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The Dream Journal episodes

March 30 Dancing With Dreams & Nightmares | Ritual Dreamwork, Bees, Snakes, & the Dream Hive with Lana Nasser
What if nightmares are not something to escape—but something to dance with?
In this episode, we’re joined by Lana Nasser, dreamworker, ritual facilitator, and creator of The Dream Hive, for a deep exploration of dreams, nightmares, embodiment, and collective dreaming. Together, we explore how dreams connect us to the more‑than‑human world, how ritual can transform fear, and why symbols like bees and snakes carry powerful intelligence for our time.
This conversation weaves together ritual dreamwork, ecofeminist perspectives, embodied practice, and collective healing, offering a grounded yet imaginative approach to working with dreams—not as private puzzles to solve, but as living relationships to tend.
Whether you’re a dreamer, therapist, ritualist, artist, or simply curious about the wisdom of the unconscious, this episode invites you into a deeper way of listening.
00:00 — Opening: Dancing With Dreams & Nightmares
Introducing the episode and the invitation to meet dreams as living teachers rather than problems to fix.
03:45 — Lana Nasser on Ritual Dreamwork
How ritual creates a container for working with dreams safely, creatively, and collectively.
08:20 — Nightmares as Initiation
Reframing nightmares as gateways to embodied knowledge, not signs of failure or pathology.
14:10 — The Dream Hive: Collective Dreaming in Practice
Exploring shared dream spaces and why dreaming together matters in times of crisis.
20:05 — Embodiment & the Body’s Dream Language
Why dreams are not just images, but sensations, movements, and felt experiences.
26:30 — Bees, Snakes & Dream Symbolism
Working with non‑human dream figures without reducing them to fixed meanings.
33:40 — Ecofeminism, Earth, and the Unconscious
How dreamwork intersects with ecological grief, care, and re‑enchantment.
40:55 — Ritual, Safety & the Nervous System
The importance of pacing, consent, and grounding when working with intense dream material.
47:25 — Dreaming With Others Without Appropriation
Ethics, humility, and listening when dreams cross cultural and ancestral lines.
54:10 — Closing Reflections: Living in Dialogue With Dreams
How to continue the relationship with dreams beyond the night.
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BIO: Lana Nasser is a writer, performing artist, and dream-weaver, she guides individuals and groups in ritualizing dreams—using theater, movement, props, and nature—to enter dialogue with the imaginal. Her practice reveals insight, fuels psychospiritual exploration, and births communal and personal ritual art. An ecofeminist shapeshifting storyteller, she bridges worlds through embodied dreamwork and innovative performance-making practices.
Contact our guest: LanaNasser.com
Photo credit: Kristof Persyn
This show, episode number 356, was recorded March 26, 2026 and originally broadcast on March 28, 2026 at KSQD.org, community radio of Sant
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March 23How Dreams Improve Emotional Health | Psychiatrist Loma K. Flowers on Emotional Competence
How do dreams support emotional health—and how can we use our feelings more skillfully in everyday life?
On this episode of The Dream Journal, host Katherine Bell is joined by psychiatrist Dr. Loma K. Flowers, author of Catching Your Feelings, for a practical, grounded conversation about emotional competence and the role dreams play in mental health.
Dr. Flowers introduces her model of emotional competence—balancing thinking, feeling, judgment, and action—and explains why ignoring emotions can lead to stress, illness, and impulsive decisions. Through real‑world examples, listener call‑ins, and a live demonstration of the dream interview method, she shows how dreams can function like an “emotional MRI,” revealing insights that help us make better choices.
The episode includes a step‑by‑step dream exploration of Katherine’s rearview mirror dream, tools for journaling facts versus feelings, and practical guidance on using good judgment as risk assessment. Listeners also share how dreams helped with major decisions, physical healing, and navigating life transitions.
This episode is ideal for anyone interested in dream interpretation, emotional intelligence, mental health, psychology, therapy tools, or personal growth.
