Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.~ Edgar Cayce
Dear Dreamer,
You have sent me many dream questions, and I’ve been waiting for the perfect time to answer them. Well, every minute is an ideal time, so I have silenced my cell phone and hung the Do Not Disturb sign on my office door to answer all your dream questions. I’ve created a Dear Dreamer Series because I believe by reading the answers to the dreams of other people we train ourselves and enrich our dreaming and waking-world. Each section in the series will focus on your personal dream questions sent to me.
I promise not to embarrass you by writing your name.
Today, your wildest dream and nightmare questions, like you, are my main priority because I appreciate your trust in my ability to help you remember to connect with your inner-dream guidance. Think of it as a way to train for dreams.
Your Question: When I wake up it feels like my dream disappears. And, it seems like the harder I try the less I can remember. Sometimes I even know when I am dreaming that my dream is the same dream before that I forgot. Yet, when I wake up, it is gone, again. Very frustrating! Can we train our brain to remember our dreams?
I felt your frustration as I read your questions. The good news is, “Yes!” We can Train Our Brain to remember dreams, just as we can train it to wake us at a particular time every morning, remember shopping lists, or where we left those car keys when we threw open the front door and ran into the house to answer the telephone.
It has to do with mentally retracing your thought steps.
You can learn to retrace your steps through your Sacred Dream Doors to find the keys to your dream message, even your wildest and scariest ones just as you learned to retrace your waking mind steps to find the keys to your car.
Here is how to train your brain for sleep memory.
Our brains are amazing. They never stop surprising us. Your brain is extremely active when you are asleep. Research shows it is more productive when we are asleep than when we are awake because dreaming is a complete brain activity.
Why is it important to train yourself to remember your dreams? Have you ever meditated or prayed for help with a life challenge? Your prayers may be answered in your dreams. You do not want to miss that guidance imparted through dreams do you?
Dreams are Sacred Doorways to Celestial or Divine Information that can impact your waking world. Dreams are an incredible tool that can help you overcome or work through any illness or crisis with guided information. The information imparted through dreams is the key to influencing your waking decisions. The trick is remembering them.
George Noory, host of Coast to Coast AM Radio interviewed Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos on prophetic dreams that diagnosed her breast cancer three times. The most important thing about the dreams was remembering them.
“Without dream memory, there was no hope for my life. A 9×11 size breast cancer tumor can be considered terminal. Yet, here I am many years later. When the medical community missed my breast cancer all three times, my dreams told me it was there and how to convince my doctors to test for it. But, the most important apt of the dream was remembering it.”
During the Coast-to-Coast radio show, I also discussed ways to remember your dreams. The actual link to the show is at the bottom of this information. Here are some tips to help you remember and connect with Inner-dream guidance for a healthier and more fulfilled life.
Remembering your dreams is as easy as 1–2–3–4–5.
I.) Voice your intention to remember your dream before you go to sleep.
II.) Keep a journal beside your bed and when you awaken, write what you remember. Early-morning dreams are the easiest to remember. If you are having trouble remembering, lie down in bed in the same position you were in when you awoke, relax, and try to remember anything at all.
III.) Write down your feelings at the time you awoke if the dream still allusive -Happy, Sad, Frightened, Content or Anxious.
IV.) Write down any color that pops into your mind while trying to remember the dream.
V.) Give your dream a title, even if it’s The Dream Without a Name. If some part of the dream returns during the day, jot it down on a piece of paper and add it to your dream journal.
Writing in your dream journal will help increase dream recall. Many clients have told me that they began to recall more dream content than they cared for and felt flooded with it. It is okay. Their Sacred Dream doors opened, and all the information that was locked away flooded out at first, then it slowed down to a manageable flow.
Over time your dreams will become longer as you begin to interface with your inner-selves, your inner-guidance, and your Spirit-guides.
We are comprised of much more than id, ego, and super-ego.
I believe we all have Spirit-guides and Guardian-angels. We are their job, and they take their responsibility very seriously. Remembering your guides is reconnecting with your loved ones from the other side. A deceased loved-one can return in our dreams to guide us.
Meeting guides in your dreams is a beautiful step to a healthier and more fulfilled life. And they can help you remember your dreams by reminding you of a night dream during a Daydream.
