Jen Sonstein Maidenberg

In June of 2021 I committed a very bold act for me: I started speaking publicly about my dreams and dream research. I had already begun writing publicly about dreams, memory, and time a few years prior; mainly on Medium. But in the summer of 2021, something inside me urged me to also speak about dreams, even though at the time, I still had some insecurity about my own authority to do so. My research up until that point had been very independent and self-directed. Inside I knew it was time to share my theories with others, but I was also afraid of what all those around me –especially my former professional colleagues in the worlds of marketing and technology–  might think about my unconventional theories on dreaming, precognition, and time travel.

Nonetheless, “Dreaming Out Loud” on Patreon was born. It continues to be a bold act for me, to speak out loud about my dreams and my evolution as both a dreamer and a dreamwork practitioner. As comfortable as I feel behind a computer screen, typing out words, forming what I hope is lyrical, but useful prose, I feel awkward and shy when speaking without a carefully prepared speech or presentation, to an unknown audience of listeners. Recording and sharing “Dreaming Out Loud” episodes on Patreon, therefore, has been a practice that deeply challenges me. Not unlike my dreamwork practice. 

Speaking publicly — unscripted and unedited — about my dreamwork and dream research invites me to experience that which is very much outside my comfort zone, that which is unfamiliar to my sense of who I am and who I am not. It’s a very vulnerable act for me, for sure. And as with sharing my most vulnerable dreams with my dreamwork practitioner, publishing these “audio chats”  on Patreon (and leaving them up on the internet long after I may agree with what I once said out loud) has proven to be frightening at times. 

I can’t say that I’ve become the most confident or skilled public speaker as a result of recording these, but I’ve learned how good it feels to drop in and be present with an imagined audience of engaged listeners who share my interest in and passion for dreams, memory, and time. I’ve also learned how to be softer with my past and present selves; to forgive myself for not speaking as clearly or as articulately as I wish I had or for claiming a thought or feeling in the moment I later regret or change.

Why do I publish these on Patreon and not on YouTube or a podcast platform? Patreon is a platform that invites people to support and subscribe to researchers, artists, writers, content creators, and others who produce art, music, information, or entertainment content. Some of us are writers. Some of us are musicians or artists. Some of us are educators or spiritual teachers or astrologers or comedians. Patreon gives individuals a way to financially back our work. This can be for a month, a year, or indefinitely. The idea is that patrons support the person or the project, and don’t require a product or service in return as a condition for that financial support. As a researcher and a writer, this patronage has directly contributed to my ability to put time and energy toward research, creating new content, and getting certified as a Natural Dreamwork practitioner. I am so very grateful to my Patreon subscribers for believing in me and this.

My Patreon subscribers receive updates from me and access to all the back episodes of Dreaming Out Loud. Each month I record and release a new episode that’s always available to the general public for free for one month after release. A few of the back episodes are public, too, on YouTube. 

I can’t believe it, but this month, I will be recording and releasing my 37th episode of “Dreaming Out Loud!” 

Below is a list of the 36 episode titles so you can get a taste for the types of topics I have dipped into and like to discuss. Each episode is unscripted and unedited, as I mentioned above. I start off with a topic I have in mind, and then I just talk to you as if you were a close friend who is as obsessed with dreams, memory, and time as I am.

Maybe one of these audio chats is on the topic that attracted you to this web site or work. If so, check it out on Patreon.

Dreaming Out Loud September 2024: “Scary Nighttime Experiences and Paranormal Encounters in the Dark”

Dreaming Out Loud July 2024: “Dreams As Role-Playing Games”

Dreaming Out Loud May 2024: “Dreams as Evidence of Our Longing for the Divine”

Dreaming Out Loud April 2024: “Why We Want to Tell Others Our Dreams”

Dreaming Out Loud February 2024: “Are Some Dreams Messages From Your Future Self?”

Dreaming Out Loud January 2024: “Dreamwork as Embodiment Practice”

Dreaming Out Loud December 2023: “Can You Win the Lottery With Psychic Dreams?”

Dreaming Out Loud November 2023: “Dreams As Something to Look Forward To”

Dreaming Out Loud October 2023: “Dreamwork in and for Times of Crisis”

Dreaming Out Loud September 2023: “Dreaming Gives Us More Time”

Dreaming Out Loud August 2023: “Dreams of Being ‘Me’ But ‘Not Me'”

Dreaming Out Loud July 2023: “What to Do With Dreams You Remember, But Can’t Describe”

Dreaming Out Loud June 2023: “Kabbalah and Dreamwork: Is There Overlap?”

Dreaming Out Loud May 2023: “An Elimination Diet for Your Dreams”

Dreaming Out Loud April 2023: “Strange Dreams as Practice for Strange Times”

Dreaming Out Loud March 2023: “Remember Your Dreams? Why Bother?”

Dreaming Out Loud February 2023: “Healing Practices for Time Travel Through Song”

Dreaming Out Loud January 2023: “Dreams, Synchronicity, & Communicating with the Beyond”

Dreaming Out Loud December 2022: “Music as Portal to Joy, Pain, Heart Opening, & Healing”

Dreaming Out Loud November 2022: “Images of the Impossible in Dreams”

Dreaming Out Loud October 2022: “When Words Can’t Capture or Convey the Dream”

Dreaming Out Loud August 2022: “Dreamwork as a Wellspring for Art & Inspiration”

Dreaming Out Loud July 2022: “How Do I Know I’m Awake? (And Other Unsolved Mysteries)”

Dreaming Out Loud June 2022: “Are Dreams a Primer for Telepathy? A Radio Stationed Outside of Time?”

Dreaming Out Loud May 2022: “Music and Love: Is There a Link?”

Dreaming Out Loud April 2022: “Time Travel in Dreams: Can We Change the Future? Should We?”

Dreaming Out Loud March 2022: “Do Dreams Matter? Are They Even Real?”

Dreaming Out Loud February 2022: “Dissolving Regrets, Parallel Lives, & Mental Time Travel”

Dreaming Out Loud January 2022: “Reincarnation, and the Healing Benefits of Forgetting”

Dreaming Out Loud December 2021: “Can Synchronicity Be Intentionally Used for Healing?”

Dreaming Out Loud November 2021: “Do the Events of Our Lives Repeat? Does Time?”

Dreaming Out Loud October 2021: “Are psychic dreams a thing?”

Dreaming Out Loud September 2021: “I dreamed I was in love with … ?!?”

Dreaming Out Loud August 2021: “Does watching old videos change the way we experience time?”

Dreaming Out Loud July 2021: “The spiritual significance of … ear worms?”

Dreaming Out Loud June 2021: “What is real? Sensory perception and dreams”