How to mend a broken heart
5/8/202650 min
When stress, fear or sadness weigh on us, our hearts can suffer — even break. But there are ways to mend our broken hearts. This hour, TED speakers share stories and ideas about soothing heartache.
Guests include cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar, law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, pediatric nurse Hui-wen Sato, and social worker Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug.
This episode originally aired October 1, 2021.
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Manoush Zomorodi· Host0:15
This [gentle music] is the TED Radio Hour. Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks- Our job now is to dream big ... delivered at TED Conferences- To bring about the future we want to see ... around the world.
Sandeep Jauhar· Guest0:28
To understand who we are From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you- You just don't know what you're gonna find ...
Manoush Zomorodi· Host0:37
challenge you- We truly have to ask ourself, like, why is it noteworthy? ... and even change you. I literally feel like I'm a different person. [laughs] Yes. Do you feel that way? Ideas worth spreading from TED and NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi, and today we are starting the show with a case of heartbreak.
Sandeep Jauhar· Guest0:59
A patient of mine was, uh, admitted to the hospital, and weeks prior, uh, her husband had died. And, um, a couple of weeks after the funeral, she took a look at his picture, and all these emotions came back, flooded back, um, sadness, the grief over their, their, their life together.
Manoush Zomorodi· Host1:22
This is cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar.
Sandeep Jauhar· Guest1:25
She developed chest pain, and she got