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Coffee Break: Mend a Broken Heart

by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala

February 23, 2026

Healing heart
Healing heartAlana Jordan from Pixabay

February might be known for love, but the flipside of that is heartache. Luckily, the month is known as National Mend a Broken Heart Month.

The special month encourages those dealing with the underside of love to enjoy time with friends and family and to try and participate in enjoyable activities as a way to battle the sads. Let’s create a list of heartache solutions in song.

So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs to mend a broken heart would you like to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played

Bee Gees- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Death Cab for Cutie- Someday You Will Be Loved
The Bird and The Bee- I'm A Broken Heart
Jenny Lewis- Puppy And A Truck
Nilsson- Without You
The Go-Go's- Vacation
The Rolling Stones- I'm Free