Playlist: Katherine Bell's Portfolio
Featured
Artificial Intelligence, Yoga Nidra, and more with Joanna Kowalewska
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 55:12
Would you let a bot interpret your dreams? Should you? Katherine speaks with Joanna of Blue Lotus Queendom about the pleasures and pitfalls of using AI with dreams. Also what is Yoga Nidra and how does it support Dreamwork?
Would you let a bot interpret your dreams? Should you? We speak with Joanna of Blue Lotus Queendom about the pleasures and pitfalls of using AI with dreams. Also what is Yoga Nidra and how does it support Dreamwork. Joanna gives many suggestions about how to use AI with our dreams but that list does NOT include asking the AI what your dream means. She urges us to trust our inner knowing instead. This leads to a conversation about the ethics of telling someone else what their dream means.
We switch to a discussion of yoga nidra. Joanna suggests that it can help us as dreamers in many ways including making us aware of different states of consciousness as well as possibly increasing dream recall
We take a call from Kristen from Virginia who shares a dream about black demons attacking Robin Williams few days before he killed himself. We then take a call from Wendy from Monterey who shares a dream suggesting that we can to learn to cooperate to influence the outcome of the future. Synchronistically, Wendy had met Robin Williams before the years of his fame and recognized that he was alienated from others even then.
BIO: Joanna Kowalewska, the founder of Blue Lotus Queendom, is originally from Poland. She is certified in Dreamwork and Yoga Nidra and regards dreams as sacred portals to wisdom. She inspires others to connect with their inner guidance through private sessions, dream circles, and workshops. She has recently authored a free ebook exploring potential influences of Artificial Intelligence on the sacred realm of dreamwork.
Find our guest at: BlueLotusQueendom.com, IG and FB @bluelotusqueendom
Show aired on September 9, 2023.
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Ambient music is created new every week 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.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback or suggestions for future shows at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow her on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork to find out about upcoming shows. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her 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 Saturday mornings Pacific Time. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms and are released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.
Dreaming with, about, and for the Ancestors with Stephanie Burns, PhD
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 53:37
Connecting with our ancestors. Our guest Stephanie R. Burns starts by describing her all-inclusive view of ancestors which is far vaster than our biological lineage, including the most ancient ancestor of them all, the Earth.
Connecting with our ancestors. Our guest Stephanie R. Burns starts by describing her all-inclusive view of ancestors which is far vaster than our biological lineage, including the most ancient ancestor of them all, the Earth.
She says that we can chose to communicate only with benevolent ancestors and are also able to heal the less healthy ancestors and not let ourselves be controlled by them. She suggests using the four elements as part of our rituals around working with these dreams and focusing on intentionality and gratitude. She describes what she calls Earth Dreaming which is dreaming for the healing of Mama Earth.
Max shares a recent dream of his about a tree and how we act as if everything is not connected. Steve calls from Prunedale to ask how to start making an alliance w a particular grandfather who died when he was ten. Kay calls from Vermont asking if you can you doubt the answers from your ancestors, and Stephanie replies, "Yes! Trust what you know."
BIO: Stephanie R Burns, based in New Orleans, is an author, speaker, and master dreamer who uses her multiple degrees to explore ways to create frameworks from ancient wisdom. She has authored two books and is the facilitator of the Connecting with the Ancestors Apprenticeship. Stephanie enjoys traveling when she is not writing or dreaming.
IG: @stephrburns, FB: @stephanie.r.burns, Linktree: https://linktr.ee/stephanierburns
Show aired on September 2, 2023.
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Ambient music is created new every week 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.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback or suggestions for future shows at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow her on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork to find out about upcoming shows. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her 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 Saturday mornings Pacific Time. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms and are released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.
Guiding Spirits Home with Jeanne Van Bronkhorst
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 53:14
Companioning the dying through lucid dreams. Our guest shares some of her experiences of psychopompic dreaming.
Companioning the dying through lucid dreams. Our guest shares some of her experiences of psychopompic dreaming. 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
Show aired on August 12, 2023.
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Ambient music is created new every week 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.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback or suggestions for future shows at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow her on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork to find out about upcoming shows. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her 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 Saturday mornings Pacific Time. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms and are released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.
What Dreams Have to Say about Reality with Tina Tau
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 54:02
Is waking life really a kind of theater which we make up along the way? The transformative potential of dreamwork, today on The Dream Journal, we speak to author and certified dreamworker, Tina Tau.
