As the world rapidly changes around us—ferociously fueled by the explosion of electronic communication—people, especially children, are increasingly unhappy. Studies of more than three million people in the UK and the US—Harvard, The Children’s Society, and Mental Health America—demonstrate a profound increase in unhappiness in children in recent years, with as many as 84% of 11- to 17-year-olds demonstrating moderate to severe anxiety in 2020, with moderate to severe depression found in 90%. This unhappiness is especially associated with the loneliness and hopelessness that come from a lack of genuine connection, also known as loving connection.

We talk about love, but we don’t know what it FEELS like, a need that is primal and universal.

A lack of love is always painful, prompting children then to react with fear, anger, confusion, and withdrawal, which lead inevitably to personal unhappiness, conflict, and enormous dysfunction between parents and their children, who feel lost and miserable.

The Real Love programs offer an unprecedented volume of written and filmed material to teach parents about unconditional love, but most people require an opportunity to FEEL it from another person. Real Love coaching fills that need for individuals, couples, and families, which heals the wounds that cause the fear and conflicts that destroy lives and relationships. 

Our new system of training coaches will make emotional healing more widely available, along with increasing our measurement of the progress of the coaches and those they mentor.