Sonya Lyubomirsky
Read this book and you’ll never think about love in the same way again!
—Sonja Lyubomirsky Ph.D. (author of The How of Happiness)
Jane Dutton
Love 2.0 wakes us up to new possibilities from everyday connections . Barbara Fredrickson transforms how we view love. She defines love as micromoments of mutual care that can happen between any two people. She carefully traces the significant impacts of moments of love in all aspects of our lives. She expands possibilities of how to put more love moments in our lives, helping each of us to unlock resources that generate health, well-being and happiness for ourselves and for others.
—Jane Dutton Ph.D. (author of Energize your Workplace)
Frans de Waal
At last we can discuss the science of love. We can discuss the hormones involved, the way positive emotions can be strengthened, the relation between self-love and loving others. In this highly readable book, Barbara Frederickson offers expert guidance in this emerging field.
—Frans de Waal Ph.D. (author of The Age of Empathy)
Joan Halifax
A remarkable book on the supreme emotion called love, this beautiful volume captures the essence of love, in life, in science, between us, within us. Love has never been so well understood, so deeply expressed, as in the work of scientist Barbara Fredrickson.
—Joan Halifax (author of Being with Dying)
Kristin Neff
Barbara Fredrickson puts a new twist on love, illuminating how we can transform our lives by extending love to all of humanity - including ourselves. Based on solid research yet written in an easy-to-read manner, this book is full of practical exercises that can help the reader learn how to love more fully.
—Kristin Neff Ph.D. (author of Self-Compassion)
David G. Myers
Barbara Frederickson, a leader of 21st century positive psychology, enlarges our vision of love as moments of connected warmth. By merging the wisdom of spiritual meditative practices with laboratory science, she is our guide to deeper experiences of love and, as a by-product, to enhanced wisdom, resilience, and health.
—David G. Myers Ph.D. (author Psychology, 10th Edition)
Daniel Goleman
Barbara Fredrickson drives home the value of being warmhearted, making the scientific case that this variety of positivity benefits our health and our connections, as well as opening our lives to new possibilities. Love 2.0. is a user-friendly manual for opening our hearts.
—Daniel Goleman (author Emotional Intelligence)
Sharon Salzberg
In this book Barbara Fredrickson conveys a powerful new view of what we all want most deeply-love. Using rigorous science, practical exercises, and heartful daily life examples, Barbara shows us how to strengthen our capacity to more truly connect to ourselves and others. Love 2.0 moves the entire field of understanding and accessing love forward.
—Sharon Salzberg (author of Lovingkindness and Real Happiness)