Is waking life really a kind of theater which we make up along the way? The transformative potential of dreamwork, today with certified dreamworker, Tina Tau. Tina shares a dream in which she struggles to swim upstream, then suddenly stands up and realizes the water is not so deep. We speak about how this highlights that our understanding of what's true in any moment, waking or sleeping, may be radically altered by our expectations.
She shares another dream in which she notices that a giant bird seems to be operated by wires like a puppet and asks, "Who is big enough to operate that puppet?" Tina describes how this dream opened up for her the realization that much of reality is staged like a play.
After the break, Gary from Oregon calls with a dream including three planetariums. We take a second call from Kristen from Virginia who shares a dream that is one of a series of dreams about her ex-partner. We finish with a few words about asking for dreams to help with the climate change crisis and a description of her recent book "Ask for Horses".
BIO: Tina Tau is an adventurer, writer and dreamworker, living in Portland Oregon. She is the author of the recent memoir, Ask for Horses: Memoir of a Dream-Guided Life. She believes that dreams are a royal road to a great conversation, and a window into a richer version of reality.
Find our guest at: TinaTau.com
Show aired on September 23, 2023.
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Ambient music is created new every week by Rick Kleffel. The audio can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for answering the phones.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback or suggestions for future shows at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow her on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork to find out about upcoming shows. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her 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 Saturday mornings Pacific Time. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms and are released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.
Shamanic Dream Journeying with Robert Moss
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 53:56
Traveling without leaving home. A shamanic dreamer and author of over two dozen books, The Dream Journal hosts Robert Moss in this special replay from April Fool's Day. Robert describes himself as a story teller who helps people find their story. He begins with the tale of what happened when he was pronounced dead at age 3.
- Playing
- Shamanic Dream Journeying with Robert Moss
- From
- Katherine Bell
Traveling without leaving home. A shamanic dreamer and author of over two dozen books, we speak today with Robert Moss in this special replay from April Fool's Day. Robert describes himself as a story teller who helps people find their story. He begins with the tale of what happened when he was pronounced dead at age 3 and about how dreaming is preparation for dying. We speak about the power of imagination and about the practice of living by synchronicity which he calls kairomancy. He urges us to remember to play.
We explore a dream from Steve Popp of Santa Cruz in which his dad offers him a horse which ultimately turns into a deer, and a call from Elizabeth from Bellingham who asks about how to stimulate more dreams. She mentions a dream of her own about a blue horse. We also take a call from Beth Ann from the Central Valley who asks about how to find humor and playfulness around dark dreams. Synchronistically, she also mentions dreams about horses.
BIO: Robert Moss has been a dream traveler since doctors pronounced him dead in a hospital in Tasmania when he was three years old. His School of Active Dreaming is a synthesis of modern dreamwork and ancient shamanic practices for journeying to realms beyond the physical. He leads adventures all over the world, including a three-year teacher training and popular online courses for the Shift Network. He is a New York Times bestselling novelist, poet, journalist, and independent scholar. His latest book is Growing Big Dreams: Manifesting Your Heart's Desires through 12 Secrets of the Imagination.
Find our guest at: MossDreams.com and on Facebook @RobertMossBooks @ActiveDreaming
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Today's ambient music is created 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 aired October 14 as a replay of a show broadcast live on April 1, 2023.
The Dream Journal is produced at and airs on KSQD Santa Cruz, 90.7 FM, streaming live at KSQD.org 10-11am Saturday mornings Pacific time. Catch it live and call in with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or at onair@ksqd.org.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback, suggestions for future shows or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her at katherine@ksqd.org, or find out more at ExperientialDreamwork.com.
Available on all major podcast platforms. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal.
Metaphors and Miniatures with Leah Hodari, LMHC
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 53:25
What is sandtray work and how does working with metaphor benefit us neurologically? We speak with Leah Hodari about applying sandtray work to dreamwork.
What is sandtray work and how does working with metaphor benefit us neurologically? We speak with Leah Hodari about applying sandtray work to dreamwork. Leah starts out by talking about the history of sandtray and how it deviates from the Jungian practice of sand play. She describes how all aspects of the therapy encourage therapeutic bilateral integration, allowing trauma, which lives in the right hemisphere, to emerge and be processed by the more verbal left hemisphere.
