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EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 18 MIN

How Can I Dream Again

from The Creative Grief Journey · host Dawn Renee Bova

The speaker explores how grief affects both sleeping dreams and “living dreams,” sharing personal stories of losing her father in an automobile accident and later her son, Brad, and how these losses altered her relationship with dreaming. She recounts a vivid, comforting dream Brad’s friend shared—seeing Brad on a rainy Florida beach saying, “Tell everybody it’s beautiful here, and I’ll see you later”—and explains psychological reasons dreams can change during grief, including disrupted REM sleep, stress hormones, trauma, and emotional processing, while also describing dreams as potentially spiritual and mysterious. Shifting to life dreams, she describes how grief can shrink motivation and joy, and encourages rebuilding purpose through focus, vision boards, journaling, and meaningful action, including her work with Ohio CAN (Change Addiction Now) supporting early recovery. She closes with reflective questions to help viewers reconnect with hope, creativity, health, environment, relationships, meaning, and future possibilities, and invites people to join her community, retreats, and coaching.00:00 Grief And Dreams00:49 Personal Loss Stories01:47 A Comforting Dream03:18 Why Dreams Change04:42 Spiritual Meaning Of Dreams05:54 Awake Life Dreams06:57 Purpose From Pain08:58 Focus And Attraction11:46 Write These Questions12:35 Joy And Aliveness13:04 Creativity Prompts14:12 Body And Energy15:01 Home And Environment15:55 Relationships And Support16:48 Meaning And Legacy17:14 Future Vision Questions17:39 Closing Encouragement🌀 Join the Creative Grief Journey Group for Emotional Empowerment...and support on Skool 🌟HERE 🌟Join my email list and don't miss a thing! HERE🔆 Transform you grief, Start a 30 days journal habit! Grab your 30 day journal prompts HEREDawn's Info:Facebook: Dawn Renee Bova IG:  https://www.instagram.com/dawnreneebova/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/HeARTworkbyDawn Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-renee-bova-304049239 Email: [email protected]

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The speaker explores how grief affects both sleeping dreams and “living dreams,” sharing personal stories of losing her father in an automobile accident and later her son, Brad, and how these losses altered her relationship with dreaming. She recounts a vivid, comforting dream Brad’s friend shared—seeing Brad on a rainy Florida beach saying, “Tell everybody it’s beautiful here, and I’ll see you later”—and explains psychological reasons dreams can change during grief, including disrupted REM s...

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