Podcasts

I don't have access to a lending library, so I've discovered a new source of information:  Podcasts.  Here are a few TED talks:

From Death Row to Law Graduate--Peter Ouko

Peter Ouko was wrongfully imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit.  He decided "not to play the victim," and took advantage of an opportunity to go to England and earn a law degree from a maximum security prison.  He then returned to argue his own case, resulting in a presidential pardon.  He now works with the African Prisons Project to give other inmates the tools to obtain justice.

How to Fix a Broken Heart--Guy Winch

I think my main takeaway was that, even though we often don't take it seriously, the pain of a break-up can be similar to going through grieving.  The human brain's instincts become the enemy.  The first problem is that people continually look for a reason for the break-up.  They become obsessed, refusing to accept a simple explanation.  The process in the human brain is similar to overcoming an addiction to a drug.  Every time they think about the person, they think they're "getting over it," but they're really just getting another hit.  They idealize the person, forgetting the negative memories and characteristics.  He makes his clients make a list of these things, the reasons the relationship didn't work out, then keep it on their phone.