We talk about metaphor in sandtray work and in waking life in that humans commonly experience that one object can hold many different meanings. Leah talks about the power of using sandtray to explore and modify dreams and lists several questions the dreamer can ask themselves to deepen their dreamwork.
In the second half, Leah talks about how she got started with this work. We take an email from Rachel who asks about talking in her sleep and a question from Max who shares his experience that both he and his son find that playing with and creating miniatures can be be relaxing and helps with focus.
Leah ends by talking about how schools could be made more friendly for students.
BIO: Leah Hodari is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor specializing in treating children, families, and adults who have experienced trauma or abuse or are dealing with multicultural and LGBTQ issues. She lives and works in Miami Beach, Florida. She applies Play Therapy, Sandtray Therapy, and PolyVagal principles to her practice.
Send an email to katherine@ksqd.org to be put in touch with Leah.
Show aired on October 21, 2023.
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Ambient music is created new every week by Rick Kleffel. The audio can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for answering the phones.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback or suggestions for future shows at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow her on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork to find out about upcoming shows. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her 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 Saturday mornings Pacific Time. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms and are released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.
The Afro-Feminine Coming Alive with Akinke Lucas
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 54:52
Katherine of The Dream Journal speaks with Akinke Lucas about dreaming ourselves whole. Ancestral dreaming involves learning how to distinguish between benevolent but troublesome tricksters and energy-sucking demons.
Today we speak with Akinke ("Ah-kin-kay") Lucas about dreaming ourselves whole. Ancestral dreaming involves learning how to distinguish between benevolent but troublesome tricksters and energy-sucking demons, and we talk about how to tell the difference. Akinke describes masculine vs feminine, conscious vs unconscious, mind vs soul, and speaks about how the birth of humanity was through Africa and also about the importance of knowing who we are.
We take a call from Sahlah of Divine by Design from Virginia who asks about bringing healing to communities. As she has recently given birth to her second son, she is concerned with the society her children are being born into. Akinke responds with a story about how she deals with her struggles to honor her own problematic lineage.
BIO: Akinke Lucas is a Spiritual Consultant who utilizes her background in Drama Therapy, Somatic healing, social work, and indigenous traditions to guide her in facilitating purposeful healing modalities. She is a Ph.D. (ABD) candidate in Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Akinke recently completed a year of ancestral apprenticeship in Africa and Asia, where she furthered her indigenous learning and artistic work.
Find our guest at: Flowingwaters.online, IG @flowingwatersllc, email at contact@flowingwaters.online
Show aired on October 28, 2023.
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Ambient music is created new every week by Rick Kleffel. The audio can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for answering the phones.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback or suggestions for future shows at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow her on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork to find out about upcoming shows. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her 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 Saturday mornings Pacific Time. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms and are released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.
Authenticity and the Imposter Syndrome with Susan Schwartz, PhD
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 53:03
Is there any hope for authenticity? The Dream Journal speaks with Jungian analyst Susan Schwartz who describes her work on the imposter syndrome and the fragility of the self.
Is there any hope for authenticity? Today we speak with Jungian analyst Susan Schwartz who describes her work on the imposter syndrome and the fragility of the self. Dr. Schwartz starts out by describing how much energy our inauthenticity takes and yet we often are taught early to conform and deny ourselves. To learn to be more in tune with your inner impulses, Susan recommends starting to pay attention to Aha moments in waking life. While talking about the symbology of up vs down, Susan touches on what she calls the value of depression as well as the differences between persona and shadow.
In the second half, we get into a conversation about ageism and western views of aging and how we might go about finding a purpose beyond having a job and raising kids. We end by talking about finding a sense of belonging.
BIO: Susan E. Schwartz, PhD trained in Zurich as a Jungian analyst and is also a clinical psychologist. She presents in the US and worldwide. Her book "The Absent Father Effect on Daughters" has been translated into several languages. Her newest book also published by Routledge is entitled "The Imposter Syndrome and The ‘As-If’ Personality: Fragility of Self."
Find our guest at: susanschwartzphd.com
Show aired on November 4, 2023.
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Ambient music is created new every week by Rick Kleffel. The audio can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for answering the phones.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback or suggestions for future shows at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow her on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork to find out about upcoming shows. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her 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 Saturday mornings Pacific Time. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms and are released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.
