ST. LOUIS — In THE GRIEVING BODY: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing, acclaimed grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor follows her celebrated ...

MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Of course grief can ravage your mind, but science shows it can also weaken your body, leaving you open to illness. "As humans, we are strongly motivated to ...

Grief isn't just an emotional experience—there are also a number of serious physical symptoms that can sometimes show up in ways that might catch you off guard. Many people mistakenly believe that ...

Mary-Frances O’Connor is the author of “The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing.” Credit: (Eric Godoy/Submitted) Author, neuroscientist and psychologist ...

In this wise and lucid guide, O’Connor (The Grieving Brain), a professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, examines the ways grief wreaks havoc on the brain and body and how those effects ...

As women, we’ve been told that our grief is private, that our struggles with our bodies are something to bear alone. That isolation serves a purpose—it keeps us from recognizing our shared experiences ...

Grief does not always begin after death. For many families facing dementia, terminal illness, or a slow decline, it arrives before the final goodbye—quietly, persistently, and often without ...

Joy Harjo is an internationally celebrated poet of the Muscogee Nation, and it is with words that she processes this life - joy, hardships and, in a new book, grief. It's called "Washing My Mother's ...

Grief can cause digestive problems like stomach pain, constipation, or diarrhea. The stress of grief can weaken the immune system, making you more prone to illness. Sleep problems, like insomnia, are ...