Joy Instead of Grief: New Traditions for the Holidays

This week, we talk about the real life question I have received through countless messages: how do we deal with grief around the holidays? In today's episode, you will learn: what it means to be joyful while you are grieving during the holidays; why antidepressants are NOT the best thing for overcoming grief AND what to try instead; the latest in grief studies, and how we can use them to our advantage; what is happening in your physical body during the experience of grief; the top 3 tips for how to recover from grief; calming your nervous system by finding new traditions and habits during the holidays; the joy of creating new traditions as a means of healing. SHOW NOTES O'Connor, Mary-Frances, PHD. Grief: A Brief History of Research on How Body, Mind, and Brain Adapt. Psychosom Med. 2019 Oct; 81(8): 731–738.  Link here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6844541/ The Grieving Brain book, by Mary-Frances O'Connor. Link here: https://maryfrancesoconnor.org/book