Episode · Huberman Lab · 2026-05-28
Books mentioned on Essentials: The Science & Process of Healing from Grief
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain the neuroscience of grief, including how the brain maps relationships across three dimensions — space, time, and closeness — and why losing someone requires a remapping of those neural circuits.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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On Death and Dying
On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is a pioneering psychological text that famously introduced the five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—based on the author's extensive work with terminally ill patients.
Discussed“Some of the myths and misunderstanding arrive from the beautiful work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, a psychologist who wrote the famous book on death and dying. The different stages of grief very quickly are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.”
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On Life After Death
Discussed“Some of the myths and misunderstanding arrive from the beautiful work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, a psychologist who wrote the famous book on death and dying. The different stages of grief very quickly are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.”
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