After a painful loss, I wanted to understand grief and how our brains and thoughts perceive, manage and process it. 

In today’s episode, I have an incredible conversation with Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Associate Professor of the Grief, Loss and Social Stress Lab at the University of Arizona, and author of The Grieving Brain.

Some of the topics we discuss include

1. Grief is our brain relearning. Our brain’s work off of predictions and we need new lived experiences for our brain to develop new predictions and THIS TAKES TIME. 
2. Keys to coping well after a loss.
3. Why grief is mentally demanding and can cause physical exhaustion
4. Ruminating and “what ifs”
5. How to best support ourselves and others, dealing with grief
6. And SO much more!

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Watch the full video episode here!