• Episode 30: Grief and Your Brain

  • Mar 30 2023
  • Length: 9 mins
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Episode 30: Grief and Your Brain

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    In this short episode, April discusses how grief affects our brains--hers in particular, because she just lost one of her best friends and it hurts. So this might be more for her than for you, but you should listen anyway.

    The good news is that she'll be ok. Eventually...

    Episode 30 Show Notes

    Great article from the Today Show website about how our mind deals with death:
    https://www.today.com/health/mind-body/grief-changes-brain-rcna13613

    Two excellent NPR articles that reference works and interviews with grief specialist Mary Frances O'Connor:
    https://www.npr.org/2021/11/04/1052498852/what-happens-in-the-brain-when-we-grieve

    https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/20/1056741090/grief-loss-holiday-brain-healing

    Dr Lisa Shulman discusses brain neuroplasticity and dealing with loss:
    https://www.americanbrainfoundation.org/how-tragedy-affects-the-brain/#:~:text=Grief%20and%20loss%20affect%20the%20brain%20and%20body,lead%20to%20cognitive%20effects%2C%20such%20as%20brain%20fog

    Psych Central article about how grief affects your physical and mental health:
    https://psychcentral.com/lib/your-health-and-grief
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