1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,080 Hello, and good morning party people, Good morning God, love your energy. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Oh good. First and foremost, I gotta tell you, I'm a 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,560 dream freak. I study dreams. I'm constantly looking up reasons and purposes. 4 00:00:13,599 --> 00:00:16,239 And so when I found out about your book, I went, yes, 5 00:00:16,679 --> 00:00:21,160 finally there's an opportunity here for parents and kids to connect by way of sharing 6 00:00:21,199 --> 00:00:24,679 their dreams. Oh my gosh, I love this. I love that you 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,239 study dreams. I find it so fascinating about why we dream and what we 8 00:00:29,359 --> 00:00:33,759 dream and oh my god, I mean I've had some very very vivid dreams 9 00:00:33,759 --> 00:00:39,640 where I'm like that that actually happened. It's like it's crazy. Well, 10 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,759 what's really interesting about dreams? Especially when because I meditate while late late at 11 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,359 night, and so it puts me into a different state of dreaming where it's 12 00:00:47,359 --> 00:00:50,079 like, oh my god, this feels like it's real. And now it's 13 00:00:50,119 --> 00:00:53,000 like, okay, how do I grow from this? There's obviously something here 14 00:00:53,079 --> 00:00:57,039 I'm supposed to be learning, right, right, Oh my gosh, that's 15 00:00:57,079 --> 00:01:00,520 really yeah. You know, I'm bad at meditate, and I it's something 16 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,239 that I want to do more in my life. But I could totally see 17 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:10,359 why that meditative state brings you into a different dream cycle. Because I noticed 18 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:15,799 that when I'm on vacation and I'm like completely relaxed and I have, you 19 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,519 know, time to sleep and allow myself extra time to sleep, I have 20 00:01:21,359 --> 00:01:23,519 the best dreams ever. And a part of me is like, I wonder 21 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,640 if I always would have these dreams, if I could just live in this 22 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:32,640 state of relaxation. My meditation is that it's called Nidra. And when I 23 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,640 first started studying it, they were telling all the history of it and breaking 24 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,239 it down. I was going, why are they doing this? But when 25 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,280 you start understanding the steps of Nidra, all of a sudden, you're challenged 26 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:47,280 with meditation goes away because you're able to understand why it's happening. So, 27 00:01:47,439 --> 00:01:52,159 after I lost my husband, I was doing Nidra meditations with a guide and 28 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:56,879 I was doing hour long sessions and they were incredible. Yes, yeah, 29 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,560 yeah, And I did it for almost about like six months on a weekly 30 00:02:00,599 --> 00:02:05,120 basis, and it was it was really life changing. Yeah. So then 31 00:02:05,359 --> 00:02:07,319 to bring it to the level of the children, I wish my mother would 32 00:02:07,319 --> 00:02:09,879 have sat down and talk to me, because you know, as creative people, 33 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:15,080 you know, our minds have always been activated. Yeah, yeah, 34 00:02:15,159 --> 00:02:22,159 you know. I I try to. I try to take Elvis on a 35 00:02:22,199 --> 00:02:28,199 lot of adventures here on Earth. And so I think that when I started 36 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:34,479 doing this with him, I wanted him to obviously believe in dreaming because I 37 00:02:34,479 --> 00:02:37,599 love dreaming so much. I love dreaming about what I can do, and 38 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:42,680 I love the idea of actually just dreaming. And then I just also love 39 00:02:43,039 --> 00:02:46,520 like certain dreams I've had in my life, like I will never even forget. 40 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:51,039 And then the other layer too, It was that I wanted him to 41 00:02:51,319 --> 00:02:55,520 start creating this place that he could have with his dad, because he didn't 42 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,639 really have any memories with his dad on Earth. So I was trying to 43 00:02:59,719 --> 00:03:04,280 like think of ways that he could have memories with his dad in his dreams. 44 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,319 And I don't know, I just I find the whole like dreaming and 45 00:03:08,479 --> 00:03:15,400 connecting and adventuring like while you sleep, just so almost romantic that I don't 46 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,879 know, I just love the idea so much. When I was a kid, 47 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:22,199 I would run home from Ponderosa Elementary School and go to bed because I 48 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,000 wanted to dream, because there's just something about letting yourself go. Okay, 49 00:03:25,039 --> 00:03:29,000 I've experienced real the realism of the world. Now, I just want to 50 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,599 dream. Yeah, I know, I love that. I really I love 51 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,599 that too. I know we got a dream more. Yeah. Now, 52 00:03:36,639 --> 00:03:38,960 the name of the book that we're talking about is tell Me Your Dreams. 