The Dream Journal

What if the Sun is influencing your dreams ? In this episode of The Dream Journal , host Katherine Bell speaks with Dr. Annani Kelley , researcher, poet, and founder of heliopsychology, about her groundbreaking work on space weather, solar flares, geomagnetic activity, and human consciousness . Drawing on more than 70 years of heliobiology research and her own PhD dissertation, Dr. Kelley explores...

On this special episode celebrating 360 shows, Dream Journal  host Katherine Bell (Experiential Dreamwork) talks with lucid dream pioneer Dr. Clare Johnson (Deep Lucid Dreaming) about healing dreams , lucid dreaming , and what Johnson calls the joy factor —those moments of bliss, beauty, and deep replenishment that can arrive in dreams and ripple into waking life. Together they explore dream body...

In this episode of The Dream Journal , host Katherine Bell speaks with dreamwork pioneer Robert Bosnak, founder of Embodied Imagination, about how to work with dreams, symptoms, memories, and trauma without forcing interpretation. Bosnak shares why “not knowing” can be the most skillful stance in dreamwork, how to re-enter a dream through flashback memory, and how shifting perspective—from the “na...

What if dreams aren’t just personal—but meant for the community? In this episode of The Dream Journal , host Katherine Bell speaks with writer, healer, and Earth activist Deena Metzger about sacred dreaming, Indigenous wisdom, and what it means to live by dream in dark and uncertain times. Together they explore dreams as spiritual messages, ethical guidance, and acts of resistance—and listeners sh...

What if your brain is solving problems, strengthening memory, and shaping creativity while you sleep—without you even knowing it? In this deep‑dive conversation, cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Ken Paller joins Katherine Bell on The Dream Journal to explore groundbreaking research on memory reactivation during sleep , lucid dreaming , dream engineering , and how ancient Tibetan dream yoga practices i...

What if nightmares are not something to escape—but something to dance with ? In this episode, we’re joined by Lana Nasser , dreamworker, ritual facilitator, and creator of The Dream Hive , for a deep exploration of dreams, nightmares, embodiment, and collective dreaming . Together, we explore how dreams connect us to the more‑than‑human world, how ritual can transform fear, and why symbols like be...

How do dreams support emotional health—and how can we use our feelings more skillfully in everyday life? On this episode of The Dream Journal , host Katherine Bell is joined by psychiatrist Dr. Loma K. Flowers , author of Catching Your Feelings , for a practical, grounded conversation about emotional competence and the role dreams play in mental health. Dr. Flowers introduces her model of emotiona...

In this episode of The Dream Journal, host Katherine Bell talks with psychiatrist Greg Mahr and visionary artist/psychologist Heather Taylor-Zimmerman about how dreams—especially nightmares—can support healing, personal growth, and creativity. They introduce the Dream Wisdom Oracle Deck, explore “befriending” difficult dream imagery, and share practical ways to re-enter and work with dreams throug...

Quantum entanglement? Time traveling information? What is behind the phenomenon of precognitive dreaming? Meet astrophysicist, oneironaut, and author Paul Kalas, who argues that precognition is naturally selected for because of its unmistakable evolutionary advantage. Paul Kalas explains that precognitive dreams are dreams that appear to contain information about future events. Paul introduces the...

How dreams cultivate intuition, mediate inner conflict, and connect conscious and unconscious life. Host Katherine Bell speaks with psychologist and author Athena Laz about the “medial” archetype, dreamwork as a bridge between worlds, and practical ways to engage intuition, lucidity, and meaning—especially during challenging times. 00:04 – Welcome & the Power of Beautiful Dreams Introduction t...

Dreams, Astrology, & Cosmic Downloads with Madi Murphy From the studios of KSQD in Santa Cruz, host Katherine Bell welcomes astrologer and author Madi Murphy , founder of CosmicRx , for a powerful conversation on dreams as divine guidance systems. In this episode, Madi shares how vivid childhood dreams, prophetic moments, and visitations from her grandfather led her from a publishing career in...

What if your dreams weren’t symbols to decode… but living encounters? Celebrating seven years of Dream Journal episodes, host Katherine Bell welcomes natural dream work practitioner, artist, and druid priestix Laura Smith Riva for a fascinating conversation about rewilding the dream , animism, and reconnecting with the living intelligence within dreams and nature. Together they explore how dream f...

