In this episode we talk about our rebrand, changes to the team, Joshua moving to British Columbia, and our excitement to begin interviewing guests again. You can find more about Grief Dreams here: Our website – www.griefdreams.ca Instagram and Twitter - @Griefdreams Facebook – Grief Dreams Podcast Page and Grief Dreams Group Looking for ways to support the podcast? You can help support the Grief Dreams Podcast in a few ways: 1) Become a Patreon supporter (monthly financial support) https://www.p...
Sep 14, 2022•24 min•Ep. 210
In this episode (Part 2), we recap some of the dream conversations we had with guests in 2021. *************** You can find more about Grief Dreams here: Our website – www.griefdreams.ca - where you can find links to the podcast. Instagram and Twitter - @Griefdreams Clubhouse - @Griefdreams (Note: we have 2 clubs you can join - Grief Dreams and Grief Café) Facebook – Grief Dreams Podcast Page and Grief Dreams Group To support the podcast on Pateron visit https://www.patreon.com/griefdreamspodcas...
Jan 22, 2022•38 min•Ep. 202
In this episode (Part 1), we recap some of the dream conversations we had with guests in 2021. *************** You can find more about Grief Dreams here: Our website – www.griefdreams.ca - where you can find links to the podcast. Instagram and Twitter - @Griefdreams Clubhouse - @Griefdreams (Note: we have 2 clubs you can join - Grief Dreams and Grief Café) Facebook – Grief Dreams Podcast Page and Grief Dreams Group To support the podcast on Pateron visit https://www.patreon.com/griefdreamspodcas...
Jan 16, 2022•41 min•Ep. 201
Jenn K. Lee is a writer and mixed media artist who lives in Hawaii with her husband and two children. Her book, Grieving in Dreams: Finding Peace After Losing My Sister, explores how her first year of dreaming about her late sister, who passed away in 2019, helped her process her grief and guided her toward a path that ultimately led to peace. In this episode we talk about her relationship with her sister, her sister’s journey with cancer, the many grief dreams of her sister, and writing her new...
Dec 18, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 200
Dr. Karen Wyatt is the bestselling author of the book 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying , which contains stories of patients she cared for as a hospice doctor and the spiritual lessons she learned from them at the end of their lives. Dr. Wyatt also hosts End-of-Life University Podcast, which features conversations with experts who work in all aspects of end-of-life care. She is widely regarded as a thought-leader in the effort to transform the way we care for our dying in the U.S. In addition,...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 199
Zachary Steele is the Broadleaf Writers Association Founder & Executive Director, and has been featured by NPR, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Publishers Weekly, Baby Got Books , Shelf Awareness , Writer Magazine and was nominated for the Sidewise Award for Alternate Fiction. His recent novel, The Weight of Ashes is his third novel. In this episode we talk about getting started being a writer, grief in fictional stories, his new novel “The Weight of Ashes”, how writing facilitated process...
Oct 17, 2021•57 min•Ep. 198
Autumn Toelle-Jackson is a wife, widow, mother, and survivor. The loss of a husband, a beloved cousin and mentor, her daughter, and miscarriages have left scars on her soul and memorial tattoos on her body, but Autumn learned to grow through it all. She wrote Boldly into the Darkness: Living with Loss, Growing with Grief & Holding onto Happiness to share her story and let others who are grieving know they aren't alone, and even with loss there is hope. Autumn and her family created Growing w...
Oct 02, 2021•50 min•Ep. 197
Heike Mertins is an author, blogger and speaker. She is the author of “Grief is...Thoughts on loss, struggle and new beginnings” (2017), which chronicles her journey through the bizarre, frustrating and at times humorous world of incomprehensible loss. Following the death of her brother and husband, Heike began to document the process of loss, emotion and healing that accompanies a momentous life change. In this episode we talk about the death of her brother, husband, and mother, the little thin...
Sep 18, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 196
Callsuma Ali is a British Bangladeshi podcaster. She is the host of Bereavement Room, a British born podcast about life, death, grief and Identity from the perspective of black and brown voices across the diaspora. The podcast was launched in November 2019 following poor experiences Callsuma went through when accessing bereavement support and therapy. In this episode we talk about her relationship with her mother and brother, being a caregiver for her brother who had autism, the death of her mot...
