If you stop and think of the most beautiful songs composed in the past century, you’ll realise they’re rarely written with optimistic lyrics, filled with cheerful melodies or bouncing with peppy beats.

Artists we’ve never met validate exactly how we’re feeling, or may have felt, at some point in our lives after heartbreak.

Whether it's Sinead O'Connor belting out “Nothing Compares to You”, Adele singing “Someone Like You” or Eric Carmen wailing “All By Myself”, we all know which song to dig out of the playlist when we need to validate our own loneliness, or to help us process heartbreak and motivate us to get up and get on with our life alone.

Mike speaks with Dr Marny Lishman, Doctor of Psychology & Mindset Coach, who talks us through how to soothe a broken heart, and explains why music can help.