The brain is a very powerful tool and it works very hard to protect us from the pain associated with grief.  The brain has many functions and it is very skillful at finding ways to distract us from our grief.  However, the main issue with that is that our grief dies not happen in our brains.  Grief happens in our hearts and if you get stuck in your intellectual grief it will stop you from healing.  

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