Florence Williams on How to Heal From Heartbreak
The One You Feed
Eric Zimmer
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Florence Williams is a journalist, author, and podcaster. She is a contributing editor at Outside Magazine and a freelance writer for the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, The New York Review of Books, Slate, Mother Jones and numerous other publications.
In this episode, Eric and Florence discuss her new book, Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey.
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Florence Williams and I Discuss How to Heal From Heartbreak and…
- Her book, Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey
- Her experience of heartbreak when her marriage of 25 years ended
- How our bodies are physically affected by emotional pain
- How some personality types may be more severely affected by heartbreak
- The healing effects of being open to experiencing beauty and awe during difficult times
- Using A.W.E. (attention, wait, exhale) as a mindfulness practice
- Her 30 day journey in wilderness both with others and alone
- How she learned to be alone and also discovered the value of connection with other people
- The negative effects of loneliness
- How research shows that immune systems are stronger in those who feel like their lives have meaning
- The antidote to loneliness is beauty + connection + purpose
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| 0:36.2 | And yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity self-pity jealousy or fear |
| 0:45.4 | We see what we don't have instead of what we do we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit |
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| 2:19.6 | Thanks for joining us our guest on this episode is a repeat guest the one you feed podcast |
| 2:24.8 | It's Florence Williams a journalist author and podcaster. She's a contributing editor at outside magazine in a freelance writer for the New York Times |
| 2:34.0 | Slate mother Jones national geographic in many many others today Florence and Eric discuss her new book |
| 2:40.6 | Heartbreak a personal and scientific journey |
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