Can we do more than talk in talk therapy? Our guest Dr. Michael Mollura speaks about some of his creative approaches to psychotherapy including music therapy, dreamwork, Jungian perspectives, and more! 03:03 — Dr. Michael Mollura’s Background: Music, Psychology, and Creativity 05:31 — Why Suppressed Creativity Can Cause Emotional Symptoms 07:54 — Setting Dreams to Music: The Acoustics of the Uncon...

We are the dreams of our ancestors; we are their hopes for the future. But sometimes their trauma is transmitted to us through nightmares. Today’s guest, Dream Journal regular Linda Schiller, will be talking about how to heal that intergenerational pain and focus on the gifts of ancestral connection. Linda talks about her own ancestors and how her grandfather, who she called Grandpa Joey, fl...

Dream​s bring us back to our true self. ​Today’s guest, Dr. Bonnie Buckner, speaks about the visual language of dreams ​which awakens in us feelings​ which are the base of our inner knowing.​ Dreaming ​also reminds us of wonder and mystery​. By embracing mystery, we discover more of our own potentials and possibilities of transformation in the outer world. Bonnie starts by describing some of the c...

Does a traumatic childhood doom you to unhappiness and dysfunction?  Meet Wendy Correa who overcame a horrific youth. Dreams were a key part of her recovery! Wendy’s debut book is memoir My Pretty Baby: Seeking Truth and Finding Healing. Wendy starts with a pivotal dream of a black jaguar which had her face then talks about how childhood trauma affects life-long mental health including addic...

​​​How to really enjoy your dreams. Today Katherine speaks with Stuart Bailey, a British lawyer who has met Queen Elizabeth and sung with Elvis. His book is My Secret Life of Dreams: One Man’s Journey Into the Hidden World of Night. He says dreams are like movies starring ourselves so why not enjoy them? Stuart starts by talking about his recurring childhood dream of flying down beautiful va...

We start the new years by welcoming Katrina Dreamer who talks about social justice dreaming and how we can start to dream up the kind of world we’d like to live in. Here is a link to a short video clip of the conversation: https://youtu.be/VPc75rnn3BA Katrina starts by talking about harnessing the power of dreaming for social justice including using dreaming to build support and to find and...

What is sacredness and how can I find more of it in my life? Rodger Kamenetz teaches us a spiritual practice that leads us toward a deeper experience of life. His latest book is Seeing into the Life of Things: Imagination and the Sacred Encounter . Short clip of the convo available here: https://youtu.be/rM8OGWNenhg Rodger starts by talking about what’s changed for him since releasing his pi...

Winter Solstice is the time of year to go within. How have your dreams been nudging you into a new alignment?  Today is a rare all call-in show! No guest, just YOU.  We host six dreamers on the show today starting with Sylvia from Ontario who describes a dream where a crow climbs into bed with her, comforting her. Then Steve shares about the latest in his evolution of journeying dreams where he ha...

Are you a narcissist? How would you know? Or maybe you are in a relationship with one. We talk to Jungian analyst Dr Susan Schwartz about dreams related to narcissism and about how to be in relationship with those everyday narcissists in our life. Dr Schwartz starts by defining narcissism as outer bravado and inner fragility. She lists some of the typical dreams narcissists have including dreams o...

Animals in dreams always seem to have a special meaningfulness. Today we talk about how dreams of certain animals were viewed at the Asklepian Temple in ancient Greece where people could go to be healed by their dreams. Learn about a modern interpretation of this ancient technique from our guest psychotherapist, mindfulness teacher, and Dream Boat podcast host Laura Payne of the Dream Research Ins...

Learn how dreams help us process trauma with our guest Gdansk Professor Wojciech Owczarski​ who studies the dreams of Auschwitz survivors, modern Ukrainian refugees, and nursing home residents. He finds that dreams help us cope with trauma, adapt to new life situations, and feel optimistic for a better future. Nightmares help us deal with unresolved waking life issues and to integrate past traumas...

There are many ways to open the door to the unseen world:​ sound or singing​, stillness​,  or movement​, nature immersion. We speak to Rachel Schafer about dreaming into love. Rachel speaks about body centered awareness and the value in turning toward what is uncomfortable in our lives. Video short from this show: https://youtu.be/QjkTV5d94II She talks about her journey with sleep paralysis and ho...

Aging through the lens of night dreams, living dreams, and earth dreams. Dr. Illana Berger guides seekers through life’s initiations through Zen practice, Indigenous wisdom, dreams, and soul-centered transformation. Dr Berger starts out by speaking about koans and how dreams are like them: things to ponder not riddles to solve. We talk about the art of becoming present and how this is true e...