1: Psychologist John Gottman can predict who will eventually get divorced a stunning 94 percent of the time.
In a pioneering 1992 study, John and his team interviewed fifty-two married couples.
They asked each couple “a variety of questions about how they met, why they decided to get married, and what changes their relationships had been through and observed them as they took part in a fifteen-minute discussion about a … continue reading
1: For several years, Sahil Bloom struggled to connect with his wife during difficult times, he writes in The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life.
Then, he heard about a book by a Baptist pastor, Gary Chapman, called The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate.
Gary suggests that there are five distinct love languages that describe … continue reading
Nicholas Epley looked around the commuter train he was riding to his office at the University of Chicago.
“It was just headphones and screens,” Nicolas reflects in David Brooks’s book How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.
A thought occurred to Nicolas. “As a behavioral psychologist, he was well aware that social connection is the number one source of happiness, success, … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
This week, we’ve been exploring Barbara Fredrickson‘s fascinating book Love 2.0, where we’ve learned about “the biology of love.”
Scientists tell us love is an emotion, a “micro-moment … continue reading
1: Is there anything specific we can do to experience more love in our lives?
The science tells us the answer is yes.
Yesterday, we looked at how people with high vagal tone experience more love and connection.
The vagus nerve runs from deep within our brain stem down into our heart and other internal organs.
People with higher vagal tone tend to be “more flexible across a whole … continue reading
1: Ever heard of the vagus nerve?
It sounds like Vegas, as in Las Vegas, and runs from deep within our brain stem down to our heart, lungs, and other internal organs.
Turns out it’s quite important.
“Compared to people with lower vagal tone, those with higher vagal tone experience more love in their daily lives, more moments of positivity resonance,” Barbara Fredrickson writes in her book Love 2.0: How … continue reading
1: “Picture moms or dads showering their baby with kisses, tickling their baby’s tiny fingers and toes, smiling at their baby, and speaking to him or her in that high-pitched, singsong tone that scientists call motherese,” Barbara Fredrickson writes in her book Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do and Become.
What does science tell us is happening here?
One word: Oxytocin. Also … continue reading
1: It’s Monday. We are off and running. Each of us is experiencing a sequence of different events and situations.
“Each scene, of course, has its own script,” Barbara Fredrickson writes in her powerful book Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do.
“For perhaps most of our day,” she notes, we’re “pretty much caught up in our own thoughts and plans, oblivious to the … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Last week, we reviewed some of the lessons from Barbara Fredrickson‘s book Love 2.0.
Barbara is the Kenan Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel … continue reading
1: 1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
This week, we’ve been exploring Barbara Fredrickson‘s research regarding what she calls Love 2.0 in the book of the same name.
Barbara is a scientist. Science tells us … continue reading
