# The 6 essential ingredients of loving relationships

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDNext 2025
- Speaker: Sara Nasserzadeh
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/sara_nasserzadeh_the_6_essential_ingredients_of_loving_relationships)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How do you build a lifetime of love? After analyzing 450 couples across more than 40 countries, relational psychotherapist Sara Nasserzadeh discovered six essential ingredients for successful relationships (hint: it's not just about sexual chemistry). Learn more about "emergent love" — a new, evidence-based model for fostering the love you desire.

## Lectures

1. [The 6 essential ingredients of loving relationships](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/sara_nasserzadeh_the_6_essential_ingredients_of_loving_relationships/fdfd085e731b), 10 min (TED's player)