Sinsomnia

Kristen and Sammy have a dialogue about their favorite dreams from the week, their problems around intimacy/vulnerability, and if having dreams about skiing actually makes you an extreme sports enthusiast.

Sammy and Kristen return to Sinsomnia in a spontaneous format to talk about dreams and the personality. The hosts reflect on recent dreams that comment on their life experiences and express the profound sense of mystery and awe that are embedded in the mechanism of dreaming itself. They discuss earthly concerns such as the debts we owe others, meeting our rage, managing comfort levels, and using t...

Kristen and Sammy finish up their series on the Major Arcana with the tarot cards 10 and 20 - the Wheel of Fortune and Judgment. They reflect on how impersonal and esoteric these cards are, bringing their own dreams and experiences while having the two cards underneath their pillows every night for a few weeks. Resources; The Way of the Tarot - Alejandro Jodorosky The Mythic Tarot - Juliet-Sharman...

Sammy and Kristen begin the new year with the second to last Tarot episode on The Hermit and The Sun. The hosts have brought notes, dreams, and experiences with the possible meanings and images of these two cards. They reflect on The Hermit being the ultimate Type 9 card, and The Sun containing a childlike wonder that's needed in consciousness. Resources; The Way of the Tarot - Alejandro Jodor...

On this week's Tarot episode, Kristen gets especially excited with Sammy when talking about these two cards - Strength and The Moon. The hosts discuss the theme of 'instincts' imbedded in the cards and how their own experiences, notes, and dreams have informed their understanding of the energies these cards activate. Resources; The Way of the Tarot - Alejandro Jodorosky The Mythic Taro...

The next two cards in this continuous Tarot series are The Chariot and The Star. Sammy and Kristen are on a mission to give some life to the Major Arcana by relating to the images, digging up notes, and discussing dreams that may have these energies stored within them. Resources; The Way of the Tarot - Alejandro Jodorosky The Mythic Tarot - Juliet-Sharman Burke The Tarot - Paul Foster Case Pictori...

Sammy and Kristen continue their series on the Major Arcana to talk about The Lovers and The Tower. Tarot cards 6 and 16 start to paint an interesting picture about choices, values, letting go, and not being able to carry on as before... Resources; Tarot books by; Paul Foster Case, Alejandro Jodorosky, and Juliet Sharman-Burke

Sammy and Kristen return after a long break to continue their series on the Major Arcana of the Tarot deck. This episode they look at the similarities and differences of The Hierophant and The Devil cards, using personal notes, experiences, and dreams to understand what these archetypal images might be revealing to humans.

Kristen and Sammy discuss the Tarot cards of The Emperor and Temperance, continuing their transformative and exploratory journey through the major arcana. This week's episode is focused around boundaries, unconscious written laws, having a guardian angel, and centering the swinging pendulum. The girls bring in their first impressions, external resources, personal experiences, and dreams that h...

Discussing the next pair of cards in the Tarot turned into a strange weather pattern of emotions for the two hosts Sammy and Kristen. The Empress and Death takes them on a tour through abundant, sunny, embodied life and the cold, harsh winter of death. This episode speaks for itself; the task of risking the safety of performing to really live the dirty, grounded, imperfect life before we die. Reso...

Sammy and Kristen discuss the number 2 and 12 Tarot cards, The High Priestess and The Hanged Man. They discuss each card separately and how they relate together as a pair. The receptive nature of these cards are helpful in understanding what this podcast tries to cultivate in the realm of dreams and self-reflection of our personality types.

Kristen and Sammy continue on their Tarot journey with cards of The Magician and Justice. They mainly explore the dichotomies of the law of nature and the law of man; where are they separate? Where do they intertwine? What parts of our personality get confused or misled with this process and how do the cards call us back to it? Sammy and Kristen provide dreams, experiences, and lore to play with t...

