Episode · Huberman Lab · 2022-05-30
Books mentioned on The Science & Process of Healing from Grief
This episode, I discuss grief and the challenges of processing losses of different kinds. I explain the biological mechanisms of grief, including how neural circuits for emotional and factual memory combine with those for love and attachment, to create feelings of absence and yearning.
Andrew Huberman recommended Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman and What Do YOU Care what Other People Think? by Richard Phillips Feynman and others, and discussed On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
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On Death and Dying
On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is a foundational 1969 psychological text that introduced the five stages of grief and profoundly shaped the modern hospice movement.
Discussed“Some of the myths and misunderstanding arrive from the beautiful work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a psychologist who wrote the famous book on death and dying.”
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Surely You're Joking, Mr.
Recommended“If you haven't already read books such as "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman," or "What Do You Care What Other People Think," I encourage you to do so.”
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What Do YOU Care what Other People Think?
What Do YOU Care what Other People Think? by Richard Phillips Feynman and Ralph Leighton is a collection of captivating short stories detailing the life, curiosity, and scientific adventures of the renowned physicist.
Recommended“If you haven't already read books such as "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman," or "What Do You Care What Other People Think," I encourage you to do so. And in fact, that quote, "What do you care what other people think," is actually a quote, not of Feynman, but of his first wife, Arline...”
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