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The Conversation: How to heal a broken heart

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How to heal a broken heart

29/08/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - The Conversation, How to heal a broken heart

Kim Chakanetsa asks singer Julia Jacklin and neuroscientist Lucy Brown about heartbreak.

Kim Chakanetsa speaks to singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin and neuroscientist Dr Lucy Brown about the process of falling in and out of love.

Have you ever had your heart broken? It can feel all-consuming and unbearable at points, and cause us physical pain. But why is this the case and how can we overcome it? Kim Chakanetsa finds out the answers from two women who are well versed in matters of the heart.

Dr Lucy Brown is an American neuroscientist and clinical professor in Neurology at Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and she’s one of the first people ever to study the neuroscience of romantic love. Lucy is one of the co-creators of The Anatomy Of Love, a website exploring the meaning of romantic love and attachment. 

Julia Jacklin is an Australian singer songwriter who has written extensively about love and heartbreak. Her second studio album, Crushing, explores the intensity of love and the difficult process of having to let it go. Her latest album is Pre Pleasure.

Produced by Emily Naylor and Alice Gioia

(Image: (L) Lucy Brown, courtesy of Lucy Brown. (R) Julia Jacklin, credit Nick Mckk.)

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