The Dream Catcher Podcast

As humans, we have a natural penchant for drama. We love to occasionally indulge in novels, movies, TV shows, and the latest celebrity or political scandal.

But drama stops being fun when your life starts resembling one - when you feel like you’re trapped in a soap opera with emotional highs and lows. While it may make a good story, it has the potential to wreak havoc with your mental wellbeing.

If you sense that you’re in a situation like this you’ll like the ideas which I describe in this podcast episode, on how to step away from drama prone people and situations and how to manage those urges within you.

By stepping away from a vortex of mayhem, you’ll see how everything gradually falls into place.

Music is a truly gift from nature that adds beauty, richness and color to our life. But did you know that music also has healing properties that can alleviate common emotional and physical issues?

Bill Protzmann, my guest, was happy to tell us more about music’s healing properties and so much more. Bill’s fascination with the near-medicinal effects of music has caused him to study the topic widely and stay engaged with the most recent research. He has over 20 years’ experience teaching people how to use music functionally in everyday situations to improve work performance, strengthen communication and improve their wellness.  Bill’s work was recognized by the National Council for Behavioral Healthcare for Artistic Expression in 2014.

Join me for this heart-warming conversation where we discuss about various aspects of music and how we can use music as a tool to manage our emotional states.

Honesty and integrity form the foundation of a high-functioning individual. Yet many people today place more importance on material gain than on being honest. But even in a world where deceit is prevalent and people don’t always play fair we can be exemplars of these qualities.

Even if being honest may hurt us in the short-term, it will always pay in huge dividends in the long run. In this episode, I delve deeper into these virtues by citing historical and cultural examples which we can learn from and a few steps that we can take become a person of strong integrity.

A master communicator knows that the key to successful and respectful communication is to listen equally if not more when speaking with others. 

The most cultured, wise and erudite individuals do more listening than talking. Unfortunately these people are hard to come by in todays world. In our quick-fix society most people are restless, have less patience and shorter attention spans than the generations before us. 

If you would like to become a better listener, then you'll find some inspiration and ideas in this podcast episode. 

If it’s done right, the act of giving makes us feel good. Whether we’re expressing our giving nature in our personal relationships or in the form of contributions to our community, we feel like a better person.

But at what point does the act of giving become too much? In this episode, I outline the tell-tale signs that you’ve crossed the line to overgiving and the steps that you can to maintain balance in all your relationships so that you can give from an authentic place of love, kindness and abundance.

With all the talk about health and wellness these days, we can’t escape our society’s collective preoccupation with creating a healthy lifestyle. But with all the contradictory information out there and the countless diet options, it can be overwhelming and frustrating to figure out what works best for us.

To simplify things for us, I invited Mary Sheila Gonnella. Mary Sheila is a Holistic Nutrition Consultant and Educator, helps people who are suffering from the effects and complications of high blood sugar and other health concerns in her private nutrition practice and group classes. 

During our conversation, we cover a variety of topics like holistic nutrition models such as Ayurveda and how we can build a healthier relationship with food by choosing our food options wisely and consciously. 

Are you tired of waiting to see the results of the efforts you’re putting into a dream?

Chasing our goals can often feel like an uphill climb. Nothing is harder than trying to ‘keep moving’ when you’re unable to see the fruits of your labor. Our minds find it difficult to be at ease if we don’t see immediate results because we’re prone to dwell on the negative and worst-case scenarios.

If you’re at a point where your willpower is waning, then you will find some comfort in this episode. You’ll receive a boost of inspiration and learn some tactical and practical shifts that you make to get back in the game of realizing those cherished goals.

The concept of self-love and acceptance has become such a popular topic in the world of self-development that it’s almost cliché to those who come across it.

But do we actually know what it means to truly love and accept ourselves for all that we are, warts and all?

The road to self-love is a potential minefield. I know that from first-hand experience. In this episode, share a bit about my journey of overcoming low self-esteem and how I gradually began to love and accept myself.

I also share a checklist of the 6 signs which prove whether or not you love and accept yourself. You’ll also learn some key steps that you can take towards become your own best friend and cheerleader!

Our society’s collective obsession with work, achievement, and material success comes with a heavy price. Most of lose touch with the childlike joy and youthful simplicity that made life so much more joyful. An inability to process the common challenges of adulthood in a healthy way often result in a cynical and bitter perspective on life.

As much as we fantasize about reliving those carefree childhood days, we can’t go back. But, we can recapture the essence of a childlike-consciousness by cultivating certain traits within ourselves. In this week’s post, I illustrate the importance of being childlike through a fun movie reference while also establishing the key qualities that we can adopt to develop a happier mindset.

We're all endowed with creative potential but unfortunately there are things that tend to get in the way of us expressing our creativity such as our busy schedules and a lack of self confidence. But the truth is that creativity is vital to our wellbeing and according to my guest in this episode, it actually has the power to heal us.

Jeff Leisawitz, is an award-winning musician/ producer, a critically acclaimed author and filmmaker. He’s released five studio albums and has landed thousands of music placements for clients like HBO, MTV, Discovery, Microsoft, NBC and many others. Jeff is also a Life Coach and an NLP practitioner with a mission to inspire artists of all kinds to amp up their creativity.

Join me for this fun conversation where we dive into various facets of the creative process and the steps that we can take to unleash our creative prowess.