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Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD

Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, associate professor in the department of psychology and director of the Grief, Loss and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and author of The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss and the recently published The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing. MaryFrancesOConnor.org

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5 Benefits of Crying

Is crying good for you? It definitely can be. Think about it—the last time you had a good cry, didn’t you feel just a tiny...
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Endless Grief

Grieving after the loss of a loved one doesn’t necessarily follow a set timetable. But even so, you may feel that your grief isn’t getting...
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The Science of Grief

If you’ve endured the loss of a loved one, you don’t need anyone to explain what grief feels like. But why does grief hurt so...
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