A life coach is like a personal trainer in the gym, except for all different aspects of your life. They help you develop confidence to face certain situations and teach you how to conquer your fears….

P.S. Have you read any of Leo Buscaglia’s books - I love them!

Love Boat soon will be making another run
The Love Boat promises something for everyone
Set a course for adventure,
Your mind on a new romance.

Love won’t hurt anymore
It’s an open smile on a friendly shore.
Yes LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It’s LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! (hey-ah!)

Love Boat soon will be making another run
The Love Boat promises something for everyone
Set a course for adventure,
Your mind on a new romance.

Love won’t hurt anymore
It’s an open smile on a friendly shore.
It’s LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It’s LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It’s
LOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
It’s the Love Boat-ah! It’s the Love Boat-ah!

Perhaps one of the worst shows ever made, but the lyrics are catchy, maybe even relevant to the Love theme.

As for the love piece, I wonder if there is an optimal person-love fit, like the right amount with the right person in the right way. In the 60s there were communes and so forth. What kind of love is that or is that merely eroticism? What category is free love? How best might a person deploy their strength of love and are there ways to determine your specific love strengths? That’s something for Match.com to investigate or E-Harmony.com.

Sorry for the excessive questions…I guess I am a big fan of Socrates.:oops:

Some of the worst were often along the lines of “We had been together for 2 years and I thought things were good. Then I came home one day and found a note that he (she) couldn’t take it anymore. I haven’t seen him (her) since.” Some folks — those with a fixed view of relationships — never bounced back. They spent years hating the other person and wishing them ill. Others, those with a growth mindset about relationships, were also hurt and sad, but they took the view that they could learn from the experience and go on to a good, satisfying relationship. And many of them did.

Ultimately, the most positive thing about positive psychology is that it works. There are those who accuse positive psychology of putting too much pressure on folks to take some responsibility for how they live in the face of adversity. See, e.g., the recent Harper’s magazine column by Barbara Ehrenreich on “Pathologies of Hope.” Maybe so, maybe not. But, knowing what Dr. Dweck’s research found, which is the more caring, supportive act toward a friend who’s suffered a devastating romantic experience: to follow along and tacitly support his focus on hating the party that hurt him and wishing that person ill? Or to encourage him to believe in the possibility of his own growth that will lead to a satisfying relationship in the future? Each person has to make his own choices. And we can’t force folks to grow and judging and blaming our friends when they are hurting isn’t where we want to be. But if someone close to me had to go through such an experience, I’d want her friends to be with her in the pain, but to also encourage her to look up and see the possibility of her own growth and move toward a happier, more fulfilling future.