In what year did Ronnie Janoff-Bulman publish her influential book
Chapter 1

The architecture of meaning-making

Chapter 2

The five paths of post-traumatic growth

Chapter 3

Global traditions of transforming grief

Chapter 4

The practical tools of adaptation

Ch 1 · The architecture of meaning-making
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gus How the human brain adapts and heals during the grieving process.

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gus Neural Mapping of Grief

Updating the map of space and time— (Ah, learning you're gone)

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To survive deep loss, we must actively rebuild our understanding of the world.

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gus The psychological process of finding personal meaning after experiencing a loss

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Viktor Frankl and the search for purpose

gus His survival of Auschwitz and three other Nazi camps between 1942 and 1945 inspired logotherapy, a new psychological framework.

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Rebuilding the shattered assumptive world

gus Psychologist Ronnie Janoff-Bulman explained that trauma shatters our fundamental assumptions about the world, forcing us to rebuild our core beliefs from scratch.

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Mend and Bloom
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gus Mend broken paths to discover how finding purpose helps us grow and adapt after loss.

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Grieving brain: The brain processes emotional heartbreak in the exact same physical regions that register physical pain, like a broken bone.

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What is the most helpful way to support a grieving friend?

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Which therapeutic approach did Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl develop based on finding meaning in suffering?

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gus Rebuilding our core beliefs about safety and worth after traumatic loss

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In which decade did Viktor Frankl publish his famous memoir, Man's Search for Meaning, describing his experiences in concentration camps?

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gus Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl studied how human beings find meaning in life.

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In what year did Ronnie Janoff-Bulman publish her influential book, Shattered Assumptions, detailing how people rebuild their lives after trauma?

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According to psychologist Ronnie Janoff-Bulman, how many core assumptions about the world are shattered by trauma?

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According to Christopher Davis's research, which phase of meaning-making typically occurs first immediately after a loss?

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What are the two distinct phases of meaning-making identified by researcher Christopher Davis in 1998?

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Which part of the brain acts as the emotional alarm system and is highly active during acute grief?

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To which brain region does activity shift as a person begins to make sense of their grief and build a coherent story?

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