Aug 28, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 195
In this guest update episode, we talk with Heather Stang from Episode 119. Heather is the author of Mindfulness & Grief and the now released guided journal, From Grief To Peace . She is the founder of the Mindfulness & Grief Institute, where she facilitates Awaken, a mindfulness-based online group, offers individual sessions, and hosts the Mindfulness & Grief Podcast. Heather holds a master’s degree in Thanatology from Hood College and is a Certified Yoga Therapist. In this episode w...
Aug 14, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 194
We rereleased this episode (E119) as our next episode features an update on the guest. Heather Stang, MA, C-IAYT is the author of Mindfulness & Grief, now in its second edition, and the host of the Mindfulness & Grief Podcast. She has a Master’s Degree in Thanatology and is a certified yoga therapist and meditation instructor. Heather is on the Advisory Board for the highly regarded military family survivor organization Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), and is the founder ...
Aug 14, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 193
Dr. Roger Ivar Lohmann is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Trent University. He has published extensively about the relationship between dreaming and culture, including Dream Travelers: Sleep Experiences and Culture in the Western Pacific . An ethnographer of the Asabano people of Papua New Guinea, he has served as editor-in-chief of the journal Reviews in Anthropology , chair of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, and president of the Green Party of Ontario. In this episod...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 192
Caitlin Garvey is a writer and English professor in Chicago. She has an MFA in creative writing from Northwestern University and an MA in English Literature from DePaul University. Her work has been published in Post Road Magazine, Little Fiction: Big Truths, The Baltimore Review, The Tishman Review, and others. Her debut memoir, The Mourning Report , is about losing her mother to cancer and collecting the stories of the people who played a role in her mother's care. In this episode we talk abou...
Jun 19, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 191
Saje Dyer is a 31 year-old woman from New York City. Saje grew up in Boca Raton, FL and moved to New York where she graduated from NYU with a master's degree in psychology. She is the co-author of the new book, The Knowing, which explores how she was able to return to the teachings of her father, Dr. Wayne Dyer after he passed away. She has published a children’s book titled “Goodbye Bumps!” that tells the true story of how she was able to heal herself as a child through the power of the mind. S...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 190
Jessica Clontz is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University, DuBois campus, where she teaches courses on the helping professions, gerontology, addictions counseling, and grief and loss. Jess is a trained end of life doula through the International End of Life Doula Association and works to promote conversations surrounding death and dying in her local community. When she's not teaching, you can find her hiking with her family in the Pennsylv...
May 25, 2021•50 min•Ep. 189
Gabrielle Mirabile (also known as Zingara) is a 22-year-old music producer from Maryland. Ever since she was little, she has been connected to the spirit world. Dealing with the loss of a loved one has always been different with her because she has still been able to communicate with them. Whether she asks for a specific sign and sees it, or has a visitation dream, her loved ones continue to find ways to show her they are still here. She strives to connect her music with spirituality and teaches...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 188
Julie Potter is a certified social worker who has experience in home care, hospice, nursing homes and hospitals. For 20 years, she turned her expertise toward coordinating a spousal bereavement program, as well as a hospital-based wellness program for people 60 and over. She has recently released the book “Harnessing the Power of Grief”. In this podcast we talk about being a social worker, burnout in the field, starting a spousal bereavement program, the death of her parents, her book, and grief...
May 09, 2021•51 min•Ep. 187
Holly Truhlar (she/her) is a grief therapist, community organizer, and lawyer. In her search for what's just and holy, she earned a Doctorate in Law and Masters in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology. Yet, she found more Soul, more of what mattered, in witnessing grief and spending time with animal-kin. Now, she integrates her training and experience to create justice-based, transformative relationships between people, groups, and the more-than-human world. She’s currently practicing and researc...
May 02, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 186
Sabrina Palazzo is a mindset + energy coach, and certified breathwork facilitator. In 2020, Sabrina lost her father-in-law and her dad to cancer within one month of each other, which became the catalyst for her own personal development journey. Using the methods she teaches today, she evolved from unmotivated & depressed, to starting her own business and practicing daily tactics that rewired her subconscious, elevated her energy, and manifested the life she has always wanted to live. It is S...
