The Science Of Grief: How Loss Impacts The Body & Mind

In today’s episode, we join with Mary-Frances O’Connor the author of The Grieving Body - How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing, a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona, and she leads the Grief, Loss, and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab, where researchers explore the connection between grief, the brain, and the body.

Mary-Frances delves into the physiological and emotional responses to bereavement, uncovering the connection between grief and cardiovascular health and how grief affects the body. Can understanding the science behind grief lead to better healing and recovery and the relationship between grief and the immune system? She joins us to discuss…

Tune in to learn:

• The biological and neurological impact of deep grief.
• How grief impacts the nervous system contributes to cardiovascular health risks.
• What you can do to help your grieving mind and body recover from bereavement
• The role mindfulness in grief recovery and how it can help in healing from loss.

Whether you're navigating personal grief or supporting a loved one, this discussion provides powerful insights and practical tools you can use to minimize the emotional and physical effects of grief and how to overcome them. Listen in to explore Mary-Frances’s pioneering research on the science of grief and possible groundbreaking research that could revolutionize grief recovery. 

Want to learn more about her work? Click here now!

Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/38oMlMr