62. Grief and Dreams
About the episode:
Today I talk all about dreams with Alejandro Salinas, including:
Dreams we’ve had about dead loved ones
Connecting with our dead loved ones
How dreams help us to process emotions
Lucid dreaming
And more!
Alejandro is one of the co-founders and current president of the Chicago Death Doula Collective, a non-profit collective dedicated to providing support, advocacy, education, and care around death and dying in Chicago. It was formed in 2020 not long after the death of his father. He has hosted death cafés for 6 years and has recently created The Coffin Cards, a deck of 115 questions about death, dying, and grief, and The Coffin Cards Podcast to have even more conversations on the topic with various guests. He fronts the Chicano goth rock / post punk band Grave Love. He teaches yoga twice a week at Chi Yoga Shack, practices massage, and is a former teacher at The Soma Institute. He previously co-hosted The Dream Freaks podcast with Tree Carr and Jennifer Claroscura.
Check out the Chicago Death Doula Collective here: https://www.chicagodeathdoulacollective.com/
Check out The Coffin Cards here: https://www.thecoffincards.com/
Listen to The Coffin Cards podcast here.
Follow the band Grave Love @grave_love_band