My PhD research project concerns the embodiment of AI for the purposes of companionship, and the wider techno-companion industry. Examining both the production and use of humanoid techno-companions – such as care-assistive, corrective, or sexual robotic technologies – my research questions capacity-making in relation to love, alienation, exploitative labour, disability, and necropolitical debilitation. I coin the eponymous term 'Loveability' to refer to the construction of a subject as loveable (deserving of protection and care), the implications of love as a political practice (a force of communal liberation), and the limits of love as an affective experience (such as whether humans can love unreciprocating objects). Applying this theory of loveability to the design of techno-companions, the operations of the techno-companion industry, and the affective experiences of techno-companion users, my project offers a rigorously critical analysis of forms of embodied AI. Love is your destiny. It is the purpose of your life. It is the key to your happiness and to the evolution of the world.

Loveability teaches you to listen to the voice of love in your heart. It helps you to forgive the past, to live in the present, and to make love more important than fear.” Loveability is an inspiring book that gently encourages readers to reflect upon their relationship to the nature and the power of love itself. Nothing could be more timely or more transformational.”In 1999, I wrote Shift Happens! It’s about personal alchemy and global evolution. I’ve presented over 100 Shift Happens! keynotes and master-classes at conferences on innovation and change. My newsletter is also called Shift Happens! Success Intelligence In 2007, I made my first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. I nearly declined the offer as my daughter Bo was only a few weeks old. I’m glad I said yes! I’m an official contributor to Oprah.com– where you can find lots of my articles. I Can Do IT! Conferences We all get busy, chasing our career, paying the mortgage, doing the school run. It's hard not to get distracted and lost in the daily blur of our lives. Life can be a full-time preoccupation. But when we come to our senses, which we inevitably do, we know that love is our greatest happiness and also the real work of our lives. In short, life is all about love, and even when it isn't, it still is really," states Robert Holden in Loveability.

In Loveability, Robert weaves a beautiful mix of timeless principles and helpful practices about the nature of true love. With great intimacy and warmth, he shares stories, conversations, meditations, and poetry that have inspired him in his personal inquiry on love. Key themes include: PDF / EPUB File Name: Loveability__Knowing_How_to_Love_and_Be_Lo_-_Robert_Holden.pdf, Loveability__Knowing_How_to_Love_and_Be_Lo_-_Robert_Holden.epub Robert is the author of Happiness NOW!, Shift Happens!, Authentic Success (formerly titled Success Intelligence), Be Happy, Loveability, In 2010, I hosted my first Shift Happens! radio show – live from New York City. I had one caller – which is all I needed! I’ve done over 250 shows now. Shift Happens! airs each Thursday at 10am PST, 6pm GMT and Friday 5am Australian Eastern Time. It’s one of my favourite hours of the week. The Findhorn Foundation It is a pleasure to endorse your book. Congratulations! This is a great book; real love makes a difference in life.”

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In 2000, I created Success Intelligence Ltd– a boutique consultancy that designs and delivers leadership programs and coaching experiences for individuals, teams and organizations. I’ve worked with amazing entrepreneurs, artists, and clients like Dove & the Real Beauty Campaign, The Body Shop and Virgin. The Leadership Trust In 2014, I gave the commencement speech to graduates of the U.S.M. programs on Spiritual Psychology. What an honour! It was like coming home to my tribe. I now serve on the faculty for the Certificate in Soul-Centered Professional Coaching program. I believe that love is the real work of our life. We are here not just to find love, but also to be a loving presence in the world. The more we love, the better life gets. Love is the heart of success. If your definition of success doesn’t include love, get another definition! All the happiness, health and abundance you experience in life comes directly from your ability to love and be loved. Loveability, the latest audiobook by Robert Holden, is a practical meditation on love. Robert draws on his experience of teaching a Loveability public program in the UK since 2006. He uses a creative mix of stories, meditations, poetry, and the latest science, to give the listener a real experience of love. It’s not easy to discuss love in a way that is not overly sentimental (or perceived as such). Robert Holden writes with a sense of humor, clarity, and compassion about the depth of love we are all capable of, and in fact we all embody. This is a joyful, illuminating book to read.”

I am in awe of Robert Holden’s ability to translate the wisdom of love in such simple and relatable terms. Loveabilityis a masterpiece of the heart and a must read for anyone seeking to be inspired to live a love-based life.” In 2013, I gave a PBS lecture on Shift Happens! The lecture was broadcast in over forty states in North America. This was definitely a career highlight. I hope I get to do another one day. University of Santa Monica

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In 2005, I was appointed team coach to the leadership team at Dove & The Real Beauty Campaign. I coached Sylvia Lagnado, President of Dove, from 2005-2007, and also her successor, Fernando Acosta. My Success Intelligence team and I delivered leadership programs to Dove teams in Japan, North America, Europe and the UK between 2005 and 2008. Loveability Forgiveness helps you to see that love has never hurt you; it is only your misperceptions of love that hurt. In 2003, my friend Marika Borg introduced me to the Enneagram– the oldest self-awareness model on our planet. I attended a workshop by Russ Hudson and Don Riso, of The Enneagram Institute. It blew my mind – in a good way! The Enneagram is part of my daily spiritual practice. Dove & Real Beauty Campaign

Holy Shift! 365 Daily Meditations from A Course in Miracles and Life Loves You, co-written with Louise Hay. Robert Holden Ph.D.’s innovative work on psychology and spirituality has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, a PBS show called Shift Happens!, and in two major BBC documentaries called The Happiness Formula and How to Be Happy, shown to over 30 million television viewers worldwide. In 1996, I met Tom Carpenter, my mentor. Tom is the author of Dialogue on Awakening. He’s the creator of The Forgiveness Network. Together, we made a DVD called Dialogue on Forgiveness. I dedicated my book Holy Shift! to Tom. I thank God everyday for Tom’s presence in my life. Writing Happiness NOW! Jenny Carla Moran is a PhD candidate pursing Multidisciplinary Gender Studies at Cambridge University's Centre for Gender Studies. She is a recipient of an AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership award, a Cambridge European & Newnham College Scholarship, and, as of 2020, a Mellon Sawyer Seminar 'Histories of AI: A Genealogy of Power' Graduate Dissertation Fellowship. Her current research entails critical analyses contributing to Science and Technology Studies, and is namely influenced by gender theory, queer of colour critique, poststructuralism, marxist theory, cultural studies, post- and de- colonial studies, and ability studies. Her academic writings have previously been published by MULOSIGE, The Derry Centre for Contemporary Arts, and J. B. Metzler (Springer Nature 2019). Project: Loveability I am a devoted Robert Holden fan and have fallen madly, deeply for his new book! It teaches us the most important thing we can do— give and receive love. Robert will help you open your eyes so you can open your heart and create a life full of joy and love. Everyone—and I do mean everyone—should read this life-uplifting book.”In 2009, I gave the opening keynote at the I.E.A. annual conference. What a great privilege. I was already teaching programs on leadership and the Enneagram, and now this gave me the impetus to teach public workshops like Love & The Enneagram, Happiness & The Enneagram and Coaching & The Enneagram. Shift Happens! Radio Show