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 185
When Mike Bernhardt’s wife died in 1991, he turned to writing poetry as a tool of healing. He later solicited the poetry of other people whose loved ones had died, receiving hundreds of submissions from around the world. The result was Voices of the Grieving Heart , first published in 1994. The new, expanded edition contains over 160 selected poems, essays, and images by 83 contributors who share their journeys through loss, grief, and transformation. After retiring in 2016 from a career in IT, ...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 184
In this guest update episode, we talk with Pennie Hunt from Episode 102. Pennie is an Author/Columnist/Speaker. She just released her new book, “Love Your Life - No Matter What - 76 Tips to Journey Through Grief and Loss.” In this episode we talk about her new book and any new grief dreams she has had. You can find more about Pennie here: www.PennieHunt.com
Apr 10, 2021•36 min•Ep. 183
We rereleased this episode (E102) as our next episode features an update on the guest. Pennie Hunt is a speaker, author, and the President and founder of Journey Through, LLC. Her book is titled “Love Your Life-No Matter What - 76 Tips to Live Life with Love and Gratitude.” She also writes a weekly blog called “Writings From The Corner of Spirit & Brave.” In this episode we talk about a series of life changing events (including the death of her son and dog), her weekly blog, getting a memori...
Apr 10, 2021•52 min•Ep. 182
Jill Campbell began her career running lines with Morgan Freeman at the Public Theatre. Since 2005, Jill has worked as a producer, director and writer on many different films that have had worldwide distribution and screened on Netflix, Amazon, Kanopy, BBC, Urban Movie Channel and Sky TV. Jill’s newest film released in 2020, SEAT 20D, premiered at Hampton’s Doc Fest and Canada’s prestigious Art Fifa (The International Festival of Films on Art). This documentary explores the grief journey of thos...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 181
A. Olivia Nelson is a two-time widow in her twenties who, in the span of five years, said goodbye to family and friends alongside major non-death losses. Having to face grief in a variety of situations, she gained deep insight into our broken grief culture: grieving people lack support and those who want to help don't know how. To heal this gap, Nelson formed Learning About Grief, a website on which she shares personal stories, coping resources, and a virtual grief group for the bereaved and the...
Mar 27, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 180
Krista Brenner is a Thanadoula / End-of-Life Doula, Grief & Bereavement Coach, Funeral Celebrant, Indian Head Massage Facilitator, Recreation Therapist, Reiki Master-Teacher, and Crystal Therapist. She is educated in Thanatology, Funeral Pre-Planning, and Funeral Services. From the experience and education she has obtained, she created Soul Circle, a company focusing on these disciplines. Krista is also the Kitchener-Waterloo Co-Representative for the Bereavement Ontario Network. In this epi...
Mar 19, 2021•51 min•Ep. 179
Tara K. Michaud is a high school English teacher and a New Hampshire native. Tara’s brother, Tory, was murdered while at work in December of 2006. For eight years prior to his death, she dreamt of his death. In this episode we talk about being a high school teacher during the pandemic, her relationship with her brother, dreaming of her brother's death, the events of his death, her grief journey, and a dream she had of her brother after his death.
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 178
In this episode we talk with Darwyn Dave about his challenges in 2020, the love shown from his podcast listeners, a co-worker's death and GoFundMe page, and the amount of deaths during the pandemic. To find more about Darwyn visit http://www.dealingwithmygrief.com/ You can find Freddy Davila’s GoFundMe Page here https://gofund.me/b34762c5
Feb 19, 2021•48 min•Ep. 177
In this episode we talk about the challenges and successes in 2020, the ‘Calling of the Heart’ short film, our new online courses, and 2021. You can find the Calling of the Heart short film at https://www.callingoftheheart.ca/ You can find our online courses at https://www.griefdreams.ca/online-courses . Type in the coupon code 21OFF at the checkout to get 21% off. This offer ends March 1, 2021....
Feb 17, 2021•48 min•Ep. 176
In this episode (Part 2), we recap some of the dream conversations we had with guests in 2020.
Feb 04, 2021•54 min•Ep. 175
In this episode (Part 1), we recap some of the dream conversations we had with guests in 2020.
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 174
