
Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection

Love’s second precondition is connection, true sensory and
Barbara Fredrickson • Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
eye contact may well be the most potent trigger for connection and oneness.
Barbara Fredrickson • Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
the two of you are quite literally on the same wavelength, biologically.
Barbara Fredrickson • Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
Redefining love as those micro-moments of positivity resonance you can share with nearly anyone breaks open extraordinary opportunities.
Barbara Fredrickson • Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
The first precondition is a perception of safety.
Barbara Fredrickson • Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
Love requires you to be physically and emotionally present. It also requires that you slow down.
Barbara Fredrickson • Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
That’s because within micro-moments of love, your own positivity, your own warmth and openness, evoke—and is simultaneously evoked by—the warmth and openness emanating from the other person.
Barbara Fredrickson • Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
Physical presence is key to love, to positivity resonance.
Barbara Fredrickson • Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
Love allows you to really see another person, holistically, with care, concern, and compassion.