The Dream as Oracle with Scott Mason
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 56:58
Scott Mason recently went through a serious health crisis during which he had a profound, life-changing dream. Scott gives a riveting description of the mysterious illness that overtook him just a few months ago. As the crisis came to a head, he had a profound dream which we explore in detail together, musing over the idea of dream as oracle.
- Playing
- The Dream as Oracle with Scott Mason
- From
- Katherine Bell
Scott Mason of the Webdelics podcast recently went through a serious health crisis during which he had a profound, life-changing dream. Scott gives a riveting description of the mysterious illness that overtook him just a few months ago. As the crisis came to a head, he had a profound dream which we explore in detail together, musing over the idea of dream as oracle.
After the break, we take a call from Deb Cox-Voisin (MovingAsDesigned.com) in which she becomes filthy moving an ornate cast iron stove for an unethical man. Scott, the Myth Slayer, brings up the myth of Hephaestus, the blacksmith who creates the gift of fire but becomes disfigured in the process.
BIO: Recovering attorney and former C-Suite exec. Master of the mythic. Scott Mason is a speaker and coach who helps unhappy attorneys obliterate the myths keeping them stagnant, so they can magnetize and monetize professional freedom. He is also the host of The Webdelics Podcast, the official podcast for the web's most trusted resource on plant medicine and psychedelics.
Find our guest at: MyFreedomRocks.com and Webdelics.com
Show aired on November 11, 2023. Many thanks to all those veterans who fought for their country!
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Ambient music is created new every week by Rick Kleffel. The audio can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for answering the phones.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback or suggestions for future shows at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow her on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork to find out about upcoming shows. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her 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 Saturday mornings Pacific Time. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms and are released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology with Jungian Depth Therapist Eva Rider
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 53:01
Dream Alchemy and Depth Psychology. Also Kabbalah and Tarot. These are just some of the tools in the tool chest of today's guest, Jungian therapist Eva Rider, MA, MFT. We talk about depth psychology and how it is different from other kinds of therapy. Also meaning vs. happiness.
Dream Alchemy and Depth Psychology. Also Kabbalah and Tarot. These are just some of the tools in the tool chest of today's guest, Jungian therapist Eva Rider. We start out by defining depth psychology and how it is different from other kinds of therapy. Meaning vs. happiness. Dreams help by providing what we don't know. Eva defines the dream alchemy phases: nigredo, albeda and rubedo. Also, death dreams can be positive.
We take a call from Carol from Scotts Valley who shares a dream in which she is visited by a crow with a metal insect in its mouth. We end up talking about active imagination, warning dreams and big dreams.
BIO: Eva Rider MA, MFT is a licensed Jungian-oriented depth psychotherapist, a workshop leader and presenter. Eva’s teaching incorporates dreamwork with fairy tale, myth, tarot, music, movement and art based in an exploration of the correspondences between Jungian theory, alchemy and psyche or soma as revealed through the Hermetic tree of life. Eva Rider is a graduate of the renowned Marion Woodman BodySoul Rhythms® Leadership Training program. Eva has taught Dreamwork, Jungian Theory and Myth at John F. Kennedy University and teaches independently at locations in the United States and Canada and online.
Find our guest at: ReclaimingSoul.com
First class of Sophia Sparks free on YouTube @EvaKRider
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Today's ambient music is created 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.
This was broadcast on November 25, 2023 as a replay of a show that first aired February 11, 2023.
The Dream Journal is produced at and airs on KSQD Santa Cruz, 90.7 FM, streaming live at KSQD.org 10-11am Saturday mornings Pacific time. Catch it live and call in with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or at onair@ksqd.org.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback, suggestions for future shows or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her at katherine@ksqd.org, or find out more at ExperientialDreamwork.com.
Available on all major podcast platforms. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal.
The Psychology of Selves with Iudita Harlan
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 54:22
Using Voice Dialogue and Body Centered Awareness, Katherine of The Dream Journal speaks with Iudita Harlan, has been helping people get into the flow of their lives for over thirty years. We talk about her experiences and then do a live demonstration.
Using Voice Dialogue and Body Centered Awareness, our guest, Iudita Harlan, has been helping people get into the flow of their lives for over thirty years. We talk about her experiences and then do a live demonstration.
