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Before and After Loss

A Neurologist's Perspective on Loss, Grief, and Our Brain

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Before and After Loss

By: Lisa M. Shulman MD
Narrated by: Donna Postel
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In Before and After Loss, Dr. Lisa M. Shulman, a neurologist, describes a personal story of loss and her journey to understand the science behind the mind-altering experience of grief. Part memoir, part creative nonfiction, part account of scientific discovery, this moving book combines Shulman's perspectives as an expert in brain science and a keen observer of behavior with her experience as a clinician, a caregiver, and a widow.

Shedding light on the disconnect between conventional wisdom about loss and emerging knowledge on the neuroscience of emotional trauma as the cause of brain injury, Shulman explores not only the experience but also the science and psychology of loss. Drawing on the latest studies about grief and its effects, she explains what scientists know about how the mind, brain, and body respond and heal following traumatic loss. She also traces the interface between the experience of profound loss and the search for emotional restoration.

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As a person trying to work through grief, I think this book needs either an accompanying PDF or some sort of indexing so you can go back and find important moments. For example, there are frequent “pauses for journaling” but if you listen on the go, there’s no simple way to go back and find them to follow the instructions.

Helpful insights but no accompanying pdf

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A beautifully written reflection on a loved one's illness and death. Moving and comforting. Thankyou.

Wise and beautiful memoir

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I enjoyed this book & the journal prompts suggested. I found the chapter on dreams and nightmares really interesting too.

Great book

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