In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri breaks down the part of grief that people rarely explain: grief is not only emotional, but it is also physical. She shares what happened in her first year after loss, including survival mode, disrupted sleep, anxiety, and how her body stopped feeling safe.

Gabri explains the science of early grief, including how grief can keep the body in fight or flight and why it can feel like a tight chest, racing heart, exhaustion, and random anxiety attacks.

She also talks about how the brain can process grief like physical pain and why “it physically hurts” is not dramatic.

Then Gabri gets practical. She shares why movement became the fastest way she could calm her nervous system, rebuild self-trust, and slowly shift her mental health, starting with walks and eventually building a gym routine.

If grief has been showing up in your body, and you feel stuck on the couch, this episode is for you.

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