10 Lessons from a Broken Heart

Heartbroken? What I Learned About True Healing

By Susan Piver

While writing my latest book, The Wisdom of a Broken Heart, I thought long and hard about heartbreak—my own and my friends’. Since then I’ve learned even more about what it truly means to be heartbroken and what's actually healing.

Read the first lesson on healing a broken heart.

Susan Piver is the bestselling author of "The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say ‘I Do,’ " and the award-winning "How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life." A graduate of a Buddhist seminary, she writes the relationships column for Body & Soul magazine and is a frequent guest on network television, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Today, and The Tyra Banks Show. She lives in Boston. For more info: susanpiver.com