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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.
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Heartbreak and the Law
Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen examines how the legal system intersects with intimate heartbreak.
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Healing Young Hearts
Pediatric nurse Hui-wen Sato shares what she has learned from helping children navigate grief.
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The Therapeutic Path Through Heartache
Social worker Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug presents therapeutic techniques for mending emotional wounds.
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