Emotional Triggers author David Richo offers a fresh take on love and relationships—a look that focuses not on finding the perfect match, but on becoming a more loving and understanding person yourself.

Based on Buddhist concept of mindfulness, the author explores 5 signs of adult love and how they play a key role in our relationships throughout life:

1. Presence in the present: observing, listening and tracking all the feelings that manifest in our relationship.

2. Acceptance of yourself and others.

3. Understanding one's own and others' capabilities, desires and characteristics.

4. A feeling of affection, manifested through hugs and touches.

5. The realization that you cannot take life and love under control, but you need to accept them with the ecstasy and pain that they carry.

Five simple theses form the basis of mature love. They help us move away from judgment, fear and guilt and take an adult position in relationships.

This is a 20th anniversary edition of the book.

Who this book is for

Published in Russian for the first time.