer be able to evaluate if this person is actually a good match in the long run. Jumping ahead in the process of establishing a real and adequate connection wont allow us to keep a clear mind. What...

In this inspiring interview with Gal Szekely, you’ll get the building blocks for healthy lasting love. We talk about the 7 dimensions of exceptional relating and how to deal with expectations you might have towards your partner. Learn how to communicate your needs responsibly, without being demanding. We show you ways to stop compromising and instead find a win-win situation for both partners. Gal...

You have been waiting, hoping for a call, a message, a sign from the person you are pursuing at the moment. Your mind is going in circles, obsessing over why he’s not calling back. You start constructing stories. Maybe he is with someone else or perhaps he’s lost interest. Sounds familiar? Step out of obsession. Learn how to break the state and turn obsession into empowerment in an instant! Are yo...

Compromising when it comes to sex, it is a sure way of putting yourself in a disempowered state of being. The way you do sex is a clear measurement of how much you value and respect yourself and how solid your standards are. At what point are you compromising on your standards and why? Risk to be rejected; a no to someone else is a yes to yourself! There is nothing worse than lousy compromised sex...

The success of your relationship is in direct correlation with both partner’s ability to be vulnerable. Vulnerability is your key to your partner’s open heart. But what does vulnerability mean? How can we ensure not to let resentment build to a degree where the relationship will eventually face its expiration date? Learn what vulnerability really means. Discover a great tool to prevent this from h...

We can all agree that love can be the most wonderful, exciting, and heart-opening thing. However, love can also be the most painful, dark, and hopeless place we have all experienced and it can break our heart into a thousand pieces. Learn three great strategies to turn any challenging situation into a more intimate relationship and better sex. You can apply these strategies the moment you feel tha...

Many of us are scared of feelings and we do whatever it takes to repress them. Even our brain is wired like that. Feelings are not scary, suffering is. Unfortunately, we mistake the two with each other. Your feeling is your healing. Feel the feelings instead of repressing them or acting them out in hurtful and unconscious ways. Discover the last of the three keys that will allow you to overcome lo...

Have you ever heard that notion about how a spiritual person is all relaxed and that their zen-level is a measurement of how evolved they are, that the less they get triggered, the more they have it together? We are humans with emotions and there is nothing wrong with not having it all in control. Every living being gets triggered from time to time. The question is how do we deal with them? We can...

There are three keys to how we can overcome love addiction. Aleah shares key number one and the basis for it all: awareness. The first step to break denial, the very nature of love addiction, is to not only become super aware on what love addiction is, but also on our unconscious behavior that reinforces the addictive parts of love as well. Learn more about how awareness can overcome love addictio...

How would your life change if you were able to be the captain of your life, if you could create a life you truly love because you feel empowered enough to do so? Do you want to be more proud of yourself for what you do and achieve? Do you want to become the juiciest and sexiest version of yourself? Learn how you can get there and attract the love you want for yourself by being the captain of your...

If we want to create more peace and love in our relationships, our life, and the world in general, then we have to start by healing ourselves first. Once we do that, we can help others heal as well. We all carry a lot of pain, and too often that pain gets expressed in hurtful ways. It does not have to be that way. Learn about the power and value of being an emotional recycler and what potential it...

Why do we have to overcome love addiction? First and foremost, if love addiction runs our life, it means that we are not. What’s really crucial is that we often act out unconsciously from the wounded and unloved place inside of our self which only creates more hurt, separation, disconnection, and suffering. It does not have to be that way. We have to stop outsourcing our pain. The moment we decide...

What are the consequences of love addiction and the early absence of love in life? These consequences do not just concern us as individuals but the world and our society in general. In all honesty, it is heart-breaking and an absolute must to understand. Did you know that the suicide rate of adolescent girls has doubled since 2005? We are now living in a world full of broken hearts. If we are not...

“Our struggles are our gifts!” says Deborah Torres Patel in this heartfelt interview. Want to know how to turn your pain into power? Deborah shares, how she used her skills in communication and acting to protect herself, prevent abuse, devoid pain and ultimately get out of troubles. She will talk about the radical shift that was necessary to get a fair chance to a happy life. Today with her own «m...

Early absence of love and other traumatic childhood experiences contribute massively to becoming a love addict later on in life. They also do not allow our brain to shape and wire the way we would actually need it, to build resilience so we can deal with life’s upheavals later on. Dr. Bruce Perry’s work is a must-know for all of us who deal with love addiction and all parents out there. One of the...

This episode elaborates on the first of the two major reasons WHY we are addicted to love and how our brain actually plays a big part in it. We also talk about why someone would stick to an abusive partner and why it seems to be out of their hands to do otherwise. Learn about Dr. Helen Fisher’s ground-breaking study and what she wrote on the neural chemistry of romantic love. You will also finally...

We will lead through the other 7 different love addiction types that all share the same unhealthy patterns such as dependency, loss of reason, an inability to self-control and obsessive longing that must be satisfied. No matter the type – all lack the ability to maintain long-term, healthy, compassionate and intimate relationships. They also all share the same terrible consequences – a life with c...

Listen to the interview with Dr. Margaret Paul. She holds a PhD in psychology, is a relationship expert, a public speaker, best-selling author, popular Huffington Post writer and co-creator of the powerful “inner bonding” self-healing process, also recommended by Alanis Morissette. She wrote 9 books of which one sold over 1 million copies. She will also talk about how as a love addict, we tend to...

Do you have a history of attracting emotionally unavailable partners? There are 9 different types of love addicts according to Jim Hall, Love Addiction Specialist. In this episode we explore the strong but unhealthy bond between the typical love addict and the avoidant love addict. You will also learn about the different stages they go through & the repetitive cycle they find themselves in. We...

Do you mistake drama, intensity, sex and romance for love? Are you jumping into relationships way too quickly? Are you unable to see the red flags early on in relationships? We will help you find out by sharing the 10 typical characteristic traits that indicate an addiction to love and reveal other unhealthy parts in the way we relate. You will also learn 3 tips to instantly increase your awarenes...

Are you experiencing the deep emotional & sexual intimacy that your heart truly longs for? Or do you perhaps live in a relationship where passion & sex is barely existent? Do you feel that your needs are being met or do you feel that you never quite get what your heart desires? In this episode you will learn what is causing sexual rejection and what to do about it. We will share the one cr...

In this episode we will talk about Sex, Love & Addiction. We will also show you how to clearly differentiate mature, healthy, intimate and compassionate love from immature, neurotic & “addicted” love. We will start to create more awareness around the ways you relate with your partner. Awareness will empower you and enable you to turn things around and make a positive change in your existin...

Welcome to the first episode of the Addicted to Love podcast with Aleah Ava. We are excited to bring you amazing content that will change your love life forever. Most people would never combine the words Love and Addiction and often, what we believe love to be, is in fact an addiction to love. It is the least recognized form of addiction. On the other hand, probably one of the biggest of human kin...