When you need guidance on how to make life choices, what do you do? Do you turn to family and friends? Your rational, thinking mind?

While those methods can be useful, they don’t always help us move beyond what we already know. Next time you want to plumb the depth of an issue, or find information from a new angle, you might try this easy to use approach to problem solving. It’s called dream incubation. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s something brewing in Dreamland and I’d love for you to be a part of it…

I’ve mentioned in passing an exciting new project I’m creating. The focus is on dreams: sleeping dreams, waking dream journeys, myth and imagination. It’s going to be a dream program like no other and we’ll be launching it soon.

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Several years ago I was at a crossroads. I liked my profession, but I desperately needed to breathe new life into what I was doing. My work had lost much of its meaning, but unfortunately the next step eluded me.

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An uninterpreted dream is like an unopened letter.

-  The Talmud

Incorporating dream work into spiritual direction, coaching or counseling is a natural way to help your clients gain access to the Divine and salient messages that dwell within and without. But if you’re not familiar with dreams and dream work methods, dream exploration can feel like strange terrain. Read the rest of this entry »

A few years ago I had a doozy of a dream. I was being chased by a lizard man through the streets of an abandoned village. Man was he scary. I ran into rickety houses, trying to hide from him, but he followed me into every single room. Eventually I had to surrender. He ate me. Then he pooped me out.

Anxiety producing? Absolutely! Read the rest of this entry »