Have you ever dreaded winter and longed for summer! Same!

But what else is going on as our outfits and food specials change with the seasons? How might we expand our awareness and perspective on the nuances and alterations in the landscapes we inhabit, both physical and non-physical? Both external and internal?

Join me in broadening the scope of our seasonal appraisals. Join your body in the yearly challenge of surviving Life's most trying time of year. Is this winter going to be a land of wonder or waste?

The first year of the Piece of Mind Podcast is through. This year I'll be back with bigger ideas, better topics, higher frequency, and intensified sarcasm!

Thank you to everyone who has listened, supported, offered kind words, and called me a stupid nerd! It's all I can hope for when sharing my thoughts and voice.

Discussions this year will certainly steer towards environmental philosophies, sciences, research projects, and speculations. I aim to do more interviewing, both professionally and casually.

Topics to look forward to include....

• Stories & Reality: who determines who?
• Fitness, Play and the toxicity of "fitness culture"
• Wu Wei Philosophy
• Digitized Romance
• What is Food? Energy, luxury, disease, or power?
• Generational Divides
• Music Rants & Analyses
• Octopuses: miracles of creation
• The Illusion of Civilization
• The Death of Wonder!!!

All the Blessings,

<3 Daniel

Dreams are a human phenomenon that have been exalted by cultures for thousands of years, except for right now! We think we've got life all figured out! Surprise, we don't. Pt. 1 set up a foundation of thought about our conscious selves to approach dreams with. In this episode, I outline theories on dreaming and share my thoughts. Specifically, dreams as the source of creativity and dreams as a window to the shadow self. The "shadow self" is not actually scary but rather describes traits/emotions/thoughts that lie dormant within us day to day, but shine and explore themselves while we dream. Dreams are both fun and essential in the quest to fully understand ourselves and our relation to the universe!!

Referenced Article Citation:

Repede EJ. Participatory Dreaming: A Conceptual Exploration From a Unitary Appreciative Inquiry Perspective. Nursing Science Quarterly. 2009;22(4):360-368. doi:10.1177/0894318409344752