Dream Power Radio

In honor of the 40th Anniversary of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, I’m taking a look at dreamwork and how our connection to is has changed in the recent decades. Back then, most dreamers felt they were alone, and the IASD gave them a community where they could share research, insights and help promote the idea that dreams were important for everyone. Today the IASD has grow...

There’s a TV ad that shows a woman looking straight at the camera and saying, “Age is a number, and mine’s unlisted.” She has the right idea. Focusing on our age and one day deciding we’re too old does nothing but limit our opportunities and possibilities for exciting great things to come into our lives. One woman who also believes that age shouldn’t hold us back is Dr. Frieda Birnbaum. Besides be...

So many people – me included – have felt that we need to go it alone, that we have it within ourselves to complete tasks or to solve our own problems. But the truth is that we do ourselves a disservice when we act this way. It wasn’t until I realized that not only could I ask for help, but that I had to ask for help that I truly grew into my power and achieved much more than I ever thought possibl...

Did you ever wake up with a solution to a problem that was bugging you before you went to sleep? Chances are that it was that dream you had – whether you remembered it or not – that gave you the answers you were seeking. Many people might shrug that off as a one-time occurrence. But as any regular listener to this show knows, when we make a practice of paying attention to our dreams, whole new wor...

Ask anyone what the one thing that’s holding them back, and the overwhelming answer you’re likely to get is: Money. It’s keeping them from starting a new business, going on vacation, getting that car they’ve always wanted, etc. But is this really true? Yes, we all need money to survive and pay the bills. Yet, according to best-selling author and coach, Morgana Rae, lack of money is the symptom, no...

At an age when most women are thinking about slowing down, Ann Marie Miller can be found on her bicycle, riding several hundred miles every weekend. Ann Marie is a long-distance bicyclist, who races all around the world, has won the UCII World Master’s Championship twice and is an eleven-time US National Masters Champion. I feel her story is an important one to highlight on this episode of Dream P...

The truth is that most of us live our lives on autopilot. We couldn’t do many of the things we do, like drive our cars, move through our routine tasks like washing dishes or taking out the trash if we didn’t. Where we run into trouble, though, is when we run on emotional autopilot, where we go through our days never questioning who we are or why we are here. That is, until the day we wake up and r...

While this program is dedicated to all things good and positive, we can’t ignore the negative influences around us. The truth is we live in a violent society. Crime is everywhere, and perhaps the worst kind are the acts of aggression performed by people we love. No one ever thinks they’re going to be the victim of a violent act, yet their occurrences are more common than we might think. According...

Do you remember the movie The Matrix where Neo was faced with the question of taking either the blue pill or the red pill? We’d like to think we’d choose opportunity over complacency. But the truth is that most of the time we don’t, as we’re all conditioned to live inside the matrix. So what do you do if you feel stuck or constrained or simply not in the place you’d like to be? That’s what we tack...

Dreams can be more than pretty images, flights into fantasy, strange symbols and scary nightmares. They can be a practical tools for getting answers to the questions that can nag you during the daytime. Wondering if you should quit your job or take a chance on someone you met online or struggling to understand why you never complete projects you start? The answers can be yours for the taking in yo...

Trauma comes in many forms, from being on the receiving end of an assault to living through the horrors of war to suffering a devasting injury or disease. Any one of these are life altering but how we react to these incidents makes the difference between living a life of anguish and despair or one of resilience and hope. Dr. Sage Breslin has spent most of her career as a healer and counselor to th...

Recently I had what I would call a surreal experience: coming face to face with the essence of evil. It happened when was at a formal event and seated next to a man, who because of his actions, has been universally held responsible for the deaths of thousands and the upending of millions of lives. The remarkable thing was how ordinary he looked. If I hadn’t known better, all I would have seen was...

