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THE CHEMISTRY OF CONNECTION
How the Oxytocin Response Can Help You Find Trust, Intimacy,
and Love
Susan Kuchinskas
April 2009 / 978-157224-6232 / $16.95 / 6 x 9 / 176 pages
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Understanding the importance
of “the cuddle hormone”in
human relationships.
There is a secret to love. Whether it is the
love you feel for your partner, for your child,
or even your family pet, the root of all love is
this: oxytocin.
In The Chemistry of Connection author Susan Kuchinskas explains how oxytocin,
a hormone produced by the pituitary gland, is released when we’re physically
or emotionally intimate with someone. Sometimes referred to as “the cuddle
hormone”oxytocin, Kuchinskas explains, “is responsible for making us feel loved
and secure.”
So when we make love, when we’re stroked, or when we spend time with close
friends, our bodies respond by producing pulses of oxytocin. The oxytocin fl oods
our bodies with feelings of connection, trust, and contentment. Researchers believe
that this natural, powerful “love drug” plays an important role in all human social
relationships.
Kuchinskas presents new information about how brain chemistry affects our
platonic and intimate relationships and explains how oxytocin research can help us
understand the psychological differences between men and women.
The Chemistry of Connection goes beyond detailing the biochemistry of love to
include practical tips and guidance to help readers increase their natural oxytocin
levels in order to develop deep human connections with with friends as well as with
romantic partners.
“In The Chemistry of Connection, Susan Kuchinskas helps her readers understand
important aspects of how oxytocin enhances relationships, and more importantly, how
to navigate some of the obstacles we encounter on the often rocky road