This podcast is a reading of the fourth chapter of my new book by the same name, Broken-heartedness. I outline how I came to realise that the idea of broken-heartedness encapsulated so many experiences over my career and personal life. When heart-ache occurs it can take many forms and intensities. People can die of broken hearts. Animals can die of broken hearts. Nature shows us many examples of human activity that undercuts her ability to sustain life on the planet.
Certainly it is a weighty chapter that builds upon the preceding ones which showed how lovelessness caused by violence and injustice manifests as broken-heartedness. I explain how my idea is different from pop psychology books on heart break and is more than romantic love and caring for the people in our lives.
There is an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome gift for broken-hearted people, that occurs because they know how important love is. With this hard won wisdom, when broken-hearted people pay forward their pain in the form of loving actions, they increase our belief in the power of love to transform violence power.
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https://revoltbooks.com/
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