Like a very slow-moving clock, I aspire to create quarterly email newsletters but somehow only manage to get out two per year. Still, that does not deter me from calling them Quarterly Newsletters! Aim high, as I always tell my kids. Earlier today I sent out my Fall Newsletter, available to read here. Highlighted in [...]

It’s early in the morning and you’re busy getting your children ready for school. They are mostly cooperative, but one of them is moving very slowly and instead really wants to tell you about her dream. What do you do? Maybe you’re a teacher, working with a small group of students who are writing stories. [...]

Last Thursday marked a milestone for my radio show, Dream Talk Radio, when I broadcast my last live show from the KOWS-fm studio in Occidental. For over three years, I have spent every Thursday from 9-10 am on the air, talking about dreams and sleep health, culture, creativity, and broader social issues. But from now [...]

I love my work as a consultant in digital publishing and social media. It’s fun, I’m good at it, and it allows me time to write and keep up my radio show. Still, I was wondering when I’d get back into teaching, my other love. Now, it seems, is the time. In 1999 I went back to school for a [...]

The new year has brought a sharpening of focus to my work and writing, so I thought I’d share a little about the projects I am working on the most. Along with producing Dream Talk Radio, which I continue to host every Thursday morning on KOWS 107.3 fm, I write a lot about marketing strategies [...]

My ruination at the hands of Nora Ephron began in 1978, when as a high school senior in Oakland I was able to take classes at UC Berkeley. This was a tremendous boon not just educationally but recreationally, as there were security guards constantly patrolling our high school parking lot, looking out for rebellious teens [...]

I was explaining to my teenage daughter yesterday what a tough year 2010 was for most people, by way of an example from our own life. Here we were, driving on the freeway in my old Honda, heading down to San Francisco. On the back window of my car was a big white “11″ on [...]

Ever since I began blogging in 2005, I have had conversations with my writer colleagues about the feasibility of being an online journalist. For those of us who were not yet being paid to write, would great blogging eventually result in a paying gig? As time wore on and more print media outlets failed, our [...]

I had the opportunity recently to take Dream Talk Radio to Silicon Valley, for a very interesting conversation and multi-media event about e-government. E-government is the idea that advances in technology and information processing can be applied to help local, state, and national agencies be more efficient, responsive, and effective in the process of governing. [...]

I want to highlight some of my more recent guests on Dream Talk Radio, because rather than focusing on the dreams of individuals, we have been exploring, sometimes in great depth, how individuals’ dreams shape the culture. That is, how our waking perceptions about nature, science, government, progress, and civil society inform our actions, and [...]

The movie “Inception” shines a light on a persistent human fear: that of being deceived while we are in a vulnerable, dreaming state. This is not a new story. As far back as Ancient Greece, people have worried about being misled by “false dreams.” In fact, that very thing showed up 2,500 years ago in [...]

There has been a huge buzz in dream circles over Sunday’s New York Times article on the popularity of dream groups. Author Kate Murphy visited dream groups around the country and probably spent far more hours on the phone with enthusiastic dreamworkers than she intended. The result is an article that, while not without flaws, [...]

I love it when public figures talk about their dreams. They are the great leveler, because for all of our differences, everyone dreams. Everyone also has bad dreams on occasion, and I am fascinated by how we make sense of them for ourselves. What a treat, then, to find not one but two thoughtful posts [...]

Do you listen to your dreams but have no one to talk with about them? Are you looking for a circle of fellow dreamers to help you explore dream messages? The perfect solution may be at hand. Introducing The Dream Tribe, a members-only online community where you can get instant feedback on your dreams, connect [...]

I have had the distinct pleasure over the past few months of immersing myself in some wise and erudite books on dreams. Here, rising to the top of the pile, are two books that I consider essential to the serious study of dreams in history and practice. The first is by Dr. Kelly Bulkeley, former president [...]

The one New Year’s resolution I made for 2010 is to relax more. Everything has to take its own time this year, without me trying to force anything to fruition before I truly have the energy for it. Making dream resolutions is not like this. Dream resolutions are not about what we want to do [...]

Most people are curious when they learn that I am a dream consultant. Many launch into telling me a recent dream, some ask questions about the meaning of dream symbols, and only a few have been dismissive. But the reaction that always puzzles me is when people seem afraid or worried about dreams. Why do [...]

Just like dressing for success puts our best foot forward, dreaming for success can help us achieve our biggest goals this year. Last year I shared 10 great tips for having big winter dreams. But more important than having big dreams is knowing how to work with all the dreams we have. Here’s how to [...]

Dreams have been a reliable source of healing, divine contact, and prophecy throughout the world’s religions. Recently, I have had the opportunity to create a class for seminary students on using dreams in spiritual direction. I am pretty excited about teaching this semester, and have pulled together tons of great material for it. Here is [...]

Back by popular demand, I am offering my 3-for-the-price-of-2 Holiday Special again this year. You get three hours of in-person or phone consultation hours with me, all for the price of two regular sessions! There are several ways you can use this value: Use all three yourself, or buy two sessions for yourself and give [...]