Love is in the air, which must mean it’s Valentine’s Day. People around the world contemplate the grandest gestures of affection possible to show their significant other they care or write off the 14th as just a day invented by Hallmark. Polarizing as it may be, Valentine’s Day is a time to reflect on the root of love itself. What happens to us when we fall in love? What makes a couple successful? How can we ensure our relationships last?
Scott Cypers, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is a Gottman-trained therapist who helps couples use the lessons of experts such as Gottman to help couples live their best relationships.
He provides some insight on our brain in love, different types of love and what successful couples do.