53 00:03:38,039 --> 00:03:42,199 And it's so important because I would like to know what the little ones are 54 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,159 dreaming these days because there's so much going on and I know they don't understand 55 00:03:46,199 --> 00:03:52,080 it. I know. You know, it's funny. I ask Elvis a 56 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,919 lot in the morning, you know, did you have any dreams? And 57 00:03:55,319 --> 00:04:00,479 he'll say he'll say yes or no. So it's really cute because when he 58 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,400 does say oh, usually just repeat like whatever I told him the night before 59 00:04:04,479 --> 00:04:09,879 about what he might dream. But I love that too. And then the 60 00:04:09,879 --> 00:04:12,560 other day he did tell me it's like I had a bad dream, and 61 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:15,519 I go, oh no, and it was about my brother uncle to. 62 00:04:15,879 --> 00:04:20,639 It was about Uncle Ton. I was, oh no. But I think 63 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:25,600 that I do love doing that with him, like asking him, because I 64 00:04:25,639 --> 00:04:30,040 think if we try to recount our dreams, and the more we like start 65 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:35,480 telling ourselves that we can, I think we have the ability to do it. 66 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:40,160 You know, it's just that we don't again take the time to tap 67 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,839 into what that is you know. Yeah, I'm fascinated with the cameo appearances 68 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:46,879 of the people that appear in dreams. And then to study that's it's all 69 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,959 the people that we've come in contact with wherever we are. We didn't have 70 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,279 to know their name or have a conversation, but but our mind is always 71 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:59,480 flushing those people out. Wow, that's really cool. That's really cool. 72 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,079 And and then and then to write about it with Elvis. Will you sit 73 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,879 down one day and say, Elvis, write me about your dream It's just 74 00:05:04,959 --> 00:05:08,720 we can you know, can activate the dreams of life of what do you 75 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,639 want to be as well as what is going through your through your mind while 76 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:15,120 you're sleeping. Yeah, I mean listen, I'm a big I'm a big 77 00:05:15,199 --> 00:05:21,279 dreamer. And I will always encourage Elvis too to go for his dreams, 78 00:05:21,319 --> 00:05:26,839 to dream about what he can do, and then also yeah, to talk 79 00:05:26,879 --> 00:05:30,920 about his dreams and what dreams he's had. Um. I think it's super 80 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:38,160 important to do that with our children and make sure that they know that the 81 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:44,560 world isn't all isn't all like that, you know, we can that we 82 00:05:44,639 --> 00:05:49,319 can be fantastic and that can go on. You know, you that you 83 00:05:49,319 --> 00:05:54,279 can do these things because I think it's it's it's hard we get stuck, 84 00:05:54,319 --> 00:05:57,639 you know, as adults, you start getting stuck in what you can do 85 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,800 and what you think you can do and what you can't do. And I 86 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,879 just don't want him to ever get challenged by that, you know what I 87 00:06:03,879 --> 00:06:06,759 mean? So I agree, Yeah, we're gonna we're gonna write about our 88 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,560 dreams. We're gonna talk about our dreams. We're gonna do all the things. 89 00:06:11,639 --> 00:06:14,680 One of the things I love the book cover because it involves flight. 90 00:06:14,879 --> 00:06:18,120 We all have flying dreams, but we also go through those sensations of falling. 91 00:06:18,399 --> 00:06:21,800 That to me is like whoa what you know? It really does affect 92 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:26,519 our emotions when we're in, you know, in that other place. Yeah. 93 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,279 Do have you ever researched what falling means in a dream? The only 94 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:32,560 thing that I've ever found out is is that it's all based on that something 95 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,079 in your life is failing you, and it serves as as a signal that, 96 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,680 look, you need to pay attention to what is going wrong and stop 97 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,800 ignoring it. Oh that's interesting, Okay, Yeah, I mean I could 98 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,040 totally see that. I like that. I don't I don't have falling dreams. 