Episode · Huberman Lab · 2025-06-02
Books mentioned on Healing From Grief & Loss | Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor
My guest is Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona and a world expert on the science of grief and loss.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mimi's Ghost
Discussed“And you know it's uh difficult to decide whether or not movies like Ghost um I think that was the movie, right? Where she loses her spouse or a loved one.”
Where to get it
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The Grieving Body
Discussed“You know, I will say that in in the book that I wrote recently, The Grieving Body, some of these lessons have come to me because I have multiple sclerosis.”
Where to get it
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The Secret Pulse of Time
Discussed“And I've been motivated to read there's a wonderful book the secret pulse of time that talks about this somewhat.”
Where to get it
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The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning examination of human motivation that argues our deepest terror of mortality drives much of our cultural and psychological behavior.
Discussed“Um you know if you read uh the denial of death you learn about this.”
Where to get it
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Protocols
Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body by Andrew D.
Discussed“For those of you that haven't heard, I have a new book coming out. It's my very first book. It's entitled Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Grieving Body
“You know, I will say that in in the book that I wrote recently, The Grieving Body, some of these lessons have come to me because I have multiple sclerosis.”
Own book Protocols
“For those of you that haven't heard, I have a new book coming out. It's my very first book. It's entitled Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body.”