Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor

is support for these individuals who are dealing with the death of a sibling or a parent or a spouse or a child who are all going through it on their own and trying to figure it out without that infrastructure to support them, to help them understand what is natural and normal during grieving. And because we know it is a medically risky time,

is support for these individuals who are dealing with the death of a sibling or a parent or a spouse or a child who are all going through it on their own and trying to figure it out without that infrastructure to support them, to help them understand what is natural and normal during grieving. And because we know it is a medically risky time,

is support for these individuals who are dealing with the death of a sibling or a parent or a spouse or a child who are all going through it on their own and trying to figure it out without that infrastructure to support them, to help them understand what is natural and normal during grieving. And because we know it is a medically risky time,

Much like college is a medically risky time in other ways. Because it is a medically risky time, we need to be able to assess what's going on with them physiologically and make sure we're supporting their grieving body through this intensely, intensely stressful experience of transmuting.

Much like college is a medically risky time in other ways. Because it is a medically risky time, we need to be able to assess what's going on with them physiologically and make sure we're supporting their grieving body through this intensely, intensely stressful experience of transmuting.

Much like college is a medically risky time in other ways. Because it is a medically risky time, we need to be able to assess what's going on with them physiologically and make sure we're supporting their grieving body through this intensely, intensely stressful experience of transmuting.

Yeah. There's a fairly recent movement that we might call the public health model of bereavement support. And so the idea here is that – and this largely comes out of Europe, Canada, Australia – where they're trying to actually develop health care around bereavement. Part of this is because we can talk about how we know that the physical cost –

Yeah. There's a fairly recent movement that we might call the public health model of bereavement support. And so the idea here is that – and this largely comes out of Europe, Canada, Australia – where they're trying to actually develop health care around bereavement. Part of this is because we can talk about how we know that the physical cost –

Yeah. There's a fairly recent movement that we might call the public health model of bereavement support. And so the idea here is that – and this largely comes out of Europe, Canada, Australia – where they're trying to actually develop health care around bereavement. Part of this is because we can talk about how we know that the physical cost –

of the loss of a loved one is so impactful on us, it can lead to dying of a heart attack, right? So we know that, for example, the day that a loved one dies, you are 21 times more likely to have a heart attack than any other day of your life. 21 times.

of the loss of a loved one is so impactful on us, it can lead to dying of a heart attack, right? So we know that, for example, the day that a loved one dies, you are 21 times more likely to have a heart attack than any other day of your life. 21 times.

of the loss of a loved one is so impactful on us, it can lead to dying of a heart attack, right? So we know that, for example, the day that a loved one dies, you are 21 times more likely to have a heart attack than any other day of your life. 21 times.

And we know that in the first three months after the death of his wife, a man is nearly twice as likely to have a fatal heart attack compared to a man who remains married during that same time.

And we know that in the first three months after the death of his wife, a man is nearly twice as likely to have a fatal heart attack compared to a man who remains married during that same time.

And we know that in the first three months after the death of his wife, a man is nearly twice as likely to have a fatal heart attack compared to a man who remains married during that same time.

Yes. Isn't that just crazy? For women, it's about 1.8 times. So still just an astronomical number for medical risk. So what we know is this period of transformation –

Yes. Isn't that just crazy? For women, it's about 1.8 times. So still just an astronomical number for medical risk. So what we know is this period of transformation –

Yes. Isn't that just crazy? For women, it's about 1.8 times. So still just an astronomical number for medical risk. So what we know is this period of transformation –

is incredibly risky right so we can have all this physiological change but if if our body isn't resilient enough where it actually breaks during that time this is something we need to get ahead of so thinking about this public health model of bereavement We can think of sort of at the foundation, even just understanding in a grief literacy kind of way, what can I expect? What is happening to me?

is incredibly risky right so we can have all this physiological change but if if our body isn't resilient enough where it actually breaks during that time this is something we need to get ahead of so thinking about this public health model of bereavement We can think of sort of at the foundation, even just understanding in a grief literacy kind of way, what can I expect? What is happening to me?