About this episode
Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky discusses the difference between being loved and feeling loved, while Greg Walton answers listener questions about negative thought spirals.
What’s the difference between being loved and feeling loved? Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky joins us to discuss the distinction, and how we can create a stronger feeling of closeness in our relationships. Then, in our latest installment of Your Questions Answered, psychologist Greg Walton returns to answer listeners’ questions about negative thought spirals.
People in this episode
Host: Shankar Vedantam
Guests: Sonja Lyubomirsky, Greg Walton
Topics covered
- love
- relationships
- psychology
- emotional closeness
- negative thought spirals
Keywords
- love
- feeling loved
- relationships
- psychology
- negative thoughts
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