Over the past two weeks, Sammy and Kristen have gathered thoughts, impressions, dreams, and stories on the two major arcana cards of the tarot; The Fool and The World. The strange mystery of endings and beginnings started to work on the hosts in a way that surprised them, puzzled them, and made them laugh. Both of these cards have a magic that feels outside of our personality types, which is quite...

Kristen and Sammy begin a discussion on the Tarot, a famous and mysterious oracle that has struck a chord within many individuals and cultures across the world. Oracles have been referenced many times throughout this podcast, but the hosts set an intention to make these cards the focus of the next several months. Today's episode is a general history of the cards, reflections on personal relationsh...

Continuing on the theories from the previous episodes of the Transcendent Function and the Collective, Sammy and Kristen share what happened when they combined the two in their own psychic and dream experiences. This episode gets at the heart of the ‘I AM’, religious connections, being a part of yourself, being a part of the world, and the masks we all wear that inform us of what kind of God we ar...

Sammy and Kristen have a casual discussion about what the ‘collective’ and symbols from the collective could mean in dreams. They start to ponder what it means to be an individual within the collective, being impacted by events in the outer world and making choices in life. This discussion brings up personal dreams to reflect on and start the hosts on their journey in understanding how personality...

Kristen is joined by Enneagram teacher and author John Luckovich to talk about his upcoming retreat in New York City called ‘Experiencing Essence’. The two discuss what essence is, how to cultivate it, and the many ways we are already relating (or lacking relation) to this substance within us.  Essence is the seed of consciousness at the core of our being. When we make efforts to be present, it is...

Kristen and Sammy discuss Carl Jung’s piece on ‘The Transcendent Function’. They read a few excerpts and describe how they see personality type impacting this method, but also how accessing this space allows the ‘machine’ of type to be more regulated by its compensatory counterpart; the unconscious. Letting this theory be a part of the conversation with Enneagram type can give more flavor or color...

Today, Sammy and Kristen discuss the appearance of animals in dreams and how they could be the messengers of our instinctual natures. The girls mainly focus on the objectivity an animal’s nature can provide to our instincts, rather than getting stuck in the neurosis of the subjective personality’s relationship to instinct. The many facets of self-preservation are discussed, as well as the differen...

To continue the idea of ‘Type Ensouled’, Sammy and Kristen reflect on their own dreams and how they’ve correlated with their personality and life experiences. We use the power of stories and myth to amplify the purpose of our personal enneagram types. To be able to ‘catch the thread’ of our human and soul path became a fun and interesting attempt to play with the creative energies that are present...

Today we focus on the “soul purpose” or “soul perspective” of having an Enneagram type and instinct stacking. We talk about systems like the Akashic records and astrological natal charts and how it mirrors our personal type structure. All aspects of personality like our dominant functions and blindspots are looked at as a sort of contraction and expansion of the human experience. The tension of pe...

The three dream girls are back for a new ‘season’, ready to explore the realms of the personality, the unconscious, and other strange things we experience as humans. Kaisa brings in her recent experiences with her life and dreams while on a break from the podcast, and the girls reflect on what they’ve enjoyed about the past ‘seasons’. They begin to dream up new ideas going forward with the pod, in...

Kristen and Sammy discuss the results of their head center dream incubations, asking the question "What am I using to conceal my own personal void?” They discuss the enneagram and instincts as well as Jung’s cognitive functions to understand where their fears are originating and revealing themselves through the symbols of the dreams. Resources; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_gam...

After a brief pause on recording and releasing episodes, Sammy and Kristen are back in the new year with a refreshing idea on the head center to help them dive back into the theoretical podcast game. Kristen talks about an experience she had that allowed her to have a personal resonance with the head center and the conversation inspires the hosts to discuss similar concepts or realizations on what...

Today’s discussion is on the possible symbols relating to the head center in dreams. We go through themes like the physical head, swords, medication, air, birds, video games, and more. Each idea is met with references to external resources, personal experiences, dreams, or examples to highlight where these symbols live in the head center. These dream symbols are not to be taken literally or be ful...