How to Feel in Love Again (That Actually Works)

You haven’t tried it because it’s counterintuitive.

Jennifer Haubrich
6 min readMar 24, 2022
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There’s a misconception in our society that not feeling “in love” signifies your relationship isn’t working. Or that it might even be entirely over.

The truth is, it’s unrealistic for you and your partner to expect one another to maintain the same level of loving feelings for one another throughout your entire relationship. Especially since our feelings for one another often result from events or circumstances beyond their control!

But that doesn’t mean you can’t still love one another. Or get those feelings back.

I know that my feelings toward not just my husband but all my loved ones can be significantly affected when I’m hungry, tired, stressed out, or anxious about something utterly unrelated to them. I can be prone to mental tirades against my husband's perceived slights or faults. In the silence of my mind, I let him have it! I’m scathing! I’m witty! Overflowing with righteous indignation!

But then, inevitably, when we talk, I discover the information my judgment lacked and the perspective I lacked. And the case I’d built so convincingly in my head to convict him falls to pieces.

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Jennifer Haubrich

Finding the funny in relationships, parenting, life, and personifying inanimate objects. Contact: jenniferh@lumieremedia.com