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Why Kids Can’t Sleep: Growing Up in the Digital Age

Posted by Ryan Hurd on May 15, 2012 | 3 Comments

It’s easy to be nonchalant about how nobody gets enough sleep these days, but the impact on our children is real. Most kids in the US and UK are overtired, and most teens are in a state of constant sleep deprivation. In fact, Generation Z (currently ages 14-19) are the least likely of all people to get an adequate amount of rest. Don’t blame the economy, the stress of school, or helicopter parenting. The real culprit may be the device you’re reading this article on.

Filed Under: Sleep Research

Renewing the Practice of Dream Divination

Posted by Katrina Dreamer on May 7, 2012 | 2 Comments

Dreams and divination exist in the same realm. There are elements of synchronicity, surprise, and mystery to both. They go together like apples and cinnamon.
And in many cultures dreams are the divination tools.

Book Review: Communing with the Gods by Charles Laughlin

Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 25, 2012 | 3 Comments

Whenever I have had a spare moment for the past three months, I’ve been sneaking peaks at Charles Laughlin’s new book Communing with the gods: Consciousness, culture and the dreaming brain. It’s a tome, over 500 pages long, and because of its girth I have approached the volume each time with some hesitancy… and a [...]

Video Chat about Lucid Immersion with Anne Hill of DreamTalk Radio

Posted by Ryan Hurd on April 19, 2012 | 8 Comments

Anne Hill from DreamTalk Radio just posted our talk about lucid dreaming on the youtubes. It’s a lively 20 minute discussion about my new book project Lucid Immersion Blueprint. Anne is a veteran in the dream studies community and an author herself of the book What to do when dreams go bad: a practical guide [...]

Dream Researchers Gather, Dance Funky Chicken

April 9, 2012 | 2 Comments

The 2012 conference for the International Association for the Study of Dreams is June 22-26, 2012 in Berkeley, CA. If you are ready to connect with a dynamic dream research community, here’s your chance. Keynotes this year includes cognitive scientist Tracey Kahan, psychologist Patricia Garfield, and Fred Alan Wolf, aka Dr. Quantum. Oh, and there’s [...]