Mind-Blowing Ways to Overcome Emotional Trauma

April 13, 2022 | 26:33 | Season 1, Episode 213

About This Episode


Exploring The Science Behind the Pain of Heartbreak with Science Journalist Florence Williams

Florence is a science journalist, author and podcaster when her 25 year marriage unexpectedly fell apart, Florence expected the loss to hurt but what she didn't expect is that she would end up in hospital examining in detail the way ourselves listen to loneliness. 

She travels to the frontiers of science of social pain to learn why heartbreak hurts so much, and why so much of the conventional wisdom about it is wrong.