{"id":242305,"date":"2024-07-11T19:14:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T19:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/why-taking-our-grief-out-into-nature-can-help-us-heal\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:54","slug":"why-taking-our-grief-out-into-nature-can-help-us-heal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/why-taking-our-grief-out-into-nature-can-help-us-heal\/","title":{"rendered":"Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/09145730\/SEI_211670335.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2438948\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Elaine Knox\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t experienced a significant loss in your life, then you are one of the lucky ones. If you have \u2013 be it a spouse, child or close friend \u2013 then you probably already know how it can feel like losing your mind. Which, in some ways, you are.<\/p>\n<p>In her extensive grief research, <a href=\"https:\/\/maryfrancesoconnor.org\/\">Mary-Frances O\u2019Connor<\/a> explains that when we experience a profound loss, our brains have to begin a lengthy process of rewiring all of the pathways and predictions they made based on a loved one\u2019s presence, gradually switching over to an understanding of their absence. It can take\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26334992-900-why-taking-our-grief-out-into-nature-can-help-us-heal\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] If you haven\u2019t experienced a significant loss in your life, then you are one of the lucky ones. 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