Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor

And then if they're not, if we find gestational diabetes or hypertension, we know how to treat that and intervene for that person so that they can get through this transition period. What if it was the same with bereavement? Why at our bereavement support groups do we not also take their blood pressure?

And then if they're not, if we find gestational diabetes or hypertension, we know how to treat that and intervene for that person so that they can get through this transition period. What if it was the same with bereavement? Why at our bereavement support groups do we not also take their blood pressure?

And then if they're not, if we find gestational diabetes or hypertension, we know how to treat that and intervene for that person so that they can get through this transition period. What if it was the same with bereavement? Why at our bereavement support groups do we not also take their blood pressure?

To find out where they're at physically in addition to teaching them the many coping skills they might use in addition to having a beer so that they can learn what grief is like and how to elicit support and ultimately how to adapt and develop emotionally. A meaningful life that includes grief but includes all the other wonderful things in life as well.

To find out where they're at physically in addition to teaching them the many coping skills they might use in addition to having a beer so that they can learn what grief is like and how to elicit support and ultimately how to adapt and develop emotionally. A meaningful life that includes grief but includes all the other wonderful things in life as well.

To find out where they're at physically in addition to teaching them the many coping skills they might use in addition to having a beer so that they can learn what grief is like and how to elicit support and ultimately how to adapt and develop emotionally. A meaningful life that includes grief but includes all the other wonderful things in life as well.

That's right.

That's right.

That's right.

That's right. Exactly. And here's the thing that's crazy, Andrew. Every time I do a podcast or I get interviewed by a reporter, everyone has a story like this. And so, I mean, honestly, insurance companies before the 1960s figured this into their actuarial tables. They knew that life expectancy in that time was short.

That's right. Exactly. And here's the thing that's crazy, Andrew. Every time I do a podcast or I get interviewed by a reporter, everyone has a story like this. And so, I mean, honestly, insurance companies before the 1960s figured this into their actuarial tables. They knew that life expectancy in that time was short.

That's right. Exactly. And here's the thing that's crazy, Andrew. Every time I do a podcast or I get interviewed by a reporter, everyone has a story like this. And so, I mean, honestly, insurance companies before the 1960s figured this into their actuarial tables. They knew that life expectancy in that time was short.

And so if we've known for this long, what stops us from really caring for grieving people?

And so if we've known for this long, what stops us from really caring for grieving people?

And so if we've known for this long, what stops us from really caring for grieving people?

Yeah. I think it is helpful to remember that emotions are actually the output. They're the product. It isn't so much that we have to figure out how to deal with emotions, although I will come back and say that differently in a moment. We have to figure out how to handle what physical and mental state resulted in those emotions. So what I mean by that is if you are in a moment –

Yeah. I think it is helpful to remember that emotions are actually the output. They're the product. It isn't so much that we have to figure out how to deal with emotions, although I will come back and say that differently in a moment. We have to figure out how to handle what physical and mental state resulted in those emotions. So what I mean by that is if you are in a moment –

Yeah. I think it is helpful to remember that emotions are actually the output. They're the product. It isn't so much that we have to figure out how to deal with emotions, although I will come back and say that differently in a moment. We have to figure out how to handle what physical and mental state resulted in those emotions. So what I mean by that is if you are in a moment –

where everything in your body is in protest, you are amped up and you can't sit still, then working with your body, right, maybe you are the person who needs to go for a run every day where that hasn't really been who you were before, right? On the other hand,

where everything in your body is in protest, you are amped up and you can't sit still, then working with your body, right, maybe you are the person who needs to go for a run every day where that hasn't really been who you were before, right? On the other hand,