We all remember the devasting school shooting in Parkland, Florida that killed seventeen people and upended the lives of so many more. While for most of us it was a painful headline that evoked sympathy for the town and its victims, for Dr. Nancy Wiley it was so much more. She lived there, knew some of the people who died and felt firsthand the terrible pain of the entire community. For years befo...

It’s natural as we get to the end of a year to think ahead about what we might expect for the next twelve months. You may have already made your plans. But I find it’s also helpful to hear what the stars have to say about it. That’s why I’ve made it a tradition to end each season of Dream Power Radio with a visit with astrologer and numerologist Sharita Star. If you listened to last year’s episode...

One of the hardest things we ever have to deal with is the death of a beloved spouse, especially after a long and happy marriage. But what if I were to tell you that one way to ease this painful grieve is to spend time with your loved one in your dreams? This is what happened to long-time dreamworker Carol Oschmann. When her husband died she had multiple dreams where he appeared, and what he had t...

Go up to anyone and the one thing you can count on is that they’ll offer up advice if asked. Everyone has their thoughts on what to do to make “this” better or to achieve “that”. Much of the time this advice is valid and made with the best intentions. But it doesn’t always work. My guest on this episode turns advice on its head when she advocates the idea of doing nothing. While at first glance th...

True story. When I got pregnant with my first child, I was writing young adult novels. I naively assumed that after she was born, I could simply put her in her infant seat where she would sit quietly while I toiled over the computer. As you can imagine it took a minute for the real reality to set in. I needed a different strategy if I were to combine motherhood and career. It took me time to stumb...

Hooray! It’s my 200th episode and my time to thank all of you who have been with me on this journey. It’s befitting that this episode is all about my favorite subject—dreams—and featuring the internationally known expert who made it all posssible for me. Dr. Kelly Sullivan Walden has dedicated over 30 years to helping others understand their dreams and take action on them to live their lives with...

Unless you’ve been living with your head in the sand, you know that are children are now dealing with unprecidented stress. Between school shootings, social skills thwarted by the pandemic, crowded classrooms and bullies, they’ve been under assault in a way that threathens the very idea of a happy childhood. No one can live their dream life when they’re stressed out and fearful. But as you know, t...

You don’t have to be a debate winning orator to appreciate the ability to speak in public. Anyone who has to present a report in a meeting, speak to a client or explain to a child why something is important knows the value of being able to communicate effectively. And it’s impossible to live your dream life if you can’t express yourself well. Yet too often people will find themselves tongue tied o...

Anyone whose ever steered a boat or plane knows that sometimes obstacles will appear that will necessitate a course correction. Once those changes are made, the journey can conclude to its successful end. Well, the same could be said for our lives. We may believe that we’re going along just fine, but then something will come up—an issue or something within us—that get us off track. If we don’t do...

We’ve all heard stories about people being cured without traditional allopathic medical treatment, or perhaps in spite of it. Some people call it miraculous; others see it as luck. But others see it as the power of using the energy both within and around us and believe it just might be on the cutting edge of future ways of healing. Filmmaker Betsy Chasse had heard about and been witness to such he...

While none of us wished we had to live through the pandemic, it did bring about one good thing: an increased awareness of dreams. Because more people were remembering their dreams, they became not only interested in what they meant but also developed a curiosity into where their dreams could take them. This created a heightened appreciation for lucid dreaming. Simply put, a lucid dream is one in w...

It seems counterintuitive that a simple deck of cards can change your life. But people have been using Tarot for centuries to do just that. Each card is a story unto itself and staring at an image can reveal things about yourself you’d never believe were possible. Best selling author and Tarot master Sasha Graham calls the mysterious power behind Tarot magic. In a return visit to our program, Sash...

Quick. Think of the word leader and what image rises up in your mind. A president? CEO? The head of your church? Or is the face you see yours? Many people are leaders without knowing it. If you lead by example, you’re already showing off your leadership skills and when you become aware of this, you open up new areas of growth for yourself and those around you in both your business and home life. T...