The Types of Love You Should Explore in Your Lifetime
- May 11, 2025
- 4 min read
Written by Jonathan Dubrulle, Healer-Influencer
Jonathan Dubrulle is a Healer-Influencer in Madrid who likes to help people create 'paso a paso' a better life.
In the English language, ‘Love’ covers a lot of different types of love. Some would even claim that sexy love or love in the club is real love. In this article, we’ll explore how the word love can be refined in different contexts from Family, to School and Work, to the Planetary and Spiritual Settings. In the healing journey, it’s ultimately about loving yourself, your soul signature, and the essence of your DNA.
Family
Childhood trauma, complicated relationships with parents or siblings. A dysfunctional family like ‘The Simpsons’ is still deeply in love. It can get complicated with hurt feelings, bad intentions, jealousy, lack of care or neglect. But as many will know, when the going gets tough, people turn to their families. Who can you stay with if you risk going homeless?
Who will help you financially with the purchase of a property? Coming to terms that family love often runs deep, despite the wounds, is beautiful to explore.
Yourself
Loving yourself is a great source of strength. For some people, you’ll always be good enough. Hopefully, also for yourself. If not, you could practice saying ‘I love you’ in the mirror. But before you can love yourself, you need to know yourself. You could find out that you love men or women, love babies, or prefer cats and dogs. Figuring out your identity is such a blessing. When you know who you are, people can't mess with you anymore. It’s the foundation for everything. Everyone is lovable. To me, it’s not about who you are in your DNA, but what impact you have on the world and your ability to love.
Friends
In the process of making friends and getting to know them better, you can explore what is really important to you. Is it communication? Is it attention? Is it maturity? Is it the goodness of their heart? Or Uniqueness? Caring for one another and a support network are very valuable. When a friend says that you inspired them to quit smoking or that they are proud of you, it warms the heart.
Not to be ones
First Loves and unrequited Loves can torment some people for a lifetime. Not everyone is emotionally strong or can handle the intense emotions of being in love. Some people cannot even go there. Afterwards, it’s time to accept that it was not meant to be. Living life in the flow of love can be beautiful and you never know which beautiful guy sits next to you on the next flight.
Love for the planet and animals
Some people get sad when they see plastic in the ocean. Others connect with the animal kingdom and care about the well-being of animals, also the not cute ones. The awe of nature can be witnessed from the mountain tops, looking up to the stars or from a window seat. There can be love for a country or city. Exploring where you belong and what place you want to call home changes everything. When I moved to Madrid, my personal dynamic changed, and I don’t think I could progress at the same pace in my native Belgium.
Divine love
Exploring your own beliefs is really important. What do you genuinely believe? What resonates with your soul? Often, we grow up with stories that we might question or beliefs that are pushed onto us. It can also be a slippery slope, as communities can challenge the independence of individuals and capitalize on them. Whether you define God as the spark of creation, the universal intelligence, or the collective consciousness, the essence is to come up with your own truth and to honor it.
Finding out who is the one
When you look back at the end of your life, it will be easy to assess who was the biggest love of your life. Sometimes you can see where the current is going in the process. The final push to maturity should be to translate love into behavior and actions. In mature love, the focus should be on the needs of your partner and joint decision making, something to aspire to.
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Jonathan Dubrulle, Healer-Influencer
I’m Jonathan (38y) and a Spinal Flow Practitioner in Madrid. I started as a high-potential at Thomson Reuters when I was 21. After Brussels and Geneva, I started the healing journey in Singapore and fell in love with my Chiropractor. I discovered I was gay in a country where it was still illegal at the time. With a broken heart, I moved to New York City, where I worked in Corporate Strategy. At 24, a revolt of the soul would happen at the Times Square Headquarters, and I was admitted to Bellevue Hospital.
Now I have a practice in the center of Madrid. I help clients heal and grow, develop good microhabits, and create strategies to impact the world. Beauty can rise out of ashes.
