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Have you been struggling to focus since your loss? Perhaps you find yourself reading the same paragraph over and over, forgetting simple words, or feeling mentally slower than you used to. Maybe you're wondering, “What is wrong with me?”

In this episode, we’re talking about the fog of grief. The very real cognitive and neurological effects of loss that can make concentration feel nearly impossible.

Grief affects your nervous system, your memory, your decision-making, and your ability to think clearly. When someone you love dies, your brain shifts into survival mode, stress hormones increase, and your system reallocates energy toward stabilization and away from higher-level thinking.

That foggy, scattered, overwhelmed feeling? It’s not laziness, it’s a protective response.

Inside this episode, we explore:
✨ Why loss is registered as threat in the brain
✨ How stress impacts the prefrontal cortex (your thinking brain)
✨ Why your brain is working overtime to “rewrite” your internal map of the world
✨Why pushing yourself harder often makes the fog worse
✨ Gentle ways to support your nervous system while you heal

If you’ve been quietly scared by how foggy your mind feels, this conversation will help you understand what’s happening.

Support the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast

📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/

Work with me:

• Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation
• 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief
• Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara

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Have you been struggling to focus since your loss? Perhaps you find yourself reading the same paragraph over and over, forgetting simple words, or feeling mentally slower than you used to. Maybe you're wondering, “What is wrong with me?”

In this episode, we’re talking about the fog of grief. The very real cognitive and neurological effects of loss that can make concentration feel nearly impossible.

Grief affects your nervous system, your memory, your decision-making, and your ability to think clearly. When someone you love dies, your brain shifts into survival mode, stress hormones increase, and your system reallocates energy toward stabilization and away from higher-level thinking.

That foggy, scattered, overwhelmed feeling? It’s not laziness, it’s a protective response.
✨ Inside this episode, we explore:
✨ Why loss is registered as threat in the brain
✨ How stress impacts the prefrontal cortex (your thinking brain)
✨ Why your brain is working overtime to “rewrite” your internal map of the world
✨Why pushing yourself harder often makes the fog worse
✨ Gentle ways to support your nervous system while you heal

If you’ve been quietly scared by how foggy your mind feels, this conversation will help you understand what’s happening.

Support the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast

📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/

Work with me:

• Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation
• 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief
• Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara

Connect with me further:

• Leave a voice note through Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gains
• Website: https://lossesbecomegains.com/
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In this episode of Life With Grief, Barri Leiner Grant shares her experience of losing her mother suddenly to a brain aneurysm at age 27, and what it meant to grieve at a time when grief was rarely spoken about.

She opens up about becoming a motherless mother, seeking therapy during pregnancy, and learning how to carry loss without silencing it.

We explore spiritual and intuitive healing, including working with a shaman and medium, and how those experiences led her to create The Memory Circle, a space centered on continuing bonds and conscious grieving.

The conversation also turns to the long goodbye of dementia. Barri reflects on caring for her father, Neil, through years of memory loss alongside her siblings, the differences between sudden loss and cognitive decline, and how anticipatory grief shapes the caregiving journey.

This episode touches on:
✨ Sudden loss and brain aneurysm grief
✨ Becoming a mother after losing your own mother
✨ Continuing bonds and conscious grieving
✨ Spiritual healing and grief support
✨ Dementia, caregiving, and anticipatory grief
✨ Navigating mortality without living in fear

If you’re grieving a parent, navigating caregiving, or learning how to live fully while carrying loss, this conversation offers insight, validation, and practical ways to stay connected to those you love.

Connect with Barri:

• https://www.instagram.com/thememorycircle
• https://thememorycircle.com
• Permission Granted https://open.substack.com/pub/barri

Support the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast

📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/

Work with me:

• Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation
• 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief
• Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara

Connect with me further:

• Leave a voice note through Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gains
• Website: https://lossesbecomegains.com/
• Shop the LBG Daily Journal: ...