Crazy in Love? How to Keep Your Head While Following Your Heart

Todd Baratz shares five key insights from How to Love Someone Without Losing Your Mind: Forget the Fairy Tale and Get Real.

Have you ever been in love? If so, you know that it can be one of life’s most thrilling — and most destabilizing — experiences. If you'd like to enjoy the positive side of romance while dialing down the craziness, check out these big ideas from How to Love Someone Without Losing Your Mind: Forget the Fairy Tale and Get Real by psychotherapist and sex therapist

Todd Baratz

. Scroll down to listen to Todd share his big ideas.

The 5 Key Insights:

1. Self-awareness begins with your intergenerational story.

2. Understanding emotional triggers is key to a better life.

3. Pain is necessary for growth—especially in relationships.

4. Relational endings are to be embraced.

5. The myth of “The One” and the reality of good enough.

1. Self-awareness begins with your intergenerational story.

Before we can explore our current relational or general life challenges, we must know the intergenerational story of our family. Without this information, we are navigating relational machinery in the dark. All relational dynamics and emotional challenges stem not just from our experiences in the here-and-now but from the unresolved issues of previous generations.

Hear Todd’s tips on how to real magic to your relationships: