Grief is something we will all experience in some shape or form in our lives, not just through the death of loved ones but also in the breakdown of relationships, the loss of jobs and for the lives we thought we might lead that have taken a different path.

When we grieve our brain is battling a lot of conflicting information, and on this episode of How Do We Manage we invite in Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor - a psychologist who has written two books on how grief affects both our brains and our bodies - to tell us how understanding the science behind the grieving process can help us deal with the complex and difficult feelings around loss. 

Resources & Links 

Books by Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor:

The Grieving Body 

The Grieving Brain

Dr O’Connor’s website: https://maryfrancesoconnor.org/

Host: Stephanie von Bismarck 

Guest: Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor, professor of psychology at the University of Arizona

Producer: Holly Fisher

Production Manager: Angela Crago 

Executive Producer: Ellie Di Martino 

The series was recorded and edited at Pod Shop studios. 

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