Iudita describes Voice Dialogue as a psycho spiritual consciousness process in which various Selves have a chance to talk to each other using the language of dream. Iudita grew up in communist Romania and her parents were holocaust survivors which led her to seek a process which allows us to embrace our shadows. She quotes her mentor. "For every shadow we embrace in ourselves, one less shadow is projected out into the world."
After the break, we do two live demonstrations. Iudita works first with Katherine about a dream in which she can't tell if she has to pee or not then with Ray of Santa Cruz about a dream in which his car seems to have a mind of its own.
Her next three part workshop called "Right Size Your Inner Critic" starts January 14. Find details at her webpage.
BIO: Iudita Harlan is a long time integration specialist in private practice using the Voice Dialogue Psychology of Selves consciousness process created by Drs Hal and Sidra Stone and the Hellerwork Structural Integration process of Joseph Heller. She combines these with Body Centered Awareness and offers extensive workshops as well as private sessions.
Find our guest at: Iudita.com
Show was broadcast live on December 23, 2023 on KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Ambient music is created new every week by Rick Kleffel. The audio can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for answering the phones.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback or suggestions for future shows at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow her on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork to find out about upcoming shows. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her 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 Saturday mornings Pacific Time. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms and are released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.
Take AUTHORity of Your Life with Kelly Sullivan Walden
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 54:42
How a daily writing practice can help you reframe your life and restore your sense of self with our guest, author Kelly Sullivan Walden.
How to write your story and take AUTHORity of your life. Our guest today is the inimitable Kelly Sullivan Walden author of ten books. Kelly starts by saying it's best to write from a place of passion and describes what authority means to her and what it can mean to you. We talk about the idea of the hero’s journey which starts with a call to adventure then ends with giving to others what we have learned. Along the way we will encounter much resistance and, much like in working with dreams, we need to turn enemies into allies. Kelly suggests a daily writing practice, maybe start with a dream.
Transform your tragic into magic! Kelly goes through the transformative OGLE practice which she explores in her new book, A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste, and which can be applied to waking life experiences as well as to dreams. We take a call from John from Santa Cruz who share a recurring dream about losing his way and all of his things, and we talk about the book Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.
Kelly has a writing class which starts January 25 which you can sign up for on her webpage below.
BIO: Kelly Sullivan Walden is the bestselling author of 7 oracle decks and ten books. Her latest is NYC Big Book Award’s A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste (recommended by Shirley MacLaine). She is a celebrity dream analyst with an interfaith doctorate degree, hosts The Kelly Sullivan Walden Show, and is rumored to be the love-grandchild of Carl Jung and Lucille Ball.
Find our guest at: KellySullivanWalden.com
Show was recorded during a live broadcast on January 20, 2024 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.
Intro music is Water over Stones and outro music is Everything both by Mood Science. Ambient music is created new every week by Rick Kleffel. The audio can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for answering the phones.
Contact Katherine Bell with feedback or suggestions for future shows at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow her on FB and IG @ExperientialDreamwork to find out about upcoming shows. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her 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 Saturday mornings Pacific Time. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms and are released the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/.
Dream Guidance with Machiel Klerk
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 55:54
How to incubate dreams to answer questions and resolve your personal issues. A conversation with the host of the popular Jung Platform, Machiel Klerk.
- Playing
- Dream Guidance with Machiel Klerk
- From
- Katherine Bell
Connect to the soul using dream incubation! In this replay of a popular episode from July, we speak with Machiel Klerk starting with the dream that inspired his creation of the fabulous Jung Platform, a site offering online courses, lectures, and certificate programs that are inspired by Jungian psychology. We go deep into dream incubation: what it is, what kind of questions to ask, how to set up a meaningful ritual to improve your changes for success, and how to recognize and work with the answer. We also talk about nightmares which Machiel describes as trying to wake us up to something in the unconscious that is ready to emerge into the conscious mind.
BIO: Machiel Klerk is a psychotherapist who specializes in helping people access their divine wisdom. He helps individuals identify their challenges and break old patterns to live a more balanced, creative life fulfilling their divine purpose. He is the author of DREAM GUIDANCE: Connecting to The Soul Through Dream Incubation (Hay House), where he guides readers on tapping into their inner wisdom through dreams as well as the founder of the Jung Platform, a website that offers online courses on psychological and spiritual perspectives, which he created as a result of a dream.