If you have not done so already, begin to think about the dream intention you would like to set your tonight to remember your dreams and meet your Spirit-guides. They are waiting for you. Meeting them could make a big difference in your life because you will never feel alone, again.
Help others by sharing any of your steps for remembering your dreams in the comments section of this article.
Do you find dreams more natural to remember in the morning or right after you fell asleep? Note that in your journal, and below in the comments.
So, Dear Dreamer, Sweet Dreams,
Kat- The Queen of Dreams.
Bio: About Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos: aka The Queen of Dreams VIDEO Podcaster/Radio Show Host Dreaming Healing, 3-time Breast Cancer Survivor, and Dream Expert seen on Dr. Oz, DOCTORS, NBC, & CBS. Her Divine Dreams diagnose her illness. Kat and Duke U Radiologist Dr. Larry Burk co-wrote, (2018 Nautilus Award Winner) Dreams That Can Save Your Life. She’s a Syndicated Columnist, TV Producer/Radio Host and award-winning Author/Lecturer who promotes patient advocacy and connecting with Divine-guidance through Dreams. “Don’t tell God how big your problems are. Tell your problems how big your God is.” Learn more @ www.KathleenOKeefeKanavos.com
“My pictures are concerned with fundamental aspects of humanity. Loneliness, a search for an all-consuming faith, mortality, love, dignity, despair, and joy are the stories I attempt to show in a way that pleases the formal aspects of light and composition.”~ Renato Rampolla
We all have a Light-within. Renato Rampolla finds, sees, and photographs that light to show that despite the state of humanity, there is dignity…No Matter What! We were introduced in an email by Dennis J. Pitocco, Founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of BizCatalyst 360° MAGAZINE. I just had to interview Renato on the Kat Kanavos Show Video Podcast on New Earth TV which is posted at the bottom of this article for your viewing pleasure.
Renato is the son of a figurative artist and has been taking photographs since childhood. At an early age, he learned the basics of composition, photography, and sculpting from his father, then went on to study art further while in college.
According to Artsy, Figurative Art is a general category for artworks that represent recognizable material in the visible world, as opposed to abstract art. The variety of approaches to figurative art is enormous and almost as diverse as the history of art itself. In painting, figuration ranges from Photorealism like that of Chuck Close to nearly abstract like Pablo Picasso’s Analytic Cubism.
Figurative painting was largely ignored by the Western “avant-garde” for much of the 20th century, but the course changed with the 1980s emergence of figurative painters like Anselm Kiefer, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and David Salle. The driving force behind Renato’s work is capturing humanity in all of its places and all its layers.
Renato is a street photographer who makes his home in Florida.
In addition to photography, he is an accomplished guitarist and figurative sculptor. According to Wikipedia, street photography is also called candid photography which is photography conducted for art or inquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within public places.
“I simply respectfully sit down next to a homeless person and offer them a cup of coffee. Soon we are chatting like old friends, and when they are comfortable with me I begin taking pictures during their story,” Renato says during the Video Podcast Interview.
Renato shares time and space with the homeless in Tampa Bay, and in so doing finds they all have incredible life-stories filled with priceless life-lessons. And, it is during the sharing of this time-and-space with the homeless that Street Photographer Renato Rampollo captures their Light-within, and their Dignity No Matter What.
Many of the stories bring to mind the phrase, “But by the Grace of God…” And, all the photos in his book have the same impact on the reader; “WOW!”
Although we may think that taking someone’s photograph as an everyday occurrence with the advent of smart-phones but consider the notion that there are cultures that hold the belief that taking a picture of a person “steals his or her soul.
According to the Skeptical Inquirer, ancient cultures and some current third-world ones shared this belief and did not want their souls captured in a box. However, Renato gave the world a glimpse of the beautiful souls of our homeless. Yes, those souls we hurry past or step over in our daily rush to get our “stuff” done.
In the photographs, their light within shone so brightly it created a breathtaking message… “I have worth and dignity, no matter what.”
Blanket Tampa Bay Project is also one of Renato’s loves.
He is putting his money where his mouth is, and walking-his-walk while talking-his-talk at functions by donating all the proceeds from his book Dignity No Matter What: The Light Within, to Blanket the Homeless in Tampa Bay.
