When your mind doesn’t generate images, how does that affect your dreaming? Aphantasia affects as much as 5% of the population. Are you an aphant? Our guest is Paulina Trevena, PhD. Picture an apple. What do you see? Paulina starts out by taking us through a few tests to gauge our ability to visualize. People fall onto a spectrum of ability to make images in their minds. Often aphants can create other sensations in their minds but some think primarily in words only.

Interestingly, this neuro-divergence (sometimes called image-free thinking) is often linked to SDAM, a severely deficient autobiographical memory. Like many aphants, Paulina does have vivid dream images and her dreams are often wild, but she cannot picture the dreams once she awakens.

After the break we take a call from Donna Glee Williams who tells us about her experiences with an aphant in one of her dream groups. We talk about aphantic visual artists and strategies for hypnotic induction with aphants. She ends by describing PTSD for aphants and then speculates on a possible connection between ADHD and aphanatasia.

Paulina’s webpage is still in progress but should be available in a few weeks at PaulinaTrevena.com. In the mean time you can contact her through social media at: FB: @NoWooWooLady, LI: @DrPaulinaTrevena, or X: @paulina_trevena

Here are some resources for aphants: Aphantasia.com and https://www.facebook.com/groups/aphantasiaandhypnosis

BIO: Paulina Trevena, PhD, is a hypnotherapist, educator, and researcher. After years in academic research, Paulina discovered the fascinating world of hypnosis and was hooked! However, Paulina found her aphantasia was a barrier to accessing hypnosis. This led her to research and now educate on best practice in working with aphantasics.

This show, episode number 266, was recorded during a live broadcast on July 6, 2024 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

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 Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the phones.

SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.

The Dream Journal aims to:

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 released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Now also available on PRX at

Enoughness. Do you have it? Don’t you want it? How to feel like you are enough by changing your feelings about your past with Regenerating Images in Memory. Our guest this week is the Enoughness Guy, Michael J Kline who argues that you don’t build your enoughness, you uncover it.

Regenerating Images in Memory (RIM) is a facilitated process developed by Deborah Sandella, PhD, which dips beneath the logical mind to leverage awareness of the body for emotional healing. Described as psychedelics without the psychedelics, RIM is a client-led process akin to a waking lucid dream which helps create new emotional memories around difficult experiences. Mike gives an example of how he resolved a pre-birth memory using RIM and how that helped him move into a place of feeling more joy in his life.

After the break, Max asks a question about images that come up for him in waking life, and we wonder if this might be part of a spontaneous healing process even though the images are sometimes disturbing. We end by talking about emotions as a kind of feedback system in our life which tells us what is important.

BIO: Michael Kline never felt he was good enough. After fifty years of overcoming obstacles to create successes in work, home, health and happiness, nothing was enough. Accessing non-ordinary states with meditation, psychedelics and Regenerating Images in Memory (RIM), he dissolved his old stuck emotions, healing trauma and uncovering his natural enoughness.

Find our guest at: MichaelJKline.com, EnoughnessGuy.com, @EnoughnessGuy, https://www.facebook.com/groups/thepathtoenoughness

Also, please watch his recent TEDx talk entitled “Why You Never Feel Good Enough”: https://youtu.be/HD1Q4_2EhPc?si=oQqrA4G-1DJURc3b

This show, episode number 265, was recorded during a live broadcast on June 29, 2024 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

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 Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the phones.

SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.

The Dream Journal aims to:

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 released the Monday following th

Guiding spirits home. Our guest shares some of her experiences of psychopompic dreaming in this mind-blowing replay show. Starting when she was 9 or 10 she would dream of being in a classroom where she learned how to change the dream. Several years later she describes her first experience of helping a dying person happened several years later when she found herself in a dream falling together with a woman who was terrified. She was able to slow their fall by dreaming up first n umbrella then a parachute letting the woman land softly in a place where friends were waiting to greet her.

She shares several such stories (including one in which she was awake but meditating) and says that in the liminal space between life and death, our dreaming muscles are essential when the physical world falls away. Jeanne describes some of the work of Allan Kellehear in his book Experiences Near Death: Beyond Medicine and Religion, saying that near death experiences vary across cultures, but the one thing in common is that the dying person is always being helped as they approach that threshold.

Rick shares a dream in which one of his beloved dogs is killed, and Max asks whether Jeanne feels prepared when she has these experiences of if she is just winging it. We muse over Tibetan Dream Yoga and the idea that we are more open to these liminal spaces when we are dreaming and marveling over the rich variety of metaphors for dying that people experience, and end by talking about how to enhance emotional connections with those who are dying.

Jeanne also appeared on the Dream Journal in August 2021. That conversation can be found here: https://ksqd.org/dreams-at-the-end-of-life-with-jeanne-van-bronkhorst/

BIO: Jeanne Van Bronkhorst, MA, MSW, worked with people in hospice care for ten years. Her interest in end-of-life care began in childhood, when she occasionally dreamed of helping people who were dying. Now she is on the board of the IASD, and writes books about end-of-life about end-of-life dreams and grief dreams.

