Episode 30: Grief and Your Brain

An episode of the Think It Through: the Clearer Thinking Podcast podcast, hosted by April Hebert, titled "Episode 30: Grief and Your Brain" was published on March 30, 2023 and runs 9 minutes.

March 30, 2023 ·9m · Think It Through: the Clearer Thinking Podcast

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Send a text 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 ...

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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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