So, the next time you see a homeless person sitting on a bench, or on the ground, take a second out of your busy day to simply acknowledge them with a smile, nod, or cup of coffee. Let your light-with embrace their dignity. and vise versa.
Please enjoy the show: YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxJShaLk7Js&feature=share
Learn more about Renato Rampolla here: Website- www.RenatoRampolla.com
Learn more about Blanket Tampa Bay from a Video Podcast Interview done with the founder “Faith it ‘Till You Make it” Beth Ross on the Kat Kanavos Show HERE: https://www.bizcatalyst360.com/an-evergreen-christmas-story-blanket-tampa-bays-homeless/
About Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos: VIDEO Podcaster, Radio Show Host, three-time Breast Cancer Survivor, and Dream Expert seen on Dr. Oz, DOCTORS, NBC, & CBS. Her Divine Dreams diagnose her illness. Kat and Duke U Dr. Larry Burk co-wrote, Dreams That Can Save Your Life. She’s a Syndicated Columnist, TV Producer/Radio Host and award-winning Author/Lecturer who promotes patient advocacy and connecting with Divine-guidance through Dreams. “Don’t tell God how big your problems are. Tell your problems how big your God is.” Learn more @ www.KathleenOKeefeKanavos.com
Photo Credit:
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https://www.lensculture.com/renato-rampolla Figurative Art | Artsy,
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https://www.artsy.net/unsupported-browser Warner Marien, Mary (2012). 100 ideas that changed photography. London: Laurence King Publishing. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-85669-793-4.
Are you “stuck” or residing in the past? Does your mindset and life seem full of painful memories rather than joyful expectations? Do you have trouble moving-on after an illness, a bad job, or a shattered relationship?
Expert Healing Panelists Connie Bramer, author of “How Connie Got Her Rack Back” and Kevin Murphy, the author of “The Three Rooms,” can help you answer those questions and will share tips on how you can move on with your life, get your Joy (or Rack) back, shift your mindset, and move out of the room in which you feel locked.
Their Video Podcast on The Kat Kanavos Show is posted at the bottom of the article for your viewing pleasure.
A Crisis can leave you mentally and emotionally stuck in a time warp. It is difficult to move forward and focus on a bright new future when your emotions are still living in the past.
Both Expert Panelist agreed that “In order to know where you want to go in your life you must know where you are, and how long you have been there.”
In 2008, upon her diagnosis with breast cancer and throughout her treatment, Connie was amazed and touched by the kindness of others. People she had never met sent her cards with inspiring words.
Fruit baskets and meals were sent to her home.
Connie’s friends came to the rescue; picking her kids up from school and even assisting them with their homework when Connie was too ill to get out of bed.
“Let’s face it, when a white coat touting doctor and her posse deliver a breast cancer diagnosis, your life has a way of turning upside down and even a little sideways,” Connie says. “Pissed is not anywhere near a word that could accurately describe where my head was at this point in time.”
To help Connie cope with her illness, maintain some semblance of sanity, and move beyond cancer to “Get her Rack Back,” and positive mindset she blogged about her daily cancer adventures.
Maintaining her sense of humor was vital to Connie’s recovery, and is evident in her book.
Kevin Murphy, former Wall Street managing director, high school and collegiate wrestling champion, community activist, speaker, and coach, authored The Three Rooms.
“Our happiness and unhappiness in life is almost always the result of our thoughts – whether observations of the present, memories from the past, or projected fears about the future,” Kevin says concerning the room in which we decide to preside.
Kevin describes our life as three rooms in which our mind resides.
Is your mindset in The Past Room, where regrets, past hurts, painful memories, grudges or other memories are impacting you today? Or perhaps you are hanging-out in The Future Room where worry, anxiety or fear haunts you daily?
Eckhart Tolle and others have extolled the value of living in the present moment.
However, many people have found that philosophy a challenge to implement. The genius of Murphy’s new book is how easy and simple he makes it realize when you are NOT in the Present Room —and how you can shift back into The Present Room.
As a breast cancer survivor who watched other female family members die of the inherited disease, Connie is very aware of how easy it is for us to define ourselves by our illness.
“Life is full of crisis, especially health,” Connie says. And Connie Got-Her-Rack-Back.
