How to Build Resilience after Heartbreak with Florence Williams

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Florence Williams explores how to build resilience after heartbreak. Through her in-depth conversations with leading neuroscientists, psychologists, and researchers, Florence delves into the physiological and emotional complexities of heartbreak, providing valuable insights into the profound impact on individuals. Her work explores the science behind emotional distress, highlighting the correlation between heartbreak and its effects on the body. With a focus on evidence-based findings and personal experience, she offers several practical strategies for building resilience and finding meaning in the face of adversity.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Discover effective strategies for coping with heartbreak and loneliness
Explore the transformative power of nature for improving mental health
Learn how to build resilience and find new beginnings after divorce or heartbreak
Cultivate awe and beauty as powerful tools for healing and self-discovery
Uncover the significant benefits of social connections on overall well-being

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0:00.0	Your brain doesn't really make the distinction between being rejected by love and being sort of cast out of the clan to lie on the savanna and be circled by hyenas.
0:12.0	You know, your body registers this as a very threatening state, like a physically threatening state. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time great thinkers have
0:28.7	recognized the importance of the thoughts we have quotes likeotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think,
0:36.2	ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward
0:42.2	negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we
0:46.8	don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our
0:51.4	spirit. But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It takes
0:56.4	conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast
1:01.6	is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf. For decades the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold with law enforcement
1:26.0	seemingly powerless to intervene. It uses terror to extort people. But the murder of Carmichaelante marked the beginning of the end.
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1:48.4	Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is a repeat guest to the
1:56.4	one you feed podcast. It's Florence Williams, a journalist, author, and podcaster.
2:01.2	She's a contributing editor at Outside magazine and a freelance writer for the New York Times,
2:06.6	Slate, Mother Jones, National Geographic, and many others. Today Florence and Eric discuss her new book, Heartbreak, a personal and scientific
2:15.8	journey.
2:16.8	Hi Florence, welcome to the show.
2:18.8	Hi Eric, so great to be here.
2:20.5	Thank you.
2:21.5	Yeah, it's wonderful to have you back on. We had you on, I don't know the date. It's been years at this point. We talked about your last book, which was all about nature. Your current book is called Heartbreak, a personal and Scientific Journey, and you're just such a great writer.
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