Topics covered include:
What emotional competence really means
How dreams help regulate emotions and improve judgment
The dream interview method (live example)
Using journaling to separate facts, feelings, and opinions
Managing anger, impulsivity, and emotional overload
Why practicing on “small moments” builds emotional skill
Chapters
00:00 – Welcome to The Dream Journal & why dreams matter
02:36 – Introducing psychiatrist Dr. Loma K. Flowers
03:43 – Emotional competence: thinking, feeling, judgment, action
07:03 – Ignoring emotions and the body: a powerful personal story
08:09 – Dreams and psychosomatic health (blood pressure case)
10:29 – Dream interview method explained
10:36 – Rear‑view mirror dream: live dream exploration
13:30 – Handling rudeness, anger, and emotional triggers
19:34 – Journaling tool: facts vs feelings vs opinions
22:44 – Good judgment as risk assessment
33:50 – Listener calls: dreams for medical and life decisions
BIO: Loma K. Flowers, MD served as Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF and was the first Chairman of the Board of the IASD in 1984. She collaborated with Gayle Delaney for over ten years as the Delaney & Flowers Center for the Study of Dreams. Dr Flowers has many peer reviewed articles addressing the application of dream exploration for healing mental health issues including substance abuse and psychosomatic illnesses. She developed the Emotional Competence curriculum in 1994 that includes dreams as a powerful internal resource. She is recipient of the APA Distinguished Life Fellow and the 2019 Solomon Carter Fuller Award.
Her new book is “Catching your Feelings, Skills to Direct Your Emotions into Constructive Action.”
This show, episode number 356, was recorded during a live broadcast on March 21, 2026 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.
Videos available on YouTube at youtube.com/@experientialdr
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March 16 Unlocking Dream Wisdom: Nightmares, Oracle Cards, & Inner Transformation with Greg Mahr, MD, and Heather Taylor-Zimmerman
In this episode of The Dream Journal, host Katherine Bell talks with psychiatrist Greg Mahr and visionary artist/psychologist Heather Taylor-Zimmerman about how dreams—especially nightmares—can support healing, personal growth, and creativity.
They introduce the Dream Wisdom Oracle Deck, explore “befriending” difficult dream imagery, and share practical ways to re-enter and work with dreams through reflection, art, and intuitive tools.
Chapters:
00:00:23 — Welcome + what the show explores
00:01:26 — Catherine’s falling-elevator dream as an opening metaphor
00:03:12 — Greg on nightmares, trauma, and why meaning matters
00:07:11 — Heather on dream rescripting + “active agency” in dreams and recovery
00:10:04 — Using an oracle deck to clarify a dream (simple draw + follow-up draw)
00:11:33 — What “visionary art” means + Jung’s influence and active imagination
00:21:20 — Creative flow: reverie, atmosphere, and leaning into discomfort
00:23:38 — Dreams + psychedelics: overlapping brain states and how dreams are a “mini trip every night”
00:32:49 — Caller dream: foundation stone “portal,” money envelope, and houses as psyche
00:42:13 — Caller question: recurring “raw chicken” symbol + how to work it with cards
BIOS:
Greg Mahr, M.D., is a psychiatrist actively involved in teaching and research on acute trauma and nightmares. He is on the faculty of the medical schools at both Michigan State University and Wayne State University and has published more than 30 academic research articles. The author of The Wisdom of Dreams: Science, Synchronicity and the Language of the Soul. SoulofCreativity.com
Heather Taylor-Zimmerman, Ph.D., is a psychologist trained at Pacifica, a Jungian program in California. She is the director of an experiential teaching program in personal transformation through visionary art, and her healing artwork has appeared in clinics and hospitals as well as in public and private collections. GregMahr.com
This show, episode number 354, was recorded during a live broadcast on March 14, 2026 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.
Videos available on YouTube at youtube.com/@experientialdreamwork. Popular playlists: “Dream Journal shorts” and “FULL LENGTH VIDEOS”.

Here are links to some other Dream Journal episodes you might be interested in:
Rewilding the Dream with Laura Smith-Riva
Dreaming the Future with Paul Kalas, PhD
Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick for also engineering the show and to Erik Nelson for answering the phones.
SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question or enquire about being a guest on the podcast by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on LI, IG, YT, FB, & LT @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about
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March 09 Dreaming the Future with Paul Kalas, PhD
Quantum entanglement? Time traveling information? What is behind the phenomenon of precognitive dreaming? Meet astrophysicist, oneironaut, and author Paul Kalas, who argues that precognition is naturally selected for because of its unmistakable evolutionary advantage.
Paul Kalas explains that precognitive dreams are dreams that appear to contain information about future events. Paul introduces the concept of the “Oneironaut” (a dream traveler) and draws from his personal archive of more than 300 recorded precognitive dreams.
