#099: What does it feel like to love someone?

Welcome to Season 3! We're calling this season "Every Day Love" and our goal is to make love practical in our everyday lives.    Recognizing the practicality of love requires us to let go of some of the common UN-practical definitions and ideas that we have about love.   Love is so much more than an emotion or something you feel when you first start dating or when you bring home a newborn baby. Being loved is very different from being "in love." Love is an experience that changes us…for good!   In this episode, I (Janet) share the story about the night I realized for the first time that I was more than attracted to Doug. I realized that I LOVED him! Listen in as I share how I knew the difference between admiring Doug and enjoying the time we spent together.   One of the things I realized was that I didn't want to be someone who caused Doug more hurting or cost him more wounding. I didn't want to be someone who let him live with more lies.   Love is something that equips us and transforms us on our journey of personal growth. Love is what heals us and it is the fuel of maturity—and without love, we will get older, but we won't grow up.   To be alive is to be growing, not to have arrived. And without love, we simply survive. When we love one another, we get to impact and influence each other for good!   In this episode, we offer these takeaways, from Nate Postlethwait: "Stick with the ones who make you feel important. You've got one shot at this life and if the people who were meant to teach you about your value didn't, then find those who can."  "Your life is meant to be lived. Your relationships are meant to reflect love and safe connection."  "If you don't have access to a person, find words. Find books, find quotes, find things that make something in your feel important enough to keep looking for more." Have you downloaded the FREE RESOURCE on janetnewberry.com? Check it out and discover 3 truths you need to build a lifestyle of love!