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Author of The Grieving Brain and The Grieving Body (Available now!) https://maryfrancesoconnor.org/books/the-grieving-body and Professor of Psychology at University of Arizona

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Protest and despair are common responses to #loss. In The Grieving Body, I describe my #MultipleSclerosis leading to cycles of protest and despair, overworking to “prove” I could do everything, and despair over fragility. For the audiobook, I'm the narrator!
#ChronicIllness #Fatigue #Spoonie #Grief

03.03.2026 20:39 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In March, you can get my first book, The Grieving Brain, for just pennies! The @harper360uk.bsky.social team has enrolled it in Amazon UK’s Kindle Monthly Deals promotion. We want everyone to to have access to the #science 🧪 of #grief and #loss.

#MentalHealth #GriefJourney #Widow

28.02.2026 15:50 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Is It Healthy to Grieve Before a Loss?

Is It Healthy to Grieve Before a Loss? Wonderful article in the @nytimes.com with links to #grief #research! 🧪 Inclusion discussion of #loss into the national conversation is so important, I am delighted to be a part of it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/w...

17.10.2025 17:38 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I’m happy to share that my book, THE GRIEVING BODY, has been selected for Amazon UK’s Kindle Monthly Deals promotion throughout September!

Now we can share the #science behind how to support the body during #grief and #loss for just pennies!

@harper360.bsky.social @harper360uk.bsky.social

09.09.2025 17:32 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A memorandum from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, dated August 26, 2025. It is addressed to a redacted recipient and issued by Joseph A. Scallan, Chief of Staff, Office of the Administrator, FEMA.

A memorandum from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, dated August 26, 2025. It is addressed to a redacted recipient and issued by Joseph A. Scallan, Chief of Staff, Office of the Administrator, FEMA.

Page 2 of a FEMA memorandum on administrative leave. The document advises confidentiality and directs questions to FEMA’s employee relations email.

Page 2 of a FEMA memorandum on administrative leave. The document advises confidentiality and directs questions to FEMA’s employee relations email.

🚨BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has just unlawfully placed signatories to the Katrina Declaration on administrative leave.

See the letter below…🧵

27.08.2025 01:25 👍 572 🔁 249 💬 14 📌 17
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A favor to ask—we are currently conducting an online study 🧪 of #grieving for those who have had a death #loss between 6 months and 2 years ago—would you be willing to participate?

redcap.link/missingapiec...

And pass the survey link to anyone in your networks who might be willing to participate?

26.08.2025 13:12 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Grief Can Take a Toll on Your Health Expert Mary-Frances O'Connor shares a checklist for caring for body and mind while facing life's toughest reality. Listen to this article.0:00/743.2871× In the introduction of The Grieving Body: How...

Quoting The Grieving Body:“Imagine how many times after a loss we might reach out for our one-and-only, by picking up the phone to call them, or even just realizing they are not in the room. When they are not there, our grieving body reacts.”🧪#grief

www.mariashriversundaypaper.com/grief-and-it...

15.07.2025 18:59 👍 24 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2
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Healing From Grief & Loss | Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor Explore how grief reshapes the brain and body, and learn science-based tools to process loss, from sudden death to breakups, with Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor.

#Grief and #loss are hard topics to dive into, and we had a long conversation that let us dig into the details...have a listen if you are grieving or know someone who is...I think that might be everyone!

www.hubermanlab.com/episode/heal...

19.06.2025 10:49 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Podcast: Is It Prolonged Grief or Depression? Understanding the Differences Trouble moving past grief? It could be something more.

"From staggering statistics 🧪 showing a man’s heart attack risk skyrockets on the day his spouse dies, to the intimate science of how our bonds regulate our well-being, this conversation is as thought-provoking as it is moving."

psychcentral.com/blog/podcast...

#grief #loss #bereavement

03.05.2025 23:53 👍 39 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1
The 'Gone-But-Also-Everlasting' Theory with Mary-Frances O'Connor
The 'Gone-But-Also-Everlasting' Theory with Mary-Frances O'Connor YouTube video by The Grief Channel

Here's another sneak peek into our When Grief Is Complicated course which closes to new registrations on Tues (10th)!

@doctormfoconnor.bsky.social's Gone-But-Also-Everlasting Theory is a fascinating insight into the neurobiology of love & loss youtu.be/q3f7CKOGNt0?...

Want more? Visit our website!

08.06.2025 13:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Podcast: Is It Prolonged Grief or Depression? Understanding the Differences Trouble moving past grief? It could be something more.

"From staggering statistics 🧪 showing a man’s heart attack risk skyrockets on the day his spouse dies, to the intimate science of how our bonds regulate our well-being, this conversation is as thought-provoking as it is moving."

psychcentral.com/blog/podcast...

#grief #loss #bereavement

03.05.2025 23:53 👍 39 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1

#Grief is universal, and our #science 🧪cuts across all countries--join us in conversation about my new book 📚 about physical reactions to #loss hosted by @goodgrieffest.bsky.social in the UK 🇬🇧 !

14.04.2025 13:26 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Black text on white background reads 'Grieving wails and screams, not just as outward expressions of emotion, but inside our body as well. Mary-Frances O'Connor'

Black text on white background reads 'Grieving wails and screams, not just as outward expressions of emotion, but inside our body as well. Mary-Frances O'Connor'

Mary-Frances O'Connor @doctormfoconnor.bsky.social is an expert on the myriad ways that grief affects us physically & mentally. We can't wait to hear her insights at our free webinar on Weds (23 April).
Sign up (& share any questions you'd like us to ask) here: ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...

