Keep Love: 21 Truths for a Long-Lasting Relationship

by Paul Brunson

You've found a healthy love dynamic, this is how you keep it going.

What makes a long-lasting relationship?
Can you rebuild trust after a betrayal?
How do you navigate change and conflict while still cultivating love?

According to studies, couples with strong connections sleep better, have less stress, make more money, and are overall healthier. In Nurture Love leading relationship expert, Paul Brunson provides the vital guide to help you address the common issues couples face and to find the roadmap for sustaining healthy relationships.

Combining research, expert opinion, ground-breaking exercises and over 20 years' experience in the relationship sciences field, Paul Brunson unveils the secrets to building and maintaining durable connections that withstand the test of time. Through honest and open communication, mutual respect, problem-solving ability, intimacy, and a shared sense of purpose, Nurture Love shows us how anyone can build right foundations for love.

Genres: Audiobook

292 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 6, 2025

Reviews

[D. · Rating 1 out of 5]

I got dumped the day after I bought this book.

[Katy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just want to be mates with Paul & Jill :(
No but this was really interesting not only from the matchmaking/relationship background Paul comes from but also the more scientific research too.

[Isabel Fontes · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I began my relationship years ago, I truly believed it would last a lifetime. Today, we are separated — not because the love ended, but because communication failed. Our words reach each other only through emails now, filtered through barriers of old fears and unresolved wounds. And yet, the love lingers. It is a strange limbo: distant, unfinished, suspended between what was and what might still be.

Reading Paul C. Brunson’s Keep Love touched me in ways I didn’t expect. His guidance on communication, trust, and intentional love feels both wise and painfully relevant.

This is a book that could help couples at any stage — those just beginning, those hoping to strengthen what they already have, and even those who find themselves caught between presence and absence, holding on to the hope that something may still be possible. Brunson doesn’t pretend that love is easy, but he makes it clear that when both people are willing to nurture it, love can be resilient.

More than a manual, this book is a reminder: we get out what we put in. It leaves you reflecting not only on the kind of partner you want to be, but also on the possibility of love itself — fragile, complicated, and still worth fighting for.

[Scarlett Rebecca Murphy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Felt like a celebrity repackaging common relationship tips than offering anything new. I liked the heart icons throughout as they added a nice touch. Overall, it’s solid but not groundbreaking. A reminder more than a revelation.

[Lucia Moje drahé knihy · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,25⭐

Partnerský vzťah nie je statická jednotka. Dynamicky sa vyvíja a záleží na partneroch, ako sa k tomu postavia. Nemusia spraviť nič, no nemôžu očakávať, že všetko bude v poriadku. Pre zdravý naplnený vzťah je dôležité na ňom neustále pracovať.  

“Dokonalá láska neexistuje” je skvelým sprievodcom v práci na svojom vzťahu. Prináša novú perspektívu založenú na vyvracaní zaužívaných presvedčeniach opakovaných skrz rodiny, komunity či médiá.  

Autor prináša na pretras 21 mýtov, ktoré vyvracia na základe svojich bohatých skúseností a výskumov. Na konci každej kapitoly ponúka nástroj - cvičenie, ako pracovať so spomínaným aspektom, ako komunikovať v danej oblasti vzťahu.  

Hoci kapitoly na seba navzájom odkazujú, nie je nutné ich čítať v napísanom poradí. Dá sa v nich ľahko orientovať, a tak sa kedykoľvek vrátiť len ku konkrétnej časti, ktorú by som si chcela v budúcnosti pripomenúť.  

Trochu mi prekážala repetitívnosť, i keď rozumiem, že autor chcel takto pripomenúť a zdôrazniť dôležitosť niektorých bodov. 

Nesúhlasila som so všetkými názormi prezentovanými v knihe bez ohľadu na to, ako boli podporené uvedenými výskumami. Vždy treba brať do úvahy aj individuálne vnímanie vlastného vzťahu vzhľadom na podmienky, v ktorých žijeme.  

Kniha bola písaná zrozumiteľne, autor svoje myšlienky podáva tak, že nie je potrebné si pri nich zavariť mozog. Dokázala som ju naplno vnímať aj večer unavená po náročnom dni.  

Ak by som mala zjednodušene zhrnúť najdôležitejšie posolstvo, povedala by som: „Kľúčová je vzájomná komunikácia.” 

Mimochodom, naše slovenské vydanie má skvelú obálku od Adriána Macha @seasidespirit a mäkkú väzbu, ktorá sa len tak nerozpadne. Aj s prekladom som spokojná. Nepôsobí stroho, bol ponechaný konverzačný nádych, čo zodpovedá obsahu knihy, a predsa stále pôsobí odborne.  

[Wenting Liu · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for anyone. It not only will benefit your relationship with your partner but also will benefit your relationship with other family and friends. Also yourself!