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Sylvia Wolfer. Across different stages of her life, Sylvia Wolfer experienced profound and sudden loss, including the deaths of her parents and two brothers. For years, she lived with unprocessed grief—appearing functional on the outside while internally bracing for impact, governed by grief triggers and a constant sense of threat. Everyday experiences like reading, sitting in cafés, or trusting a calm day felt impossible.

When her older brother died in a car accident years later, this moment became a turning point. Through neuroscience, mindfulness, emotional literacy, and mindful movement (Pilates), she began to understand grief not as something to "get over," but as something that can be lived with—without losing more of one's life to pain.

Today, Sylvia's work focuses on helping others develop awareness, presence, and supportive daily practices so grief has space, but not total power. In this episode, she reframes grief as a human, navigable experience—one that can lead to steadiness, agency, and a deeper connection to life rather than ongoing survival mode.

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The Mindful Body by Ellen Langer