The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Grief with Mary Frances O’Connor • 230

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Melissa Monte | Conscious Coach

Mental Health, Mindfulness, Consciousness, Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth, Inspirational, Awakening, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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We will learn: What happens to the brain during grief. Why some people adapt better than others when they lose someone. How to move through healing when we’re overwhelmed with grief. Most of us have experienced grief, whether from the death of a loved one or pet, a terminal or life-changing diagnosis for you or someone you love, or even a difficult breakup or divorce. Death is still the number one fear that humans have so there can be a lot of emotions around it. There’s a feeling of unknown for most people which can cause more fear. But even more painful can be trying to visualize your life without that person in it. Turns out, it takes a long time for our brains to really internalize that someone is gone. So today we’re learning about what happens to our brains on grief. Our guest is Mary-Frances O'Connor. is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, where she directs the Grief, Loss, and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab in investigating the effects of grief on the brain and the body. She’s also the author of The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss. Links from the episode: Show Notes: https://mindlove.com/230 Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes from your highest self. Get Mind Love Premium for exclusive ad-free episodes and monthly meditations. Support Mind Love Sponsors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mind Love, episode 230.
0:03.0	Today's episode is all about the surprising science of how our brains learn from grief.
0:08.0	What's different about grieving is you have this attachment neurobiology.
0:14.0	All these chemicals, dopamine and oxytocin,
0:17.0	are really trying to motivate you to seek out this person.
0:21.3	There are moments where we accept and know that it's true, we're not going to wake
0:26.4	up next to this person again, and then other moments where it feels like, you know, he's just on a trip.
0:34.0	And so what comes to consciousness
0:36.5	at different times can be different sources
0:39.8	of that information that's under the surface. Turn up your frequency with mind love.
0:48.0	Bight-sized brain hacks for seekers, dreamers, and doers.
0:52.0	It's time to give your mind a little love
0:55.0	with your host, Melissa Monte.
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1:20.1	amazing guests that you hear on the show.
1:23.8	Most of us have experienced grief about something, whether from the death of a loved one or
1:28.8	a pet, a terminal diagnosis for you or someone you love, or even a difficult breakup or divorce.
1:37.0	Death is still the number one fear that humans have, so there can be a lot of emotions
1:41.4	around it. For most people, there's a lot of emotions around it.
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