The discussion spans personal anecdotes, neuroscience, evolutionary theory, and physics—particularly quantum mechanics and the many‑worlds interpretation. Kalas describes how some dreams feel “unmistakably precognitive” due to the sense of surprise and improbability felt within the dream and shares a childhood dream involving an unusual phrase that was later spoken verbatim, and a detailed dream sketch that matched a real astronomical discovery nine years later (the offset debris disk around the star Fomalhaut).
The episode also explores the possible evolutionary value of precognition, suggesting dreams may “prime” individuals for future learning or decision‑making. Kalas proposes that information may travel backward in time—from future selves to past selves—rather than consciousness traveling forward. The conversation touches on déjà vu as a possible memory of forgotten dreams, the importance of novel environments, and practical advice for cultivating dream recall through journaling.
Finally, the discussion turns to the future: how large‑scale dream recording, AI analysis, and neuroscience might one day allow collective patterns in dreams to be identified, potentially offering early insight into future events.
00:00 – Welcome & Can Dreams Really Predict the Future?
Katherine Bell opens the show and introduces astronomer Paul Kalas and the topic of precognitive dreaming.
05:00 – So… What Is a Precognitive Dream?
What makes some dreams feel different — vivid, specific, and strangely tied to future events and evoking a sense of curiosity even within the dream.
10:00 – A Dream Phrase That Came True
Paul shares a childhood dream involving a bizarre phrase that later appeared in real life.
15:00 – Déjà Vu: Have You Dreamed This Before?
How déjà vu may come from forgotten dreams — why some moments feel uncannily familiar.
20:00 – Why Would Humans Have Precognitive Dreams?
Exploring evolution, learning, and how future information might quietly guide us.
25:00 – When a Dream Matches a Scientific Discovery
A remarkable story of a dream sketch that later matched an astronomical breakthrough.
30:00 – Time Travel, Parallel Lives, and Changing Outcomes
Could information flow backward in time? A deep dive into many‑worlds and alternate timelines.
35:00 – Listener Question: Is This All Just Interpretation?
An audience question sparks discussion about science, skepticism, and testable ideas.
40:00 – AI, Brain Science, and Reading Dreams
What neuroscience and artificial intelligence might reveal about dreams — and the future.
48:00 – How to Work With Your Own Dreams + Final Thoughts
Practical advice on dream journaling, recognizing meaningful dreams, and closing reflections.
AI, Brain Recording, and the Future of Dream Research (00:50:53)
BIO: Dr. Paul Kalas is an accomplished astronomer at UC Berkeley who searches for undiscovered planets among the billions of stars in our galaxy. In his book The Oneironauts he documents more than 300 precognitive dreams, explores alternate explanations, describes connections to neuroscience, physics, and evolution, discusses the significance for the individual, and foretells the future impact on humanity.
Find our guest at Oneironauts.org
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March 02 How Dreamwork Strengthens Intuition: Lucidity, Meaning, and the Medial Archetype with Athena Laz
How dreams cultivate intuition, mediate inner conflict, and connect conscious and unconscious life. Host Katherine Bell speaks with psychologist and author Athena Laz about the “medial” archetype, dreamwork as a bridge between worlds, and practical ways to engage intuition, lucidity, and meaning—especially during challenging times.
00:04 – Welcome & the Power of Beautiful Dreams
Introduction to The Dream Journal and Katherine’s flying dream that highlights joy, connection, and the intrinsic value of positive dreams.
00:07 – Introducing Athena Laz & the Medial Archetype
Athena Laz discusses her work and explains the “medial” (bridge‑making) archetype that connects inner and outer worlds, conscious and unconscious.
00:09 – Dreams as Mediators of Inner Conflict
Examples of how dreams help reconcile head–heart conflicts and guide decision‑making through symbolic imagery and dream figures.
00:13 – Developing Intuition Through Dreams & Play
How intuition is often suppressed—and how dream journaling, simple games, and playful practices can rebuild trust in the inner voice.
00:19 – Dreamwork, the Brain, and Intuitive Growth
Exploration of how dreaming neurologically and psychologically bridges nonverbal and verbal awareness, strengthening intuition.
00:21 – Sensitivity, Boundaries, and the Collective Unconscious
Potential challenges of heightened intuition, including emotional overwhelm, and the importance of grounding and balance.
00:25 – Community, Shared Dreaming & the IASD Conference
Discussion of group dreaming, collective wisdom, and the transformative potential of dream‑focused gatherings.
