Love 2.0 - A Super Powerful Re-Definition of Love
On Valentine’s Day, when the focus is on romantic love, I want to deliver a message about a re-definition of Love, sourced from research by the brilliant Dr. Barbara Fredrickson and her team. Dr. Fredrickson is a pre-eminent authority on “positive emotions”, where Love reigns supreme. She is the author of Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do and Become (2012), as well as Positivity (which I blogged about years ago).
The essence of the message is this:
Love happens in micro-moments and can be felt between perfect strangers.
We are built for love.
Love nourishes us biologically.
Love is easier to create and experience that you might think.
You'll probably need to be willing to question some of your assumptions and beliefs about Love to fully take in this transformative message. And that may take some time. It's taken me a while. Actually, I am still absorbing it years later… writing this message is helping to deepen my understanding of it's implications!
I invite you to explore further!
Here are some ways to do so:
Watch the 2.5-min video trailer about the book.
Watch this 12-min Ted Talk by Dr. Fredrickson: Remaking Love.
Read the book.
Happy Valentine’s Day – may there be an ever-expanding experience of Love 2.0 in your life!