Connie realized the importance of embracing where you are emotionally during a crisis in order to move forward. You can either let the crisis define and rule you, or you can take charge of your destiny and move into the future.
Murphy moved from ranting at GOD in a basement to marrying the Love-Of-His-Life.
Murphy shared his spiritual and mystical awakening after a personal reckoning. “As a single Dad, living in a small basement apartment at 33, I loosed his rage at God.” It was the springboard to beginning his quest for answers. In due course, he became a highly respected options executive for Citigroup, married the love of his life, found the peace and joy he sought and began to share his Three Rooms concepts, that had worked so well or him, with others.
“No more sleepwalking,” as Murphy calls it, “focusing exclusively on what you think, feel and hear from others—and what you perceive from your judgmental beliefs.” He goes on to explain that when you are in The Present Room, you can experience truth and clearly perceive the messages Source has just for you. You can live in a state of love and acceptance. Today Kevin is successful and married to the love of his life.
“One of the most important things you can do is to take the time to discover the difference between There and Here. So often we mix our past up with our present,” Kevin says. “Train yourself to be the observer of your thoughts, and recognize which room you are in at this time.”
Connie and Kevin shared Tips on how to move forward in life to get “Unstuck.”
“Keeping a Gratitude Journal was a big help in moving me forward out of the mindset of ‘Patient’ and allowing me to see how far I had come,” Connie shared.
Kevin’s tip for the audience is, “It is important to activate the power of the question, ‘Where am I? Which room am I in?’ If you do not know where you are how you can activate your inner-GPS to get to where you want to go with your
Like Connie and Kevin, once you learn to move out of your painful past, you can actually feel the vibrational frequency of the Divine. Can I get an Amen?
About Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos: VIDEO Podcaster, Radio Host, three-time Breast Cancer Survivor, and Dream Expert seen on Dr. Oz, DOCTORS, NBC, & CBS. Her Divine Dreams diagnose her illness. Kat and Duke U Dr. Larry Burk co-authored Dreams That Can Save Your Life. She’s a Syndicated Columnist, TV Producer/Radio Host and award-winning Author/Lecturer who promotes patient advocacy and connecting with Divine-guidance through Dreams. “Don’t tell God how big your problems are. Tell your problems how big your God is.” Learn more @ www.KathleenOKeefeKanavos.com
Change is inevitable. We can fight it, or we can embrace it. When we fight it, we are spitting in the wind and will most likely grow wet and weary. When we embrace evolution, we use our memories and knowledge to strengthen our shift in consciousness as we move into the future.
We may think that we are alone in our reluctance to change, but we have company.
As humans, we are creatures of habit. Habit abhors change. We often forget that we are all connected by Interconnectedness of Universal Oneness. On some level what you may feel is what your neighbor feels, too. And, change is as natural as growing out of diapers and donning adult clothing. We cannot hold back change any more than we can hold back our growing feet.
Understanding and accepting change is to understand and accept evolution.
Evolution is not relegated to extinct dinosaurs. It is not a materialistic process seen only from the outside. Yes, our species has evolved from living in caves to living in houses and in some cases mansions. We have evolved from horse and buggies to cars and from bi-planes to jumbo jets, and from passing notes during class to texting. But, there is more to evolution than what is changing around us. It goes deeper to what is changing inside of us.
What is evolving within our psyche? How are we adapting to the change? As a species we are powerful.
As the dominant species on the earth, it is our responsibility to care for the earth. This needs to be one of the big stories of our time. We must focus on the emergent conscious unity across our species but also across the species under our domain. The story of our change needs to be one of love and creativity.
The world is in a collective evolution of collective consciousness.
Our human existence is so precariously balanced on the existence of all that is part of the world that whenever one thing gets out of sync, it has a domino effect that impacts existence on all levels of the planet.
Acid Rain! Is it a reflection of our bodies becoming too acidic which leads to illness?
The impact we have on the planet can be scientifically measured. The temperature and ph balance of the tiniest raindrop can bring on Red Tide that kills everything in our oceans.
It was my pleasure to interview Dr./Professor Bob Atkinson on my Kat Kanavos Video Podcast Show on New Earth TV to discuss and discover a whole new category of understanding evolution and how it impacts everything in our outside world and inner working of self. He described the pivotal moment in our collective evolution grounded in the deep understanding of life’s essential unity and our innate capacity to love.