00:33 – Athena’s Dreaming Journey & Personal Practice
Athena shares how early lucid dreams, a pivotal experience in her 20s, and ongoing dream‑sharing rituals shape her current relationship with dreaming.
00:39 – Nightmares, Lucidity & Finding the Treasure
Working with nightmares, recognizing dream signs, lucid practices, and learning to find moments of clarity, hope, and meaning within difficult dreams.
00:52 – Visitations, Meaning & the Possibility Beyond the Self
A closing exploration of visitation dreams, love beyond death, porous boundaries of the self, and dreams as a space of profound connection and healing
BIO: Athena Laz is a bestselling author, intuitive, and psychologist who helps people connect to spirit and psyche through the medium of dreams and symbols. Her books are Women Who Dance in the Dark: Awaken Your Inner Seer Through Myths, Dreams, and Stories and The Alchemy of Your Dreams A Modern Guide to the Ancient Art of Lucid Dreaming and Interpretation.
Connect with her at AthenaLaz.com or on IG @athena_laz
Videos available on YouTube at youtube.com/@experientialdreamwork. Popular playlists: “Dream Journal shorts” and “FULL LENGTH VIDEOS”.

This show, episode number 352, was recorded during a live broadcast on February 28, 2026 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.
Here are links to some other Dream Journal episodes you might be interested in:
Practical Magic with Niki Jaimes
Looking Beneath Appearances w
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February 23Into the Cosmic Zone with Madi Murphy
Dreams, Astrology, & Cosmic Downloads with Madi Murphy
From the studios of KSQD in Santa Cruz, host Katherine Bell welcomes astrologer and author Madi Murphy, founder of CosmicRx, for a powerful conversation on dreams as divine guidance systems.
In this episode, Madi shares how vivid childhood dreams, prophetic moments, and visitations from her grandfather led her from a publishing career in New York City to shamanic training and evolutionary astrology. Together, Katherine and Madi explore how dreams function as “cosmic downloads,” how astrology offers a blueprint for soul purpose, and why Pisces season is a portal for intuitive insight.
If you’ve ever wondered whether your dreams mean something more — or how to move from comfort zone to cosmic zone — this episode is for you.
🌙 In This Episode, We Explore:
The dreams that changed Madi’s life
What it means to be a “night worker”
How to set intentions before sleep
The North Node, South Node, & soul destiny
Do we choose our birth moment?
Pisces season & the power of Neptune
Dreams as upgrades to your emotional operating system
Using astrology as “divine dress-up”
A dream of letting go of an old lollipop to be able to enter the candy store
⏱ Chapter Timestamps
00:00 – Welcome to The Dream Journal04:40 – Childhood Dreams & Prophetic Experiences07:10 – Healer & Shaman Dreams That Changed Everything10:05 – Night Workers & Dream Healing17:00 – “Google North Node”: Astrology as Soul Blueprint23:30 – Do We Choose Our Birth Moment?34:55 – Pisces Season, Neptune & Dream Portals43:00 – What Is a Cosmic Download?45:00 – Dreaming Your Future Into Being52:00 – Final Reflections: Trust Your Dreams
🔮 About the Guest
Madi Murphy is an astrologer, author of In the Cosmic Zone, and founder of CosmicRx, a moon-powered movement helping people decode the stars and embody their highest potential. Blending ancient wisdom with modern empowerment, Maddie teaches astrology as a living roadmap to radical alignment.
💫 Connect & Continue the Jour
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February 16Rewilding the Dream with Laura Smith-Riva
What if your dreams weren’t symbols to decode… but living encounters?
Celebrating seven years of Dream Journal episodes, host Katherine Bell welcomes natural dream work practitioner, artist, and druid priestix Laura Smith Riva for a fascinating conversation about rewilding the dream, animism, and reconnecting with the living intelligence within dreams and nature.
Together they explore how dream figures can be experienced as relational beings, how ritual and creativity help integrate dream wisdom, and how fear, vulnerability, and imagination open doorways to transformation and healing.
You’ll hear powerful dream stories, live listener dream exploration, and practical guidance on how to begin working with your own dreams.
