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TED Radio Hour · October 1, 2021 · 49m

How to mend a broken heart

This episode explores how emotional pain affects the heart and the ways to heal. Guests from cardiology, law, nursing, and social work share perspectives on soothing heartache: a cardiologist connects emotional and physical heart health, a law professor discusses the legal dimensions of heartbreak, a pediatric nurse brings insights from caring for grieving children, and a social worker offers therapeutic approaches to mend emotional wounds.

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When the Heart Actually Breaks
Cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar describes the physical toll that emotional pain can take on the heart.
Heartbreak and the Law
Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen examines how the legal system intersects with intimate heartbreak.
Healing Young Hearts
Pediatric nurse Hui-wen Sato shares what she has learned from helping children navigate grief.
The Therapeutic Path Through Heartache
Social worker Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug presents therapeutic techniques for mending emotional wounds.
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