2022-06-16
55 分钟We do know that there are some people who are really resilient in the face of these difficult events.
People who are open on these neo personality tests are open to beauty.
They're open to new experience.
They're very curious.
They love art, and they're able to experience awe.
And you can actually learn to be more sensitive to beauty, unlike a lot of the other personality traits.
So, heartbreak.
I literally sighed just before I was about to say that.
It's this thing that we all experience.
It's a horrible feeling, but can it actually literally break your heart along with the other organs and systems in your body?
Well, it turns out the answer, weirdly, is yes.
It attacks not just your psychology, your state of mind, but also your physiology.
Everything from your brain to your cardiovascular, endocrine, immune system and beyond.
It can ravage both body and mind.
So when you say you're feeling it in your bones, in your belly, everywhere, you really are, and it also turns out there are things you can do to not only mend your broken heart emotionally, but also rebuild your health, your wellbeing, after it's taken a major hit from heartbreak.
And that's where we're going with my guest today, acclaimed science journalist Florence Williams.
Her book, the Nature Fix was an audible bestseller.
She's a contributing editor at Outside magazine, has written for the New York Times, National Geographic and many other publications.
But that's not what kicked off her interest in heartbreak and what it does to us and to her in particular.
For Florence, it was personal.