✨ What You’ll Learn
What “rewilding the dream” means
How animism changes the way we understand dreams
Why dream symbols may be experienced as living encounters
Techniques used in natural dream work
How ritual, art, and creativity help integrate dream messages
How dreams support healing, intuition, and imagination
Ways to start your own dream practice
⏱ Chapters
00:00 Rewilding the dream: animism, dream wisdom & spiritual awakening02:06 What is druidry? nature spirituality, animism & learning from trees07:22 Natural dream work explained: why dream symbols are living experiences12:06 Sacred dream encounters: fear, transformation & emotional thresholds16:36 Dream rituals & creativity: using art, altars and symbolism to integrate dreams31:50 Listener dream analysis: how dreams reflect memory, ancestry & emotional healing47:15 How to start dream work: practical steps, courses & following your dream intuition
🔗 Learn More & Connect
Laura Smith-Riva is a Natural Dreamwork Practitioner and Priestix of the Green Mountain Druid Order in Vermont. She works with dreamers from many parts of the globe and in her personal work is interested in the connection to the natural world through dreams and vision work and offers expressions of her journey using art, poetry and prose.
Visit Laura Smith Riva’s work:👉 https://laura-smith-riva.com
Explore Experiential Dream Work:👉 https://experientialdreamwork.com
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February 09 Jungian Psychology, Creativity, and the Music of the Unconscious with Dr Michael Mollura
Can we do more than talk in talk therapy? Our guest Dr. Michael Mollura speaks about some of his creative approaches to psychotherapy including music therapy, dreamwork, Jungian perspectives, and more!
03:03 — Dr. Michael Mollura’s Background: Music, Psychology, and Creativity
05:31 — Why Suppressed Creativity Can Cause Emotional Symptoms
07:54 — Setting Dreams to Music: The Acoustics of the Unconscious
08:31 — Jungian Dream Work and Depth Psychology Explained
10:52 — Why Symptoms Are Symbols in Dream and Depth Therapy
14:23 — How to Begin Interpreting Dreams: Start with Mood, Not Meaning
17:12 — Common Mistakes People Make When Analyzing Dreams
23:00 — The Power of Dream Details and Imagery in Therapy
29:16 — Phenomenology in Dream Work: Experiencing Dreams Through the Senses
35:49 — A Listener Dream about Judy Garland: an Example of Symbolic Meaning in Dream Analysis.
43:34 — Dream Music Demonstration: Improvising Soundtracks to Dreams
46:49 — Therapy as Improvisation: Music, Energy, and Human Connection
50:39 — Final Thoughts: Dreams as Stepping Stones Out of Chaos

Here is a clip of Dr Mollura’s dream soundtracks which we played on the show called “Dream Music Live: Little Boy.”
https://ksqd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Dream-Music-Live-Little-Boy.mp3
And another one called “Whirling through the Infinite Void.”
https://ksqd.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MOLLURA-Twirling-Through-the-Infinite-w-vox.mp3

Find a short video clip of the conversation @experientialdreamwork on YouTube on the “Dream Journal shorts” playlist, or click here to access the latest playlist.
Find the full video record of the conversation @ExperientialDreamwork on YouTube on the “Dream Journal podcast FULL LENGTH VIDEOS” playlist, or click here to access the latest shows:
BIO: Dr. Michael Mollura is a licensed clinical psychologist with a Ph.D from Pacifica Graduate Institute and a Master’s Degree in Performance Studies from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Find our guest at DrMichaelMollura.com.
This show, episode number 349, was recorded during a live broadcast on February 7, 2026 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.
Here are links to some other Dream Journal episodes you might be interested in:
Using Dreams in Therapy and also Dream Telepathy with Suzanne Maniss, PhD
Creating Soundtracks for Dreams: The Healing Power of Music with Dr Michael Mollura
Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick for also engineering the show and to Erik Nelson for answering the phones.
SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question or enquire about being a guest on the podcast by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on LI, IG, YT, FB, & LT @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.
The Dream Journal aims to:
Increase aw
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February 02 Is This Yours to Carry? with Linda Schiller
We are the dreams of our ancestors; we are their hopes for the future. But sometimes their trauma is transmitted to us through nightmares. Today’s guest, Dream Journal regular Linda Schiller, will be talking about how to heal that intergenerational pain and focus on the gifts of ancestral connection.
Linda talks about her own ancestors and how her grandfather, who she called Grandpa Joey, fled Kiev with his family at age of three because of the pogroms and how making borscht soup always helped her feel more connected to that side of her family. We talk about the trauma that we inherit from our ancestors but also the caring and resilience. Linda also talks about synchronicity, public trauma vs private trauma, drawing up a family tree, and dream incubation.
After the break, we explore a dream of Katherine’s about doing numerical computations like she used to during her NASA career and about why she might be having this dream now over 20 years after leaving that position.
