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How to Fix a Broken Heart

By: Guy Winch Ph.D.
Narrated by: Guy Winch Ph.D.
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 Imagine if we treated broken hearts with the same respect and concern we have for broken arms? Psychologist Guy Winch urges us to rethink the way we deal with emotional pain, offering warm, wise, and witty self-help advice for the broken-hearted.

Real heartbreak is unmistakable. We think of nothing else. We feel nothing else. We care about nothing else. Yet while we wouldn’t expect someone to return to daily activities immediately after suffering a broken limb, heartbroken people are expected to function normally in their lives, despite the emotional pain they feel. Now psychologist Guy Winch imagines how different things would be if we paid more attention to this unique emotion—if only we can understand the psychology of love and loss, we can begin to fix it.

Through compelling research and new scientific studies, Winch reveals how and why heartbreak impacts our brain and our behavior in dramatic and unexpected ways, regardless of our age. Emotional pain lowers our ability to reason, to think creatively, to problem solve, and to function at our best. In How to Fix a Broken Heart he focuses on two types of emotional pain—romantic heartbreak and the heartbreak that results from the loss of a cherished pet. These experiences are both accompanied by severe grief responses, yet they are not deemed as important as, for example, a formal divorce or the loss of a close relative. As a result, we are often deprived of the recognition, support, and compassion afforded to those whose heartbreak is considered more significant.

Our heart might be broken, but we do not have to break with it. Winch reveals that recovering from heartbreak always starts with a decision, a determination to move on when our mind is fighting to keep us stuck. We can take control of our lives and our minds and put ourselves on the path to emotional healing and rebuilding self-worth after loss. Winch offers a toolkit rooted in mindfulness and coping skills to help you handle a broken heart and how to, eventually, move on. Divorce & Separation Emotions Mental Health Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Witty Mindfulness Human Brain
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I am experiencing the most paralysing and intense heartbreak of my life, after a month of feeling this way I came across this book. I listened in one day and it goes a long way to validating your feelings and distress and offering positive steps to lift you out of the constant emotional and physical pain you are in.

I might listen again and just make a summary of the instructional points of what you can DO proactively, as overall I was so absorbed in the sentiment of the message, but now want actionable tasks.

Validating and helpful

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This book was incredible. I could barely think straight going through my break up and was given respite by tuning into the book and hearing Guy’s voice. He gives deeply empathetic understanding of the pain which you feel, strategies to help fight and survive and stories which make you feel less alone. He contextualises and evaluates the distress of breakups with such accuracy, I was overwhelmed by the impact his wisdom had. Thank you for this book.

Incredible for helping soothe the broken hearted

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Some real advise... I look forward to my mended ❤️ thank you very much

Really enjoyed the story telling.

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Gentle in telling you what you need to hear - helps to put things into perspective.

Good read/listen

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has helped to put prospective in the way that I'm feeling and how to help and lessen time to take to get over feeling this way... will definitely recommend to anyone I know that needs this...

awesome!

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