The Healing Brain Series

By Dr. Dani Niaz, PhD | Neuronest Yoga | The Science of Grief & the Art of Healing Series (Part 6) 🌙 Introduction: The Myth of the Lone Survivor When grief isolates you, it whispers the cruelest lie — that no one could ever understand. But grief is one of the most universal human experiences on Earth. Across continents, languages, and faiths, people have sat in the same ache you carry now. You do not have to carry it alone. There are hands — both near and far — ready to hold

By Dr. Dani Niaz, PhD | Neuronest Yoga | The Science of Grief & the Art of Healing Series (Part 5) 🌙 Introduction: The Self That Grief Leaves Behind When grief arrives, it doesn’t just take what we love — it takes who we were when that love existed. Suddenly the world feels foreign, our habits meaningless, our reflection unfamiliar. But here lies the secret of renewal: identity is not fixed. Like the nervous system itself, it is plastic — malleable, repairable, capable of be

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Introduction: When Thoughts Turn Against Us Grief is rarely linear. One moment you’re functional, the next you’re spiraling into what-ifs and guilt. This is not weakness — it’s neurobiology. When loss activates the brain’s fear and reward systems, the mind loops through protective patterns: rumination, self-blame, avoidance. CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) offer gentle ways to interrupt these loops — not by denying emotion, but by lea

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By Dr. Dani Niaz, PhD | Neuronest Yoga | The Science of Grief & the Art of Healing Series (Part 1) 🌙 Introduction: When the Mind Meets the Heartbreak Grief isn’t just emotional — it’s neurological. When someone we love is gone, the brain doesn’t simply “move on.” It scrambles to make sense of an absence that feels like a wound in both time and tissue. Neuroscientists have found that the same neural circuits that create love and attachment are also responsible for the pain of

Explore the science of grief and healing in our six-part series. Discover how grief reshapes mind and body, offering tools for renewal.