During the show Professor Atkinson, an award-winning author and member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle and internationally recognized authority on life story interviewing, personal mythmaking and soul-making, talked about the necessary guidelines in his book The Story of Our Time for the shift in consciousness humanity needs to embrace if we are to survive and transform.
Dr. Atkinson’s VIDEO Podcast is posted at the bottom of the article for your viewing pleasure.
Professor Atkinson said, “We must make the transition from ‘the love of power to the power of love.” The Story of Our Time defines who we are; we are the storytelling species. Dr. Atkinson continues, “Our time is not just the present moment we are in right now, in which we may feel confusion and conflict; it is the eternal moment, in which the past, present, and future become one.” You can learn more about Dr. Professor Bob Atkinson here www.RobertAtkinson.net
Our love of storytelling began long ago around the campfires of ancient caveman and is still evidenced today on the walls of their caves. They were the story of their time, left for us in the future to live through vicariously. Are you ready to make the conscious shift and be part of the Story of Our Time?
Please enjoy WATCHING Dr. Robert Atkinson on the Kat Kanavos show:
About Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos: VIDEO Podcaster, three-time Breast Cancer Survivor, and Dream Expert seen on Dr. Oz, DOCTORS, NBC, & CBS. Her Divine Dreams diagnose her illness. Kat and Duke U Dr. Larry Burk co-wrote Dreams That Can Save Your Life. She’s a Syndicated Columnist, TV Producer/Host and award-winning Author/Lecturer who promotes patient advocacy and connecting with Divine-guidance through Dreams. “Don’t tell God how big your problems are. Tell your problems how big your God is.” Learn more @ www.KathleenOKeefeKanavos.com
When a loved one dies, it can leave us with such a strong longing to see them again, if only for a second, or just one-more-time. This longing for a visitation from them can be consuming. What if…we could connect with them again and spend some valuable time together? How often have you had a dream that made you sit up in bed and say, “Wow! That dream was awesome. It was just what I needed.”
Well, I had the best dream last night.
I had set my intention to see one of my best friends who died this time last year from a rare form of Leukemia. My intention was to have a dream visitation. We were tennis partners, our husbands played tennis together, and we vacationed in exotic places like the British West Indies Island of Anguilla between my cancer treatments. (Yes, I am a three-time breast cancer survivor whose dream diagnosed her illness missed by the medical community and the tests on which they relied.) She was there for me during all three of my breast cancer treatments and all that they encompassed.
When she died a piece of my heart died. The disbelief and grief that set in once I realized she was truly gone was physically tangible. It covered and suffocated me like a heavy wet blanket.
Months passed, and I realized I needed to see her again if only for a little while, to know where she was, and to see how she was doing.
So I set my dream intention before bed to see her in my dreams. Yeah, I was that desperate.
During a dream, she walked in and said, “Wanna get a drink?” We sat in a beautiful restaurant with a lovely classy bar, and I ordered a martini while we chatted… just like old times. But, when her martini came, it had sliced carrots and celery in the glass but no liquid. I asked her about this. “Oh I don’t drink anymore,” she said, “but I wanted to see you, too.” Dream or reality?
Setting our dream intention is easier than it sounds. You can even write your intention down on a piece of paper and place it under your pillow to “sleep on it.” This is taking the 5th dimension abstract concept of intention and turning it into a concrete reality in the form of words on paper.
Tonight set your dream intention and sweet dreams. How will you know if it was just a dream or reality in a dream? Validation. What was discussed in the dream that rings true to you? What happened or was said that was a piece to a puzzle?
The video podcast below takes you through the steps of creating your dream intention. Enjoy the show.
About Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos: VIDEO Podcaster, Radio Show Host, three-time Breast Cancer Survivor, and Dream Expert seen on Dr. Oz, DOCTORS, NBC, & CBS. Her Divine Dreams diagnose her illness. Kat and Duke U Dr. Larry Burk co-wrote Dreams That Can Save Your Life. She’s a Syndicated Columnist, TV Producer/Host and award-winning Author/Lecturer who promotes patient advocacy and connecting with Divine-guidance through Dreams. “Don’t tell God how big your problems are. Tell your problems how big your God is.” Learn more @ www.KathleenOKeefeKanavos.com
