Love 2.0
Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
About the book
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by Barbara Fredrickson |Plume ©2013 |
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256 pages |
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brianâs take
Ready to upgrade your vision of love? Then youâre in for a treat with this fantastic book by Barbara Fredrickson. Barbara is one of the worldâs leading positive psychologists. The book is incredibly well-written, deeply inspiring and incredibly practical as well. In fact, I just told Alexandra that this book might be the one that most positively impacts my life. Big Ideas we explore include: Love 1.0 vs. Love 2.0, taking a trip to Vagus, identifying our prevailing desire, #1 tip: create 3 loving moments today, exiting our cocoon of self-absorption via loving-kindness meditation, and Love 2.0 x 2: compassionate + celebratory love.
"The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love."
Margaret Atwood
big ideas
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Love 2.0: Time for an Upgrade |
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Time to Take a Trip to Vagus |
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What is Your Prevailing Desire? |
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Create 3 Loving Moments Today! |
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How to Exit Your Cocoon of Self-Absorption |
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Love 2.0 x 2: Compassionate + Celebratory Love |
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Love 2.0
introduction
from the book
âTo absorb what the new science of love has to offer, youâll need to step back from âloveâ as you may now know it.
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Forget about the love you typically hear on the radio, the one thatâs centered on desire and yearns for touch from a new squeeze. Set aside the take on love your family might have offered you, one that requires that you love your relatives unconditionally, regardless of whether their actions disturb you, or their aloofness leaves you cold. Iâm even asking you to set aside your view of love as a special bond or relationship, be it with your spouse, partner, or soul mate. And if youâve come to view love as a commitment, promise, or pledge, through marriage or any other loyalty ritual, prepare for an about-face. I need you to step back from all of your preconceptions and consider an upgrade. Love 2.0 offers a different perspectiveâyour bodyâs perspective. âŠ
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Love is our supreme emotion: Its presence or absence in our lives influences everything we feel, think, do, and become. Itâs that recurrent state that ties you inâyour body and brain alikeâto the social fabric, to the bodies and brains of those in your midst. When you experience loveâtrue heart/mind/soul-expanding loveâyou not only become better able to see the larger tapestry of life and better able to breathe life into the connections that matter to you, but you also set yourself on a pathway that leads to more health, happiness, and wisdom.â
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Ready to upgrade your vision of love?
Then youâre in for a treat with this fantastic book by Barbara Fredrickson. Barbara is one of the worldâs leading positive psychologists. For the last two decades she has been exploring the science of positive emotions like joy, gratitude, amusement, and hope. She also must have the coolest lab name ever: the âPositive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab (aka PEP Lab)â at the University of North Carolina. :)
In her great book Positivity she walks us through how those positive emotions create upward spirals of flourishing in our lives via her âbroaden-and-buildâ framework. In this book, she connects that science of emotions with the science of relationships to bring us this upgraded science of our supreme emotion: love.
The last Note we created was on The Myths of Happiness by another leading positive psychologist, Sonja Lyubomirsky. She says, âRead this book and youâll never think about love in the same way again!â â I agree.
The book is incredibly well-written, deeply inspiring and incredibly practical as well. In fact, I just told Alexandra that this book might be the one that most positively impacts my life. Needless to say, I *highly* recommend it. (Get a copy here.)
Iâm excited to share some of my favorite Ideas so letâs jump straight in!
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