19.04.2025 10:07 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

#Grief is universal, and our #science 🧪cuts across all countries--join us in conversation about my new book 📚 about physical reactions to #loss hosted by @goodgrieffest.bsky.social in the UK 🇬🇧 !

14.04.2025 13:26 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

Yes, I mention this in The Grieving Body!

09.04.2025 23:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Can you really die of a broken heart? The hidden dangers of grief with Mary Frances O'Connor Psychologist examines the stress that loss has on the body—and how society can help

You really can die of a broken heart--we have the data 🧪UChicago BigBrain podcast discusses the hidden dangers of #grief with me--and how society can help. They're a great podcast--even nominated for a #webby!

news.uchicago.edu/can-you-real...

06.04.2025 00:40 👍 82 🔁 17 💬 5 📌 1
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The Grieving Body Psychologist Mary-Frances O’Connor explores the toll that loss takes on our bodies—and what this can teach us about care, compassion, and interdependence.

I sat down with Tricycle's James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg to talk about dying of a broken heart, how #meditation can change how we show up for others, and the challenges of rediscovering a sense of purpose in the wake of #loss. #grief #mentalhealth

tricycle.org/podcast/mary...

26.03.2025 00:33 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mary-Frances O’Connor with Dr. Anthony Back | Town Hall Seattle Despite grief being one of the most universal of human experiences, there is still much that we do not know about it. Can we die of a broken heart? What happens in our bodies as we grieve; how do our ...

Calling Seattle! 📣 I am speaking on Sunday, March 23 at Seattle Town Hall about my new book, The Grieving Body--the science 🧪 of our reaction to #loss is #grief, physically & emotionally.

townhallseattle.org/event/mary-f...

@bsamjournal.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social @pnirs.bsky.social

19.03.2025 18:39 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The Science of Grief: What Loss Does to Your Brain and Body A neuroscientist explains what grieving can do to your physical and mental health.

So excited that #grief and #loss are highlighted by the #BookoftheDay from @nextbigidea.bsky.social Next Big Idea Club! The Grieving Body is the #science 🧪 of how our body reacts to many losses...and the medical consequences that can result.
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/the-scienc...

13.03.2025 00:03 👍 32 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1
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#Insomnia is one of the hardest parts of #grief, and I'm thrilled to describe in my new book, The Grieving Body, the research 🧪 done by @dianachirinosm.bsky.social to help. Read 📚 an excerpt here:

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

27.02.2025 14:40 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Honored to have my #BookBite from Next Big Idea Club @nextbigidea.bsky.social published! Read about five key insights 🧪 from my new book, The #GrievingBody.

nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/sur...

#grief #loss #mentalhealth #PsychSky

24.02.2025 01:17 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Interesting...I thought the crown was rather appropriate (in a wry humor/depressing sort of way...)

23.02.2025 17:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Support for our frontline #NIH essential workers! Share, like, forward, and make these graphics better! 🧪

#PsychSciSky #Psychology #AcademicSky #ResearchSky
@altnih4science.bsky.social @darbysaxbe.bsky.social

22.02.2025 23:00 👍 48 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 0
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Support for our frontline #NIH essential workers! Share, like, forward, and make these graphics better! 🧪

#PsychSciSky #Psychology #AcademicSky #ResearchSky
@altnih4science.bsky.social @darbysaxbe.bsky.social

22.02.2025 22:59 👍 44 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
Goodreads giveaway graphic: visit link in bio to enter for a chance to win

Goodreads giveaway graphic: visit link in bio to enter for a chance to win

I am an avid #scifi reader...discover more about me and what I read @readingdiscord.bsky.social (Goodreads) AND

BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Enter for your chance to win at the link in my bio!

#GrievingBrain #GrievingBody #grief #loss #selfhelp #mentalhealth

16.02.2025 17:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Author in a sound booth

Author in a sound booth

The #GrievingBody aspires to #scicomm 🧪: bringing the research on physiological #grief reactions to reader's hands. And by recording the #audiobook, hopefully it brings the meaning of my words uniquely to listeners. #PsychSky #WomeninSTEM #PsychSciSky #BookSky

www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

13.02.2025 04:28 👍 27 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
Author with 2 books.

Author with 2 books.

Today my second book, The #GrievingBody is published! Following The #GrievingBrain, it brings you the #science 🧪 behind how #grief is a physical response. And about caring for yourself, as your #body absorbs the blow after your #loss.

#PsychSky #WriterSky #PsychSciSky #BookSky #WomenInSTEM

11.02.2025 15:18 👍 39 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 2

Just adding the emoji that might get the post seen in BSKY science: 🧪

05.02.2025 19:50 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white headshot of Ruth Ella Moore speaking at a podium, later in her career. She has gray hair, and is wearing glasses and pearls.

Black and white headshot of Ruth Ella Moore speaking at a podium, later in her career. She has gray hair, and is wearing glasses and pearls.

In the mood to honor accomplishments in microbiology? A trio of African-American women who made a mark, with Wikipedia pages to visit:

Ruth Ella Moore (1903-1994). In 1933, she was the 1st African-American woman to gain a PhD in natural science

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_El...

#BlackHistoryMonth

04.02.2025 02:41 👍 55 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 2
PREORDER25 code for 25% off The Grieving Body book

PREORDER25 code for 25% off The Grieving Body book

There are just a few more days left before The Grieving Body goes on sale. Barnes & Noble is offering 25% off the book for members, when you preorder today through February 7 on bn.com. You can visit the link to preorder now!

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-grievi...

05.02.2025 19:37 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0