{"id":662715,"date":"2010-02-12T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/02\/12\/can-buddhism-help-heal-your-broken-heart\/"},"modified":"2010-02-12T03:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T08:05:00","slug":"can-buddhism-help-heal-your-broken-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/662715","title":{"rendered":"Can Buddhism Help Heal Your Broken Heart?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/love-and-relationships\/\" rel=\"tag\">Love &amp; Relationships<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/advice\/\" rel=\"tag\">Advice<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/how-to-be-happy\/\" rel=\"tag\">How to Be Happy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.thatsfit.ca\/media\/2010\/02\/buddha.jpg?w=780\" \/><strong>Trying to recover from a broken heart and feel like Valentine&#8217;s is getting you down? Maybe it&#8217;s time to apply some Buddhist wisdom. We asked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanpiver.com\/\">Susan Piver<\/a>, author of <em>The Wisdom of a Broken Heart: An Uncommon Guide to Healing, Insight and Love<\/em>, to explain how embracing both Buddhism and a broken heart can teach you how to really love.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Why did you decide to write this book?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: There are two reasons. One, it definitely started with my own experience of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/search\/?q=heartbreak\">heartbreak<\/a>. It was a while ago, but I&#8217;ve never forgotten it because it was so intense. Everyone&#8217;s had relationships that have ended and made them sad, but occasionally one ends and it absolutely shatters you. I had that experience, and I&#8217;ve seen friends have that experience, and I was astonished by the power of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/search\/?q=broken%20heart\">broken heart<\/a>. Our society gives it short shrift, especially for women. The other reason is that I started studying Buddhism and I found, to my surprise, that Buddhism had a tremendous amount to say on this topic of heartbreak and love. As a student and now a teacher, I wanted to share it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/02\/12\/can-buddhism-help-heal-your-broken-heart\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Can Buddhism Help Heal Your Broken Heart?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/02\/12\/can-buddhism-help-heal-your-broken-heart\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/forward\/19352676\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/02\/12\/can-buddhism-help-heal-your-broken-heart\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Love &amp; Relationships, Advice, How to Be Happy Trying to recover from a broken heart and feel like Valentine&#8217;s is getting you down? Maybe it&#8217;s time to apply some Buddhist wisdom. 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