99 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:53,319 I have dreams where I'm like jumping and I'm like extended into air for 100 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,839 a very long time, which is like feels like I'm flying. So I 101 00:06:56,879 --> 00:07:02,160 love that. But yeah, I he loves airplanes and trash trucks and China 102 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,600 trains, so I wanted to make sure I incorporated them in this book and 103 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:10,199 story somehow. Well that's so cool because I grew up plane with Tonka trucks, 104 00:07:10,199 --> 00:07:13,319 and to this day when I see children playing with with things like that, 105 00:07:13,519 --> 00:07:15,160 it's like, yes, yes, that's where it all started, because 106 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,920 that's where I was able to, you know, develop characters out there because 107 00:07:17,959 --> 00:07:20,720 Jim was always the truck driver, and then you had Kevin over here that 108 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:25,920 did all the digging. Yep, yep, that's all of us. I 109 00:07:25,959 --> 00:07:30,319 mean, he he loves I mean trash truck Thursday Stale is a big day 110 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:35,000 in our house. And you know he loves watching trains, playing with trains, 111 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,800 and you know, any any kind of automobile, plane, trainer, 112 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,079 automobile he's loving. How's his storytelling? I mean, does he does he 113 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,000 have the Because I mean, you're you're so magical when it comes to sharing 114 00:07:45,079 --> 00:07:47,360 stories and to building stories. Are you starting to see that in him as 115 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,800 well. Yeah, I am. Actually he is really good about recounting a 116 00:07:51,879 --> 00:07:56,639 story. Um. And another thing that we do at night is I always 117 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,800 ask him, like, what was your favorite part of your day? And 118 00:08:00,199 --> 00:08:03,680 I love asking him that question because I really do. He takes a minute 119 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:09,680 and he like thinks about his whole day and then he recounts like that that 120 00:08:09,759 --> 00:08:13,959 favorite part of his day. It's really sweet and and you can see him 121 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,519 kind of like processing it, you know. I mean he's only three, 122 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:22,519 so it's it's amazing it's a child today, you know, because it was 123 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,959 Mark Mayren the other day that was talking on his podcast about how you know 124 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,920 his furthest back memory is maybe three or four years old. It's like what 125 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,080 happens between zero and three to where we don't grab onto it. But but 126 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:37,120 what you're doing with Elvis seems like something that he's going to hold onto forever. 127 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:43,039 Oh I hope. So I know, it's it's crazy that we don't 128 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:48,840 have those memories, right, And I wonder if it isn't because you know, 129 00:08:48,039 --> 00:08:54,759 people have told me that we as as children and babies babies, that 130 00:08:54,919 --> 00:08:58,720 we have this ability to kind of like believe in anything and see things, 131 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:03,120 and all of a sudden, there's like something in our brain that switches like 132 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,559 this is very like actually, I know I'm not sounding scientific, but there 133 00:09:05,639 --> 00:09:11,080 is actually like a scientific like something that switches off and then like reality sets 134 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:16,039 in at at that young age. And I wonder if that's why we don't 135 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,720 have any memories before that, but I hope so. I think that's what 136 00:09:20,759 --> 00:09:24,120 I do love about this book is that I realize this book is like a 137 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:30,879 little bit of a time capsule where we can always read this book and he'll 138 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:35,120 know that that's what our bedtime routine was when he was, you know, 139 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,399 starting at two years old. And I love that because I think as parents 140 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,720 we are constantly creating things for our children, but because life happens, and 141 00:09:43,799 --> 00:09:48,320 because we get busy, and because our children change so often, we forget 142 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,240 that we created things. And so I love that I have this now, 143 00:09:52,279 --> 00:09:58,720 like ingrained in stone in a book that is like I'll never forget that this 144 00:09:58,879 --> 00:10:01,960 was our bedtime routine and that we did together. You know, I love 145 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,039 it. You've got to come back to this show anytime in the future, 146 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:05,960 Amanda. You've got one heck of a story. And I know that this 147 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:11,120 is just the beginning of writing books for the for the little imaginations. There's 148 00:10:11,159 --> 00:10:13,519 just just so much in you that's going to be coming out. Thank you 149 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,399 so much. That's really sweet of you. I appreciate it. Will you 150 00:10:16,519 --> 00:10:20,120 be brilliant today? Okay, okay, you'd be brilliant today. Thank you 151 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,840 so much, thank you, thank you all right, bye bye