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Podcast: Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined
Episode: Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Loss and Love
Description: Why is grief so complicated and why does grieving take such a long time,possibly never ending? In The Grieving Brain (2022), renowned grief expert,neuroscientist, and psychologist, Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, offers newperspectives on understanding love, loss, and learning. Complicated grief sets inwhen we cannot move into the natural healing process. Our brains need tolearn how to process grief and grieving, to deal with the paradox of our lovedone who feels here, yet physically is not here. Dr. O’Connor offers hope for how<...