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The Dream JournalAre you ready to wake up to the power of your dreams? Author: Katherine Bell
The Dream Journal explores a range of topics relating to the healing aspects of night time dreaming. Experienced dream coach Katherine Bell interviews dream experts and others on the path of dreaming, but the heart of this show is YOU, your nighttime dreams, your daytime desires, your hopes for a better life. Dreams, they really can transform your life! Podcasted episodes can be found on all major platforms. Video versions are available on YouTube @ExperientialDreamwork! The Dream Journal is produced at and airs on KSQD Community Radio for the Central Coast of California, streaming live at https://ksqd.org Saturday mornings 10-11 AM Pacific Time. Language: en-us Genres: Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Quarter Life Crisis, Dreams, and Jung’s Red Book with Satya Doyle Byock
Episode 376
Monday, 17 August, 2026
Early adulthood can feel like a search for meaning in a world that keeps asking for stability. In this episode of The Dream Journal, host Katherine Bell speaks with Satya Doyle Byock about quarter life as a developmental stage, the tension between stability and meaning, and how dreams can reveal what the conscious mind has not yet understood. Satya discusses her book Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood, her work with the Salome Institute of Jungian Studies, and why young adults may be encountering questions of purpose earlier and more urgently today. The conversation explores Jungian psychology, individuation, stability types and meaning types, the symbolic power of dreams, nightmares, active imagination, and Jung’s Red Book as a map of psychological crisis and transformation. You’ll also hear reflections on falling dreams, fortress and fire imagery, the role of the unconscious in personal growth, capitalism, and why crisis can become an opening to a deeper life when we learn to listen inwardly. In This Episode Why quarter life deserves to be understood as its own stage of adulthood The difference between stability types and meaning types How dreams can help reveal what is missing, defended, or ready to change Why nightmares may signal psychic movement rather than simply fear What Jung’s Red Book teaches about crisis, active imagination, and transformation How inner work can help rebalance a culture focused on external achievement Guest Links Learn more about Satya Doyle Byock at SatyaByock.com and through the Salome Institute of Jungian Studies. You can also find her writing on Substack at SatyaDoyleByock.Substack.com. Keywords quarter life crisis, quarterlife, Satya Doyle Byock, Jungian psychology, dreams and meaning, individuation, early adulthood, Red Book, Carl Jung, Salome Institute, dream work, nightmares, active imagination, capitalism, stability and meaning This show, episode number 376, was recorded during a live broadcast on August 15, 2026 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz. SHARE A DREAM FOR THE SHOW or a question or enquire about being a guest on the podcast by emailing Katherine Bell at katherine@ksqd.org. Follow on LI, IG, YT, FB, & LT @ExperientialDreamwork #thedreamjournal. To learn more or to inquire about exploring your own dreams go to ExperientialDreamwork.com. Video podcast available at youtube.com/@experientialdreamwork. Popular playlists: “Dream Journal shorts” and “FULL LENGTH VIDEOS”. Here are links to some other Dream Journal episodes you might be interested in: Dreaming up the World We Want to Live in with Katrina Dreamer Radical Resistance with Victor Lee Lewis Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick for also engineering the show and to Erik Nelson for answering the phones. The Dream Journal aims to: Increase awareness of and appreciation for nightly dreams. Inspire dream sharing and other kinds of dream exploration as a way of adding depth and meaningfulness to lives and relationships. Improve society by the increased empathy, emotional balance, and sense of wonder which dream exploration invites. A dream can be meaningful even if you don’t know what it means. The Dream Journal is produced at and airs on KSQD Santa Cruz, 90.7 FM. Catch it streaming LIVE at KSQD.org 10-11am Pacific Time on Saturdays. Call or text with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or email at onair@ksqd.org. Podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms the Monday following the live show. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal/. Thanks for being a Dream Journal listener! Available on all major podcast platforms. Rate it, review it, subscribe, and tell your friends.
