podcast

Essentials: The Science of Love, Desire & Attachment

12.02.2026
Listen to the episode on your favorite platforms:
  • Apple Podcasts
  • Youtube
  • Spotify
  • Castbox
  • Pocket Casts
  • Stitcher
  • iHeart
  • PlayerFM
  • SoundStream
  • Overcast
  • Castro
  • RadioPublic

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explore the psychology and biology of desire, love and attachment. I explain how childhood attachment styles can shape adult romantic relationships and how the brain and body systems influence emotional bonds. I also discuss supplements that may support a healthy libido and practical, science-based tools for understanding your relationship patterns and building stronger relationships.

Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.

Thank you to our sponsors

AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman

Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/huberman

Function: https://functionhealth.com/huberman

Timestamps

() Desire, Love & Attachment

() 4 Attachment Styles, Child & Parent

() Attachment & Autonomic Arousal, Seesaw Analogy

() Sponsor: Eight Sleep

() Tool: Self-Awareness of Attachment Style, Autonomic State & Relationship

() Brain & Neural Circuits for Desire, Love & Attachment

() Empathy, Autonomic Matching

() Positive Delusions, Relationship Breakdown & Failure

() Sponsor: Function

() Universality of Love, Autonomic Coordination

() Self-Expansion & Relationships, Shaping Self-Perception

() Sponsor: AG1

() Testosterone, Estrogen, Dopamine & Libido

() Supplements to Increase Libido: Maca Root, Tongkat Ali (Longjack), Tribulus

() Recap

Disclaimer & Disclosures

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices