Healing From Grief & Loss | Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor

My guest is Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, Professor of Clinical
Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona and a world
expert on the science of grief and loss. We discuss what happens in
the brain and body when we grieve, the role of dopamine and
yearning in the grieving process, the health risks of getting stuck
at particular stages of grief and how to move through loss while
also deeply honoring the person, animal or thing that is no longer
with us. Dr. O’Connor explains that grief involves cycling back and
forth between protest and despair (often guilt and anger too) and
explains science-supported ways to move through that process in the
healthiest possible way. Everyone experiences grief and loss at
some point. Dr. O’Connor provides valuable knowledge and tools to
help you navigate grief under any circumstance. Read the episode
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becoming available for transfer. Timestamps 00:00:00 Mary-Frances
O’Connor 00:02:22 Grief vs Grieving; Love & Bonding, Gone Yet
Everlasting 00:07:42 Sponsors: Wealthfront & BetterHelp
00:10:29 Sudden vs Slow Death, Attachment, Reframing Relationship
00:14:52 Religion, Integrating the New Relationship 00:20:46
Yearning, Dopamine, Brain, Addiction 00:27:58 Culture & Grief
Literacy; Protest, Despair & Hope, New Relationships 00:40:09
Sponsors: AG1 & Helix Sleep 00:43:21 Protest, Despair &
Transmutation; Changing Attachment Hierarchy 00:52:04 Bereavement
Support, Medical Risk 01:05:27 Culture, Alcohol & Death; Dying
of a Broken Heart, Medical Risk 01:13:40 Sponsor: Function 01:15:28
Navigating Grief, Emotions & Body, Tool: Progressive Muscle
Relaxation 01:23:57 Grief Stages; Permission & Coping, Judgment
& Guilt; Lessons from Grief 01:35:44 Grieving Suicide,
Rumination, Tool: Shifting Environment 01:47:24 Belief Systems,
Religion & Grief 01:54:17 Afterlife, Contemplating Death
01:58:35 Tools: Contemplating Death; Life Celebration, Terror
Management, Empathy 02:07:46 Mental Oscillation, Dual Model of
Bereavement 02:14:00 Avoidance; Remembering a Loved One,
Resilience; Getting Worse & Seeking Professional Help 02:22:15
Time Perception & End of Life, Motivation & Energy 02:30:01
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