Find our guest at: JeanneVanBronkhorst.com

This show, episode number 264, was released during a broadcast on June 22, 2024 as a replay from a show recorded live August 12, 2023 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

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 Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the phones.

SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.

The Dream Journal aims to:

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 m

How can you dream well if you’re not sleeping well? Our guest in this popular replay is neurologist, sleep specialist, and podcaster Dr. Chris Winter. Chris starts out talking about how he has always enjoyed sleeping and how that ultimately led him to a career as a sleep specialist. 

We sleep a third of our life and sleep affects all aspects of our waking life. We talk about “eight hours a night, every night”. Is that a myth or do sleep needs really fall on more of a bell curve? You might think you need less sleep than that, but is it really enough or are you just getting by? How do you feel during the day? Also falling asleep too quickly is a clue to being sleep deprived.

We take a call from Susan from Novato who talks about enjoying waking up early, even sometimes as early as 3:30am. Dr. Winter talks about chronotypes and how they vary from person to person and with age. He speaks about dreaming as a marker for getting good sleep and that dreams can be a kind of sandbox for the mind.

BIO: Dr. Christopher Winter is a neurologist and sleep specialist. He is the author of The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How To Fix It and The Rested Child: Why Your Tired, Wired or Irritable Child May Have A Sleep Disorder–And How To Help. In addition to optimizing the sleep of numerous professional sports organizations, he hosts the podcast Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter which is consistently ranked as one of the most popular medical podcasts in the country. He is also the host of the Sleep.com series Sleeping Around with Dr. Chris Winter.

Find our guest at: wchriswinter.com and also at Twitter, IG and TikTok @DrChrisWinter

Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Aambient music is by Rick Kleffel. The audio can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show, to Tony Russomano for answering the phones and to Ewa Malady for audio editing.

Show was broadcast on June 15, 2024 as a replay from a show originally recorded on January 21, 2023.

SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.

The Dream Journal aims to:

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 released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Now also available on PRX at Exchange.prx.org/se

Dreams and mental health. Our guest is IASD president, Michelle Carr, PhD, and is a replay of a special episode from 2022. We talk about Michelle’s research in which cognitive methods are used to induce lucid dreaming in the sleep laboratory and about using lucid dreams to treat nightmares. Michelle describes some of the new dream engineering tools that are available including devices to induce lucid dreams or to deepen sleep.

Michelle describes her keynote speech which she was about to give at the 2022 July Tucson IASD conference entitled “From Nightmares to Lucid Dreams: How Dreams Impact Our Mental Health.”

BIO: Michelle Carr, PhD, is a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester in New York, where she works in the Sleep and Neurophysiology Laboratory. Michelle mainly studies the structure and functions of dreaming – what’s happening in the brain and body while we dream, and how this influences our waking life. She studies treatments for nightmares including lucid dreaming and also dream engineering—new techniques and technologies designed to influence dreams to benefit well-being. Michelle Carr is President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. She writes for Psychology Today, and other magazines.

You can find out more about Michelle Carr at the following sites:

TheDreamEngineers.com

PsychologyToday.com/us/blog/dream-factory

This show, episode number 262, was recorded during a replay broadcast on June 8, 2024 recorded during a live show on May 28, 2022 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

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 Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the phones.

SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.

The Dream Journal aims to:

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 released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Now also available on PRX at Exchange.prx.org/series/45206-the-dream-journal

Note that closed captioning is available on the YouTube version of this podcast.

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Nana Fofie Amina Bashir was trained in the Akom tradition of West Africa and is a multi-modal artist. Nana Fofie shares her ideas around decolonization and restorative integration of ancestral wisdoms. She starts by describing her training in Ghana, Cameroon, and Togo and reminds us that Carl Jung got many of his ideas around dreamwork through his visits with African tribes. We speak about working with dream themes and watching them evolve and about making spirit connections through dreams.

After the break we get a call from Jenny from Santa Cruz who asks about shamanic drumming. Nana Fofie agrees that drumming can be another way to connect to the divine. She then speaks about the work of visionary world-building of author Octavia Butler who got many of her ideas in her dreams. We take a second call from Stephanie Burns from New Orleans who is herself a dream professional who asks for tips about how to better dream for other people and for the community. Stephanie also speaks about communicating with ancestors in dreams. Nana Fofie ends by speaking about layers of collective trauma.

BIO: Nana Fofie is a spirit and energy worker, a somatic and expressive arts therapist. She is an okomfo opanin, trained in the Akom tradition of West Africa and rooted in New Orleans, Louisiana. Throughout the Gulf South and across the globe, she guides individuals, groups, and institutions in uncolonized relational practices for trauma healing and liberation.

Find our guest at: NanaFofie.org, you can connect with her at [email protected]

You can find the show we did with Stephanie Burns at KSQD.org/dreaming-with-about-and-for-the-ancestors-with-stephanie-burns-phd/

This show, episode number 261, was recorded during a live broadcast on June 1, 2024 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

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 Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the phones.

SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.

The Dream Journal aims to:

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 released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Now also available on PRX at Exchange.prx.org/series/45206-the-dream-journal

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Exploring consciousness through lucid dreaming, out of body experiences, meditation, and more. Today, we speak with Amina Mara of the Dream World Podcast. We start out by talking about asking dream characters for guidance and whether some characters might not be external forces or higher powers. We also talk about death in dreams and dreaming as preparation for dying.

After the break we talk about consciousness then Amina gets into specific advice to enhance your lucid dreaming. Max asks a question about lucid daydreaming. We then talk about video games and meditation. We end by talking about out of body experiences and sleep paralysis.

BIO: Amina,  is a published author and lucid dream coach. With a background in psychology, she is determined to pave the way for this emerging field of research. Her content focuses on everything from OBEs, advanced dreamwork practices, meditation, mindfulness, consciousness exploration, science & all things spirituality.

Find our guest at:

This show, episode number 260, was recorded during a live broadcast on May 25, 2024 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

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 Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the phones.

SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.

The Dream Journal aims to:

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 released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Now also available on PRX at Exchange.prx.org/series/45206-the-dream-journal

Note that closed captioning is available on the YouTube version of this podcast.

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A common dream theme is one of moving to a new home. We talk with author, literary agent, and life coach, Devra Jacobs. Also her conversations with Archangel Michael and… dragons! Devra has moved 29 times in 40 years and has learned to trust the universe about where and when to move. She recommends that you develop your own spiritual intuition by practicing by starting to talk to your own angels and by dreaming with intention and by following your own interests. She ends by giving some practical tips about moving.

BIO: Devra Jacobs has been an Intuitive Life Coach for over 50 years and has worked with Archangel Michael since the age of 6. Devra also has been a literary agent since 2008 representing authors from around the world, and now she is the co-author of A Happy Move, teaching everything about moving.

Find our guest at: AHappyMove.com DancingWordGroup.com ReadingsByDevra.com @ahappymove

This show, episode number 259, was recorded during a live broadcast on May 18, 2024 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

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 Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the phones.

SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.

The Dream Journal aims to:

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 released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Now also available on PRX at Exchange.prx.org/series/45206-the-dream-journal

Note that closed captioning is available on the YouTube version of this podcast.

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Our guest today, Stephanie Trager, describes herself as a repurposed lawyer and was a tree activist until a serious head injury put her on the path of healing. We talk about the idea that psyche can’t distinguish between real and not real including psychedelic visions, memories, dreams, and the her and now. She talks about reframing the past and healing our lineage, which allows us to change our present and thus the future. She then shares her story of the head trauma that upended her life and led her to the South American rain forests where she spent time with Kogi indigenous shamans.

After the break, we take a call from Ray from Santa Cruz who asks how we know when we are on the right path in life. He shares his own story of head trauma and how that changed his life. Ray also describes his passion project aimed at unifying America which you can find out about at MACA.us.com. Stephanie ends with a discussion about the difference between reconciling and spiritual dreams and talks about vivid dreaming and her mentor Margot Wilson.

BIO: Stephanie Trager bridges ancient intelligence and modern wisdom to activate human potential. A fierce seeker of truth, she guides thought leaders to remember who they really are so they can do the deep sacred work they’re really here to do. She’s a futurist, medicine woman, lawyer, impact advisor, speaker, tree communicator, and Catalyst Talks Podcast host.

Find our guest at: StephanieTrager.com

This show, episode number 258, was recorded during a live broadcast on May 10, 2024 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

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 Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Erik Nelson for the phones.

SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.

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 released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Now also available on PRX at Exchange.prx.org/series/45206-the-dream-journal

Note that closed captioning is available on the YouTube version of this podcast.

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Holistic trauma therapist Edit B. Kiss talks about how meditation can help to release long-lasting blockages so you can live a more fulfilled and joyful life. Meditations allow you to get into the unconscious mind where you can honor the current situation and see what memories come up. This process leads to releasing long-lasting pains, blockages, ancestor defects and emotional traumas.

Edit talks about some of her dreams about dirty water and about buildings. In the second half, she gives specific recommendations about meditation and leads us on a short grounding chakra meditation.

BIO: Edit B Kiss is a holistic trauma therapist and success habit coach. She is a number one best-selling author and a humanitarian award winner. She originally was a petroleum engineer, until she became a Reiki Master, Shekhem healer, and Karma Yogi.

Find our guest at: EditBKiss.com

This show, episode number 257, was recorded during a live broadcast on May 4, 2024 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

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 Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the phones.

SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at [email protected]. Follow on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com.

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 released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Now also available on PRX at Exchange.prx.org/series/45206-the-dream-journal

Note that closed captioning is available on the YouTube version of this podcast.

Thanks for being a Dream Journal listener! Available on all major podcast platforms. Rate it, review it, subscribe and tell your friends.