What You Don't Understand About Authentic Love Can Hurt You! Loving relationships are important to all of us. What, though, is authentic love? How may be become more skillful lovers? Dr. Bradford provides clear answers to such questions as: What characteristics of being human are essential for love? How should we understand the healing power of love? Who are the greatest lovers? What were the chief ideas from the three greatest philosophers about love? How do the views of sages like Jesus and Francis of Assisi fit in? What can we do to become better at love?