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In this episode, I interview one of my friends, Michael Beck, and we talk about gratitude and finding silver linings in this crazy  year. He starts with telling his story, and how he found some silver linings or "good," (for the lack of a better word)  out of an experience he had at the end of 2019, and how the quarantine this year added to his personal growth, which began from a difficult incident he experienced in October of 2019. I ask him to name 3 things that were key in his healing, and we also talk about the role that creativity played in most of it. He also finds a fourth thing that he didn't initially think about naming, but finds integral in his healing as we discuss how it all ties together.  

Thank you for listening and we wish you a peaceful, and safe Thanksgiving!  

7+ Ways to Dissect & Interpret your Dreams! Yes, the ones you get when you're asleep that sometimes leave you wondering... "Why?" Or "What the heck does that mean?" Or "Why did I dream that?" Or even the ones you are glad about but still wonder if they hold a more significant message that you can't quite put your finger on. 

I go through each of the 7+ interpretation methods by sharing one of my own really significant dreams! 

Friendly Warning: I go off on some tangents, but I bring it back to the dream each time! (And the interpretation method I am addressing 😉). If you've listened to my previous episode, you know that tangents are a part of my "speaking style," & I find a way to tie it all in (most of the time 😄). 

I have gotten Mark Thurston's permission to share this by the way! If you are interested in diving deeper in personal transformation work, then check out Personal Transformation and Courage Institute (a non profit begun by Mark Thurston's wife, Mary Elizabeth, and him) that provides in depth experiential learning workshops on some of the topics I discuss here plus so much more! (that I may discuss in future episodes!) 

For your convenience to return to while interpreting your own dreams, here are the 7+ Methods I share & give personal interpretation examples of (with timestamps!)-

1) 11:18- What is the theme of my dream?  a) write a single sentence plot summary that doesn't interpret the dream but  restates the key action or process;  b) find an aspect of waking life that fits the theme;  c) interpret symbols in context/relationship to that aspect of waking life.  

2) 25:17- How might this dream be compensatory?  Identify an extreme in the dream. Look for an opposite extreme in waking life.  How might this dream be a call to balance? 

3) 26:52- Is intuition operative in this dream? Could this be an experience of mind-to-mind communication,  or a dream that foreshadows something for the future?    

4) 28:34- What kind of fear (conscious or unconscious) might have produced this dream?  

5) 32:14- What kind of desire (conscious or unconscious) might have produced this dream?  

6) 33:49- Could this dream be a physical diagnosis of a bodily condition?  

7) 45:12- If this dream had been a waking life experience, how would I have been changed by it?   What did I learn from going through the experience? 

50:15 and onwards consecutively:

8) Make art around the dream 

9) Write a poem around the dream (A Haiku is a good way to summarize and get the most significant parts down) 

10) Jot 3 words that 1st come to mind when thinking of the dream. 

Thanks for listening & I am beyond happy to begin the Dream Series of episodes with you all! I find Dreams very fascinating & have found Dream Interpretation very useful! I hope you will too! 

Stay tuned for Part 2 with my guest friend, Sarah Isaacman (who I recordedthe Lunar Cyles &Intentionality episode with) as well as more Dream episodes! 

Keep Healing, Seeking, Digging, and Finding! Stay Vibrant!

I answer the journal prompt question: What is my favorite thing about nature? Recorded outside😌🌱🍃🍂🍁 Tell me your thoughts! What are some of your favorite things about nature? What about nature (& our connection with it) would you like me to explore on future podcasts? Email [email protected] Thanks for listening! Enjoy the weather😌🌱🍃🍂🍁☀️🌧🌈🌳🌄🌅🌊

In this episode, my friend Sarah Ahn and I discuss concepts from Judith Herman's book, Trauma And Recovery, and how it applies to different experiences we've had with healing recently. It's a thoughtful and wholesome discussion worth checking out if you are interested in healing and also feeling any pull towards learning about yourself in relationship to others, and feeling stuck in this quarantine, and want to explore some perspectives on perhaps moving towards feeling unstuck. Healing does not happen quickly and easily but it happens nevertheless and it gets easier with time, and practice. It takes initiative- it is a choice. If you're choosing to heal, you will like this episode. ❤️Thank you for listening, I hope you get something out of it! Email: [email protected]

I talk to my friend Sarah Isaacman about her knowledge on the lunar cycles, and how it affects us, both men and women but this episode is specifically focused on women, and we dive into the meaning of intentionality. Intentionality in its significance to healing & how we can use the phases of the moon in our intentionality. We also go on some fun tangents about future episodes & personal spiritual experiences, & share a lot of laughs! Enjoy! If you have thoughts on this episode or want to talk about anything we touched on, email me at [email protected]. If you already know me, you know how to reach me! 🙂 Thank you so much for listening! ❤️✨✨😌

Join me as improvise on the spot about an analogy for healing. All jokes and skeletons aside though, how do YOU heal? Let me know by emailing me at [email protected]