Delphi (pronounced Del-phee) Ellis is the author of Answers in the Dark: Grief, Sleep, and How Dreams Can Help You Heal. She is a qualified counselor, well-being trainer, and mindfulness practitioner. Her therapeutic background is in bereavement, having supported those mainly bereaved by murder and suicide.

This conversation discusses dreams, sleep, grief, and finding answers in the dark.

00:00 - First Marker
02:37 - Why Sleep & Dream Study?
03:32 - Natural To Talk About Dreams In Her Childhood
04:44 - Delphi's Bereavement Experience As a Teenager
06:05 - How Grief Impacts Our Sleep Patterns
07:38 - Grief Comes Out At Night
08:57 - Disenfranchised Grief
10:56 - Grief Not Caused By Death
14:39 - Dreams Of People Dying
17:13 - Answers In The Dark Is Not A Dream Dictionary
18:15 - Only You Can Interpret Your Drem
19:06 - Creative Dreaming
20:03 - Why We Don't Remember Our Dreams
21:54 - Being Intentional About Your Dreams
23:32 - Recurring Dreams
24:18 - Common Dreams
26:31 - Patterns In Your Dreams
30:35 - Flying Dreams
33:28 - Insomnia Is A Global Prolbme
36:25 - Our Obsession With Time Hurts Our Sleep
37:39 - Why We Wake Up In The Middle Of The Night
38:46 - The Three Big Myths of Sleep
41:34 - Bedtime Is Not A Time
43:25 - Sleep Cycles And Why We Wake Up During The Night
48:29 - Orthosomnia And Why It's A Problem
51:12 - Sleep Cycle Repair Kit
53:06 - Mindfulness To Help With Sleep
57:35 - The 4 AM Mystery
01:00:04 - Into Darkness

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