Find our guest at: MachielKlerk.com and JungPlatform.com, also on FB @machielklerk1 and IG @machielklerk.
Replay of an episode that was recorded during a live broadcast on July 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 A FUTURE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at katherine@ksqd.org. 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 onair@ksqd.org. 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/.
Deep Lucid Dreaming with Clare Johnson, PhD
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 53:25
Explore creativity, healing, sex, grief, and the nature of time and space. A conversation with Lucid Dreaming expert Dr. Clare Johnson.
Guide your dreams with the power of thought and intention. Explore creativity, healing, sex, grief, and the nature of time and space. Today we talk to Lucid Dreaming expert Dr. Clare Johnson.
Clare describes an intense dream which spurred her to write her next book which is currently in the editing phase. She says that dreams, lucid or not, demonstrate that we are in partnership with our own subconscious. She tells of lucid dreams in which she questions the nature of dreams, energy, and even of matter. We then get into a conversation about nightmares: what they are for and some ideas about dealing with them in the dream itself or in the waking state.
After the break, we take a call from Holmes from New York who tells about a dream where he is with a pastor but can't hear what he says. The pastor has a spider on his head which looks right at Holmes and gets bigger and bigger. Clare suggests he go back into the dream if he wants to find out what the pastor said. He also tells us he has many sex dreams which Clare says is sometimes related to spiritual awakening. Homes finishes by telling us how a waking life meditation allowed him to let go of his fear of dream whales.
We take a second call from John from Santa Cruz about how he often drifts in and out of dreaming and wakefulness. Clare ends by talking about how raising our quality of awareness can improve the consciousness that we take with us when we die.
Go to Clare's webpage for a 50% discount on her popular 30-Day Power of Dreams class using the code word "dream".
BIO: Dr. Clare Johnson is a global lucidity teacher and a pioneer in the field. She was the first person in the world to earn a PhD in Lucid Dreaming as a creative tool. Past President of IASD, she founded Deep Lucid Dreaming Video Courses and has written seven dream books.
Find our guest at: DeepLucidDreaming.com
Episode recorded during a live broadcast on February 3, 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 katherine@ksqd.org. 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 onair@ksqd.org. 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/.
Dreaming, Psychedelics, and Primary Consciousness with Steve Elfrink
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 54:52
A conversation about psychedelics with holistic facilitator Steve Elfrink of Om Terra Psychedelics. How dreams and psychedelics shift consciousness and help resolve trauma.
A conversation about psychedelics with holistic facilitator Steve Elfrink of Om Terra Psychedelics. How dreams and psychedelics shift consciousness and help resolve trauma. He describes primary consciousness as the body and the subconscious while secondary consciousness is everyday awareness. Primary consciousness is present all the time, but is deeply accessed through dreaming and psychedelics.
Steve recommends what he calls a psycholytic dose to help get out of a loop of unresolved emotions, but he cautions that a psychedelic session is just the beginning of a healing journey.
In the second half, Steve shares his own riveting journey with psychedelics and Max asks where one can find psychedelic assistance.
Resources mentioned during the show include Robin Carhart-Harris, Peter Levine, Bessel van der Kolk, Third Wave, Psychable.
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Dream Journal! Check us out on IG and FB @ExperientialDreamwork and follow #TheDreamJournal
BIO: Steve Elfrink is the founder of OmTerra, a psychedelic therapy organization. He is also Co-Founder of The Rogue Valley Psychedelic Society, and the Subject Matter Expert for Webdelics, an online resource for psychedelics. He is a fresh voice to the more harrowing and less discussed challenges that come with psychedelic therapy.
Find our guest at: OmTerra.org
Episode number 246 recorded during a live broadcast on February 17, 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 katherine@ksqd.org. 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 onair@ksqd.org. 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/.
Post Traumatic Spiritual Growth with Linda Schiller
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 53:45
Can dreamwork lead to post traumatic spiritual growth? Katherine speaks with author and therapist Linda Schiller about waking dream moments and synchronicity. She defines spirituality as an ability to feel held and speaks about how dreams, even painful dreams, can help us grow that ability.
Can dreamwork lead to post traumatic spiritual growth? In this replay of a popular show from October 2022, Katherine speaks with author and therapist Linda Schiller about waking dream moments and synchronicity. She defines spirituality as an ability to feel held and speaks about how dreams, even painful dreams, can help us grow that ability. We also speak about the three faces of shadow: personal, familial and global and about the parallels between EMDR and REM. We explored my dream about asking for help.
