The Dreamers’ Den Series Ep 35: The Dreams that Shape Us (with Leilani Navar & Steve Ernenwein)
Something new and much more personal for this Full Moon: You’re about to hear me share a series of 3 of the most potent dreams of my life, and how they’ve been woven into my healing. There’s the personal physical level, the ancestral, and the societal levels. There’s a yurt at the sandy confluence of…
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The Dreamers’ Den Series Ep 34: Dreams of Exes plus Bathroom & Gotta-Go Dreams (highlights from Dreamers’ Den members episodes with Leilani Navar & Kezia Vida)
Do you recall any dreams of being back together with an ex? How about needing to pee and not being able to find a bathroom? These are more common dream-themes than you might realize, and there can be much more going on here than the obvious. Click Play below to hear a deep-dive on these…
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The Dreamers’ Den Series Ep 33: What Happens in Dream Group? This. (a projective dreamwork group hosted by Leilani Navar)
I could try to describe group dreamwork to you. Why we do it, what it’s like, how wow’d and moved I am every time. But I couldn’t do it justice. There’s nothing else like this. I couldn’t have imagined it before I’d taken part, no matter how it was explained. A current dream group member…
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The Dreamers’ Den Series Ep 32: A Powerful Remover of Obstacles (a conversation with Cythera Wilkerson)
Raise your hand (or, better yet, leave a comment below, so I can see it too) if you’ve ever dreamt of a political figure you strongly dislike. When they showed up in dream-form, how did you engage with them? When dreamers have shared dreams of political figures who were the object of anger or disgust,…
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The Dreamers’ Den Series Ep 31: Intentional Dreaming, the Honeybee, and the World’s Dreamweave (a conversation with Ariella Daly)
“Bee shamanism” is ancient, but its existence was recent news to me. Ancient Greek priestesses who dreamt with the bees? A European folk tradition tied to women’s spirituality and beekeeping? Tell me more! In this episode, Ariella Daly tells me so much more. I was enchanted. Click Play on the player below to hear us…
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The Dreamers’ Den Series Ep 30: The Gifts in Grief Dreams (a conversation with Joshua Black)
Have you ever dreamt of a loved one, after they passed away? Has that dream stuck with you ever since? Dr. Joshua Black has had that kind of dream — and heard thousands of those dreams from others. He’s devoted his academic research to these “grief dreams” and to continuing bonds after many types of…
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The Dreamers’ Den Series Ep 29: Personalized Dream Symbols, Online Dream Groups, and Warning Dreams (a conversation with Laura Suzanne)
If you’ve ever heard me or another dreamworker say, “Pretend I’m an alien,” and then ask you to define the object you dreamt about, that’s because we want to know about your personal symbology. Laura Suzanne and I have very different relationships with cats. If you were to ask each of us to explain what a…
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The Dreamers’ Den Series Ep 28: What We Can Glean from the Foods that Show Up in Our Dreams (with Leilani Navar)
The pizza dreams. The grocery store dreams. The Thanksgiving dinners and wilting vegetable gardens. The empty fridge. Of all the “food” dreams I’ve heard, the steak dream I share in this episode is one of my favorites. When the dreamer and I explored this dream, plenty happened, not all of it related to food. But…
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The Dreamers’ Den Series Ep 27: Dreamwork in the Acupuncture Clinic and the Garden of the Mind (a conversation with Joseph Fiala)
My fellow acupuncturist, dreamworker, and NUNM grad Joseph Fiala joins me to talk about dreamwork in his clinical practice, in his personal life, and in nurturing the thoughts we choose to grow in the gardens of our minds. I loved hearing his enthusiasm and wise insights, and I’m guessing you will too. Click Play to…
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The Dreamers’ Den Series Ep 26: Owl Feathers, Stilettos and Other Footprints to Track in Our Dreams (a conversation with Bambi Corso-Steinmeyer)
Do you track the details in your dreams? Bambi Corso-Steinmeyer talks with me about why to track the recurring details in our dreams. Those themes are like footprints left behind by the qualities moving through our dreamscape – and we’re well-served by following their trails. Bambi and I cover a lot of dreamscape ground in…
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