Last month I was busy getting ready for the DreamTribe launch. I was working 15-hour days, and even though I was enjoying myself, I wasn’t too surprised to have the following dream:

I’m driving and my gas tank is on empty.

I have two options: Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

Several weeks ago, the phone rang at 12:30 am. I knew it couldn’t be good news. Nobody calls me that late at night.

I leapt out of bed and answered the phone. Just as I suspected, it was my partner Scott. He’d just finished playing a gig with his blues band in San Francisco only to discover that his truck, which he’d parked in an open air parking lot, was stuck behind a thick chain that locked the lot for the night. Read the rest of this entry »

How do you start your one-on-one or group sessions? I use a variety of methods because the way a session starts can set the tone for the entire meeting.

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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 »