Sinsomnia

Sammy opens up about what has impacted her with the Social instinct. Her experience invites a conversation about how vulnerable the Social instinct really is. Relating and connecting to others can be scary and disregulating, so we talk about our internal processes that we continue to face while exploring this instinct. We discuss a few, recent dreams that come to mind about this process to illumin...

The Social instinct has become quite a rough topic to confront for all of us, so in this episode Kristen relays a series of dreams she’s had over this journey so far that might be helpful when approaching shadow work. Everyone will have a different way to process information, but the ‘key’ is to allow things to impact you in a way they haven’t before; where true opportunities to change will await...

The Social Instinct is explored through the realm of mythology and archetypes in this episode. The idea of the ‘hero’ is discussed, and where that might be playing out in our dreams; both waking and asleep. This conversation becomes a way to illuminate what Social dominance might be trying to achieve, but also how that plays out for the Social instinct in different stackings.  To have a dream inte...

This week, we enter the realm of the Socal instinct in dreams. Topics such as shadow work, personas, complexes, social status and roles, etc. are discussed and broken down as to how they might appear in dreams. We talk about the importance and depth of the Social instinct, and how we can work with our dreams to feel better connected to others and tune in to our inherent sense of belonging.  To hav...

In this episode, we reflect on our personal progress of the Self-Preservation instinct. Sammy talks about her constant struggle with being self-preservation dominant, and the new insights these dreams have brought her in the process. Kaisa describes her revolutionary experience in surrendering to her self-preservation blindspot, and how her dreams helped her develop a different relationship to it....

This is Part Two of our exploration on the Self-Preservation instinct in the blindspot. For this episode, Kaisa reads the dream she had when bringing up the idea of Self-Preservation to her unconscious. She gives her personal associations and experiences around the dream, and we break down what its meaning could be.  This exploration brings up the attitude and grief around our blindspot, and just...

This is Part One of our exploration on the Self-Preservation instinct in the blindspot. We discuss the mythology and stories that could be hinting towards having self-preservation as a blindspot, and what that might mean in the unconscious.  We also have Kaisa (SX/SO) describe the themes that appear in her dreams to illustrate how the unconscious might be portraying Self-Preservation when it’s bli...

We did our homework and asked the unconscious to reveal our relationships with the self-preservation instinct in our dreams. For this episode, we look at Sammy’s sp/so dream, first. We observe what self-preservation symbols appear and how she’s relying on her dominant instinct for a lot of her daily actions and decisions.  The next dream comes from Kristen as we observe how an so/sp dream would ad...

In this episode, we break down different symbols that could appear in dreams that would highlight the realm of Self-Preservation. We discuss the main ideas, the forms they could take on, and how that might help in interpreting a dream. The subject matter that could appear in dreams would vary from objects to more archetypal or organic symbols.  To buy a book from David Gray & Kristen’s Kicksta...

Continuing the conversation of Self-Preservation, we discuss the archetypal energy embedded in the instinct - what it’s meant to do in our lives and how we associate with it. We also explore some common themes in mythology and classic tales where the instinct could be present. To help with the feeling of this instinct in dreams, we break down two examples of self-preservation dominant people, one...

Step One - listen to this podcast! Today we talk about our personal methods in remembering and writing out our dreams. Sometimes just being intrigued by the unconscious is enough to spark a dream, but there are other ways in pulling out the symbolic imagery in our sleep. We also break down a dream from Kaisa to show how just a fragment can be full of rich wisdom and insights. Listening to others’...

Come and join three Enneagram type 9s as they explore the depths of the unconscious. They’ll make you feel quite cozy as they discuss matters of personality, shadow, instincts, and the monsters hiding under our beds.  The Enneagram is a personality system that is seen as the machine to our daily actions. Dreams can be a way to uncover the hidden motivations and desires behind a person’s unique typ...