BIO: Linda Yael Schiller, MSW, LICSW is the author of" PTSDreams: Transform Your Nightmares from Trauma through Healing Dreamwork", of "Modern Dreamwork: New Tools for Decoding your Souls Wisdom", Llewelyn Worldwide Publishing, and the workbook "Integrated and Comprehensive Treatment of Trauma". She is an international teacher, psychotherapist, dream worker, and consultant in Watertown, MA. Linda is professor emeritus from Boston University School of Social Work and the post-graduate Trauma Certificate programs. She regularly presents at the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) as well as other forums in the fields of dreams, trauma treatment, Kabbalah and healing, and integrated mind/body/ spiritual practice.
Find our guest at:
This show, episode number 248, was broadcast on March 2, 2024. It is a replay of a live show recorded on October 22, 2022 at the studios of 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 katherine@ksqd.org. 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 onair@ksqd.org. 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/.
Dream-Inspired Poetry with Joan Gelfand
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 54:58
Why are dream-inspired poems so powerful? We speak today with award-winning poet, author of multiple books, and committed activist, the dynamic Joan Gelfand.
- Playing
- Dream-Inspired Poetry with Joan Gelfand
- From
- Katherine Bell
Why are dream-inspired poems so powerful? We speak today with award-winning poet, author of multiple books, and committed activist, the dynamic Joan Gelfand.
Joan shares a poem inspired by a dream called Burial, quoted in full below. She speaks about why she thinks that dream-inspired poetry can be so riveting while telling someone your dream can evoke eye-rolling and boredom. She also reads a poem about Ferlinghetti which formed the basis for an award-winning video which can be found here. Joan also gives specific advice about crafting poetry.
In the second half we take three calls. First Kelly Sullivan Walden calls to ask Joan how her dreamlife has been responding to the release of her new book. Joan brings up a dream in which a friend has a business named Contagious Vulnerability. Second we get a call from Adam who shares a dream about elephant which destroys his electrical panel. I offer an alternate idea to what he shared that ChatGPT had suggested about the dream. Finally we take a call from Donna of Capitola who shares that she is an observational poet. She shares a recurring dream about a trying to find a restaurant.
BIO: Joan Gelfand is an award-winning author of three collections of poetry, a chapbook of short fiction, and a novel set in a Silicon Valley startup. Also a book about how to get your book published and new this year “Outside Voices: A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution."
Find our guest at: JoanGelfand.com
Burial by Joan Gelfand
You might imagine a box,
Airless, close
the sound of dirt clumps
Falling like rain.
You might imagine a mudslide
Rushing down steep mountain terrain
Your legs buckling.
You might imagine a building,
Shaken to its core, rubble tumbling
Knocking you senseless.
You might imagine water, too deep,
A collapsed bridge, a tunnel broken.
My burial was none of these.
An angel chanted
And I went under, alone and
Unafraid.
This show, episode number 251, was recorded during a live broadcast on March 23, 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 katherine@ksqd.org. 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 onair@ksqd.org. 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/.
Dreaming as the Architect of Reality with Harry de Bont
From Katherine Bell | Part of the The Dream Journal series | 54:12
How dreaming corrects weaving errors in our internal world models. Also, nightmares, the collective unconscious, and does artificial intelligence have one too? A discussion about what dreams have to say about the nature of reality. Harry de Bont speaks with Katherine about the many facets of what he calls cybernetic dreaming.
How dreaming corrects weaving errors in our internal world models. Also, nightmares, the collective unconscious, and does artificial intelligence have one too? We end on a discussion about what dreams have to say about the nature of reality. Harry de Bont speaks with Katherine about the many facets of what he calls cybernetic dreaming.
BIO: With a background in both Electrical Engineering and Psychology, Harry de Bont's approach to dreams lies at the nexus of technology and psychology, what he calls the cybernetic perspective on dreams. Today, Harry would like to explore how our dreams reflect and are shaped by the ever-evolving intersection of consciousness with the universe.
Find our guest at: MonadCompany.nl, IG: @harrydebont_, LI: @harry-de-bont-9b5217
This show, episode number 254, was recorded during a live broadcast on April 13, 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.
SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question by emailing Katherine Bell at katherine@ksqd.org. 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 onair@ksqd.org. 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/.