Selections From Love 2.2 Analysis

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It is proven that being in love can change you because the positivity you feel when connecting with someone nourishes you more than any other type of positivity. Love changes your behavior, relationships with people, and sense of self. Barbara Fredrickson’s scientific definition of love, which she defines in “Selections from Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become,” can change our behavior, our relationships, and our sense of self when we understand the importance of brain coupling, oxytocin, and the vagus nerve.

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