BIO: Linda Yael Schiller, MSW, LICSW is an international teacher, psychotherapist, and dream worker. She is professor emeritus from Boston University School of Social Work and the post-graduate Trauma Certificate program. She is the author of three books: “PTSDreams: Transform Your Nightmares from Trauma through Healing Dreamwork” her classic, “Modern Dreamwork: New Tools for Decoding Your Soul’s Wisdom,” and her new book “Ancestral Dreaming: Healing Generational Wounds with Active Dreamwork” which comes out this summer and is currently available for pre-order through Llewellyn publishing.
Find her at LindaYaelSchiller.com
Find a short video clip of the conversation @experientialdreamwork on YouTube on the “Dream Journal shorts” playlist, or click here:
Find the full video record of the conversation @ExperientialDreamwork on YouTube on the “Dream Journal podcast FULL LENGTH VIDEOS” playlist, or click here:
BIO: Linda Yael Schiller is an international teacher, psychotherapist, and dream worker. She is professor emeritus from Boston University School of Social Work and the post-graduate Trauma Certificate program. She is the author of three books. Her new book is “Ancestral Dreaming: Healing Generational Wounds with Active Dreamwork”.
Find our guest at: LindaYaelSchiller.com
This show, episode number 348, was recorded during a live broadcast on January 31, 2026 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.
Here are links to some other Dream Journal episodes you might be interested in:
Healing Nightmares through Dreamwork with Linda Schiller
Trauma, Nightmares and Spirituality with Linda Schiller
Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick for also engineering the show and to Erik Nelson for answering the phones.
SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question or enquire about being a guest on the podcast by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on LI, IG, YT, FB, & LT @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.
The Dream Journal aims to:
Increase awareness of and appreciation for nightly dreams.
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January 26 Holding Space for the Mystery with Bonnie Buckner, PhD
Dreams bring us back to our true self. Today’s guest, Dr. Bonnie Buckner, speaks about the visual language of dreams which awakens in us feelings which are the base of our inner knowing. Dreaming also reminds us of wonder and mystery. By embracing mystery, we discover more of our own potentials and possibilities of transformation in the outer world. Bonnie starts by describing some of the competing pulls we have including the desire to fit in vs the desire for connection. She says our true self is often crowded out by thinking, but that dreams bring us back to a visual and feeling-based language.
After the break, we take a question from Stacy from Canyon Lake Texas who shares a dream about filming a waterfall and NOT filming a topless woman. We also take a question from Max which starts a conversation about how to bring wonder into our daily experience.
Here is a link to a short video clip of the conversation:
The Full-Length video can be found here:
BIO: Bonnie Buckner, PhD is founder and CEO of the International Institute for Dreaming and Imagery®, author of THE SECRET MIND, and Program Lead for George Washington University’s One Humanity Leadership Coaching Certification Program where she uses dreaming and imagery work to develop coaches.
Find our guest at: bonniebuckner.com and at institutefordreamingandimagery.com
Her new book is the Secret Mind: Unlock the Power of Your Dreams to Transform Your Life
This show, episode number 347, was recorded during a live broadcast on January 24, 2026 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.
Here are links to some other Dream Journal episodes you might be interested in:
Dreams as Medicine with Stephanie Trager
Stop Thinking and Start Imagining with Catherine Shainberg, PhD
Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick for also engineering the show and to Erik Nelson for answering the phones.
SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question or enquire about being a guest on the podcast by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on LI, IG, YT, FB, & LT @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.
The Dream Journal aims to:
Increase awareness of and appreciation for nightly dreams.
Inspire dream sharing and other kinds of dream exploration as a way of adding depth and meaningfulness to lives and relationships.
Improve society by the increased empathy, emotional balance, and sense of wonder which dream exploration invites.
A dream can be meaningful even if you don’t know what it means.
The Dream Journal is produced at and airs on KSQD Santa Cruz, 90.7 FM. Catch it streaming LIVE at KSQD.org 10-11am Pacific Time on Saturdays. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at [email protected]. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD D
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About The Dream Journal

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The Dream Journal explores a range of topics relating to the healing aspects of night time dreaming. Experienced dream coach Katherine Bell interviews dream experts and others on the path of dreaming, but the heart of this show is YOU, your nighttime dreams, your daytime desires, your hopes for a better life. Dreams, they really can transform your life! Podcasted episodes can be found on all major platforms. Video versions are available on YouTube @ExperientialDreamwork!