When Emotional Pain Mirrors Physical Pain: The Science Every Leader Needs to Understand
One of the most fascinating findings in neuroscience reshaped how I think about mental health at work. Brain imaging shows that emotional and social pain, such as grief, rejection, heartbreak, isolation, or separation distress, activates the same neural circuits as physical pain. Research cited by Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller in Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment demonstrates that the...

