Are You in Love With Them, or With Who They Could Be?

Dr. Etel Leit

Published on: 23/10/2026

Relationship potential, idealization, and the dangerous little habit of waiting for someone to become who you need them to be.

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Relationship Potential Is Not Love: Why You Stayed For Who He Could Be

Dr. Etel Leit

Published on: 13/05/2026

Learn why relationship potential keeps you stuck in emotionally unavailable love, and how to choose patterns over fantasy.

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