Thursday, February 20, 2025, 7:00 PM, The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing, a FAN webinar featuring Mary-Frances O’Connor, Ph.D. in conversation with Meghan Riordan Jarvis, MA, LICSW.

REGISTER: www.bit.ly/MFO25FANWebinar

BONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of The Grieving Body from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by O’Connor and Jarvis that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page.

Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications of loss and sorrow, we often overlook its impact on our physical bodies. Mary-Frances O’Connor, Ph.D. specializes in the study of grief, and in her new book The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing she shares vital scientific research, revealing imperative new insights on its profound physiological impact. As she did in The Grieving Brain: How We Learn from Love and Loss, O’Connor combines illuminating studies and personal stories to explore the toll loss takes on our cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems and the larger implications for our long-term well-being. The Grieving Brain addresses questions about the effects of bereavement, including information about: What happens in our bodies when we’re grieving? How do our coping behaviors affect our physical health? What is the cognitive impact of grief? Why are we more prone to illness during times of enormous stress?

O’Connor is a professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, where she directs the Grief, Loss and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab, investigating the effects of grief on the brain and the body. O’Connor holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in psychoneuroimmunology at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.

O’Connor will be in conversation with Meghan Riordan Jarvis, MA, LICSW, a psychotherapist, author, podcast host (Grief is My Side Hustle), two-time TEDx speaker, educator, corporate consultant, and soughtafter keynote speaker specializing in trauma and grief and loss.

This event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.