Learn about the growth of the positive death movement in Mexico and the value of conscious dying and dreamwork.
My guest Wilka Roig is a transpersonal psychologist, death doula, grief counselor, dream worker, and educator. She is the president of Fundación Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (EKR) México Centro and a doula instructor for INELDA. She discusses the growth of the doula movement in Mexico and the end-of-life issues that are currently arising in Mexico and Central and South America. In addition she talks about the dream work she engages in and the importance of symbolic dreams at the end of life. Learn more at her website:
This episode includes:
- How Wilka first became interested in working with death, loss and grief
- The work of the EKR Foundation in Mexico and what programs are being offered
- The growth of Death Café in Mexico
- Death doula training in Mexico and how doulas are being received
- The value of collaborating with other providers and communities to share knowledge
- How Wilka helped start the green burial movement in Mexico
- Why spiritual growth requires us to look at our own mortality
- The power of the symbolism of dreams to help us heal and grow
- Why we should be asking people at the end of life about their dreams
- How healthcare providers could benefit from participating in a dream group
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