Life Examined

The science behind heartbreak: How to move on, and is there a cure?

May 7, 2022

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How to Use Anger in Productive Ways

01:30

Is There a Mindfulness Approach to Heartbreak?

02:28

Heartbreak, a Personal and Scientific Journey

01:41

Introduction

3min

What Was Pening Like After Divorce?

2min

What Did You Learn From Helen Fisher?

3min

Is Heartbreak a Death?

2min

Rejection and Anger

2min

How to Use Anger in Productive Ways

2min

The Personality Trait of Openness

2min

Heartbreak and the Health Effects of Being Lonely

2min

Loneliness and Anxiety Are a Subjective Feeling

2min

10.

Awe Is a Positive Emotional Response to Heartbreak

3min

11.

Feelings of Love and Connection Are Existing All Around You

2min

12.

Do Psychodelics Really Work?

3min

13.

The Strangler Fig Is Okay, You Can Peet My Roots, but I Don't Want You in My Trunk

2min

14.

Is Trama Framed as Something You Got or Something You Can't Live Without?

2min

15.

Is Your Body Recovering From a Divorce?

2min

16.

Heartbreak, a Personal and Scientific Journey

2min

17.

Can We Change How in Love We Are?

2min

18.

Are We in Control of Love Feelings?

3min

19.

Is There a Mindfulness Approach to Heartbreak?

2min

20.

Do You Really Want to Think Negatively About Someone That Has Passed Away?

2min

21.

Is Heartbreak a Risk Factor for Depression?

2min

22.

The Challenge of Being Single

3min

23.

Is Couplehood the Ultimate Solution to Loneliness?

2min

24.

Marriage, a History, How Love Conquered Marriage

2min

25.

Are You Single or Single?

2min

26.

The Science Behind Heartbreak

2min

Jonathan Bastian talks with Florence Williams, science writer and author of “Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey,” about the pain that comes with a breakup and why it’s so hard to move on. Later, Sandra Langeslag, associate professor of psychological sciences at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Aimee Lutkin, writer, performer, and the author of “The Lonely Hunter: How Our Search for Love Is Broken: A Memoir,” discuss the cure for heartbreak and misconceptions about coupledom.