Mar 16, 2020
Julie Dreyer (she/her) is a board certified hospital chaplain who helps patients, families and staff meet their emotional and spiritual needs. She completed a Masters of Divinity at Maitripa (a Tibetan Buddhist college), where she teaches classes, facilitates meditation and music practices. Her sense of the world has been shaped by practicing within various spiritual and embodiment traditions. In search of wholeness, Julie spent four years traveling the world sharing sacred music with people on the streets, in nature and with intentional communities. She is grateful to all her teachers who continue to inspire her to be with what is.
Episode Highlights
- Julie explains what a chaplain
is and how she fulfills that role now in a
hospital.
- She tells about her spiritual
journey to become a chaplain, moving from a career in computer
engineering to exploring music and yoga for her own
healing.
- Julie talks about how her
sisters cancer diagnosis and death lead to her to confront her own
relationship to death, and eventually supporting others as they
face their own mortality.
- She shares how music and songs
help to express emotions and support others through challenging
times.
- We talk about the important challenge of confronting and engaging your fear when facing illness and death.
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