Love 2.0 : creating happiness and health in moments of connection / Barbara L. Fredrickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fredrickson, Barbara, author.

Contributor:

Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love--Psychological aspects.

Love.

Love--Philosophy.

Intimacy (Psychology).

Physical Description:

x, 245 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Plume, [2014]

Summary:

We all know love matters. but in this groundbreaking book positive emotions expert Barbara L. Fredrickson shows us how much, by giving us an entirely new way of understanding and appreciating it. More than happiness and even optimism, love holds the key to improving our mental and physical health as well as lengthening our lives and deepening our personal experience. Using research from her own lab, Fredrickson redefines love not as a stable behemoth, but as micro-moments of connection between people--even strangers. She demonstrates that our capacity for experiencing love can be measured and strengthened in ways that improve our health and longevity. Finally, she introduces us to informal and formal practices to unlock love in our lives, generate compassion, and even self-soothe. Rare in its scope and ambitious in its message, Love 2.0 will reinvent how you look at and experience our most powerful emotion.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE VISION

ch. 1 Love, Our Supreme Emotion

ch. 2 What Love Is

ch. 3 Love's Biology

ch. 4 Love's Ripples

pt. II THE GUIDANCE

ch. 5 Loving Kindness

ch. 6 Loving Self

ch. 7 Loving Others, in Sickness and in Health

ch. 8 Loving Without Borders

ch. 9 A Closing Loving Glance.

Notes:

Originally published: New York: Hudson Street, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780142180471

0142180475

OCLC:

864787345

Publisher Number:

99992539156