The Dream Catcher Podcast

There are certain times in life when we lose sight of our priorities and get off track; life gets too busy, a crisis occurs, we fall into the wrong company, or we simply fail to shift our focus as we evolve through different phases.

Without a defined line of progression, however, we could lose our way and end up in places we don’t want to be. That’s why living your best life requires the ability to intuitively pick up on the times when you veer off course and lose sight of what’s important.

In this episode, I’ve outlined four signs that you should look out for if you sense that your priorities are misguided and what you can do to course correct.

The path of entrepreneurship and solopreneurship can bring a lot of satisfaction but it can also be stressful. Achieving success in our business ventures requires us to build a strong inner foundation to deal with challenges.

My guest today, Brooke Write, has been helping entrepreneurs shift and overcome their negative thought programming, emotional patterns, and self-sabotaging habits. Brooke is an author and speaker who coaches millennial entrepreneurs on how to achieve their goals quickly and efficiently by tapping into the power of the 3 human energy sources. 

In this episode, Brooke elaborates on the 3 human energy sources and how we can tap into them to improve our well-being. She also talks about the common blocks that entrepreneurs face and how they can overcome them and utilize their strengths.  

We all crave deep and meaningful connections. We long to be in union, in mind, body, and spirit, with that one special person. So why do we find it so difficult to find? 

Part of the problem is finding someone you’re compatible with. The other challenge is forming a healthy connection with that person. This is heavily influenced by your attachment style. Our attachment style has a significant impact on our adult life. It affects almost all facets of our intimate relationships and it’s vital to be aware of it.

In this episode, I’ve outlined the three main attachment styles and how you can work with it so you can experience all the happiness, support, and comfort that a loving relationship offers.

Everyday you’re faced with decisions that involve some degree of risk. A great deal of them require little to no risk such as choosing what to wear to work. But we often have to make important decisions that require a high-risk such as the decision to relocate, get married, have children or have surgery.

Turns out that finding a balanced approach is a challenge for everyone on the risk-taking continuum because of how our brains are wired. As humans, we’re built not only to respond to immediate danger but also to consider long-term problems that affect our futures.

Some risks we encounter in are better handled when we take the time to respond, even if it seems scary in the moment. In this episode, I’ve outlined five guidelines you can keep in mind whenever you assess whether or not to forward with a risk and take a leap of faith.

Planning for our future can be challenging. Few of us create space to reflect on our lives and we’re also concerned about the unpredictability of life. But planning for the future can be made a lot easier when we relax into the present moment and put together a life map based on what’s important to us right now.

To tell us more about life maps, I invited Dana V. Adams. Dana is the founder of the Life Mapping Institute. She is an author, keynote speaker and is considered one of the the thought leaders on the life mapping process. Dana has inspired thousands to embrace their gifts to live happy and abundant lives.

During our conversation, Dana describes the process of creating a life map and how we can use it to set intentions for our lives, get clarity on our values and develop a life that’s in alignment with our truth.

We’ve all had ‘gut feelings. Maybe you’ve had a sense that someone was untrustworthy, despite their outward appearance of sincerity, or you’ve heard an inner voice tell you that a particular work opportunity was right for you, even though you didn’t feel qualified. 

Our intuitive senses provide a quicker and more efficient shortcut to making decisions in a world where we’re bombarded with choices from moment to moment. However, intuition is primarily a feeling, and just like any feeling, it may not always reflect the truth of a situation. 

When we’re unaware of the source of our feelings, it can be especially hard to tell whether it’s our intuition speaking or some other sentiment. This week, we’ll look at three situations where your intuition may not be a reliable source of information and what you can do about it.

In an age of social media and the Internet, personal branding and the kind of content that we put out there has become more important than ever. Not only do we want to cultivate an image that’s clear and interesting and true to who we are.

To speak more about this I invited journalist and social media expert, Stacey Leasca. Stacey’s words, photos, and videos have appeared in print or online for publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Travel & Leisure, Glamour, Real Simple and many others. She also regularly consults on social media best practices for newsrooms and startups across the country.

During the interview Stacey shares what she’s learned over the span of her career about developing a strong personal brand that communicates our authentic self and interests. She also talks about how we can carve out a profession that’s a good fit for interests and abilities.

In our ’fix me‘ culture, we’re constantly led to believe that there is a void that we need to fill. Consumerism tantalizes us with make-up to cover up our blemishes, psychotherapists to help us ‘fit in’, self-improvement courses, and pills to rid us of our psychological wounds and worries.

However, if you buy into what they tell you, you’ll fall into the rabbit hole of self-loathing and pathologizing yourself. You’ll be on a never-ending quest to find solutions and quick-fixes to reach an impossible ideal.

Instead of viewing yourself as broken, see yourself as a work in progress. In this episode, we’ll look at four reasons why you should take this healthier approach to your personal growth. 

When you’re out and about, there’s just no avoiding rude people. Whether you’re at work or on the street, you will be bumped into without apologies, cut off while driving, receive a mean email, or have a rant directed at you. You probably were rude to someone at some point.

What we perceive as rudeness can often be unintentional and due to a difference in values, but there are certain acts and behaviors that most of us can agree are outright rudeness.

It can be hard to stay calm when someone’s rude toward you, especially if you’re hurt and feel like you want to give it right back. However, those few moments are crucial because it can prevent a civil exchange from becoming a huge fight. 

In this post, we’ll look at how rudeness has become pervasive in our culture and what we can do to break the self-perpetuating cycle of rudeness in others and in ourselves with grace and tact.

Many of us are guilty of forgetting to take proper care of ourselves, especially when life gets busy and hectic. But self-care is essential to our health and wellbeing. If we don’t tend to our basic needs, it won’t be long before we’re battered by exhaustion and burnout.

To speak more about the art of self-care, I invited, Sarah Brassard. Sarah is a spiritual coach who helps people cultivate a calmness inside and an environment of peace. She is the author of Inside: A Guide to the Resources Within to Stay Vibrant and Alive Through All Life’s Challenges. Sarah’s work is based on a dedication to integrating body, mind, heart, and spirit and an unshakeable conviction that there’s nothing in life that can’t be healed.

During our conversation, Sarah shares her signature process of sacred self-care and holistic healing and how we can apply it in our everyday life, and during difficult times.