Understanding Happiness - Love and Happiness
"Love consists of overestimating the differences between one woman and another."
- George Bernard Shaw
In my previous post, I talked about the second talk in Understanding Happiness, a wonderful course offered on iTunes U. That course was by the “father” of Positive Psychology, Martin Seligman. The first talk was the one I discussed in Paying Attention to Happiness, in which Nancy Etcoff explores the Surprising Science of Happiness.In the third talk, Dr. Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist, tells us why we love and cheat and it's relationship to happiness. Facinating! A great talk on love, happiness and the brain. This was kind of timely for me in that it mirrored a conversation my husband, Jeff and I had sitting in bed this morning. He is possibly taking a job in Borneo for a year, and could be leaving as soon as next month. Well even after 23 years of happy marriage, sigh, I still do feel some jealousy. And the thought of him away for a year feels, well disconcerting. Of course I'll miss him, and practically speaking, I'll miss the stuff he does around here. But there is also that little painful piece of fear that he'll find some gorgeous woman there and have passionate sex! Sigh, I wish I could say I was much more mature and secure than all that , but there it is. I found this talk by Dr. Fisher both entertaining and informative. And I have to agree with one of the women who commented on the video:
This talk is comforting and disconcerting all at once.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1ZcQIE8y-o]Please let me know your thoughts Helen Fisher’s TED talk at iTunes U, and I’d love to hear your thoughts on love and cheating.And as always thank you for taking the time to visit, I appreciate it.