What happens when two death doulas get chatting? Pure magic! Adriana Michelle, a.k.a The Death Alchemist, is a death doula, Transition & Rebirth Doula, and Storyteller. Elena and Adriana discuss how to create Power Places to move through grief. Adriana was born in San Diego, raised in Mexico, and is currently living in New Orleans where she offers grief walking, transition readings, and monthly online grief meetings.
Elena and Adriana discuss:
- grief walking
- permission to sit with grief
- processing death at a young age
- memories as power places
- speaking to our dead
- finding power places while traveling
- Opening yourself up to signs from spirit
- Power places in the spirit world
- returning to your ancestral homeland
Adriana's top Grief film picks:
- My Girl
- Now and Then
- Bridge to Terabithia
- Marley & Me
- Coco
- I Will Follow
- The Changeling
- Como Agua Para Chocolate
- Ghost
- The Fountain
- What Dreams May Come
- Elizabethtown
- The Descendants
- The Bucket List
- The Sixth Sense
- Beaches
Note from Adriana on creating a Power Place:
"Something as simple as lighting a candle, putting on music, and getting into the shower or bath is SOOOO powerful (lots of downloads come through for me in there) I find it very healing to write out some intentions or just free write/journal. Mirror work. Setting up an altar is the obvious choice because it is something that is easily accessible and can be set up in a closet (hidden away for privacy if you need to). ALSO JUST CRY. Whatever emotion you are feeling, let that lead you. Life is a ceremony. Everything is a ritual. Sit with it. Digest it."
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