Hooray! It’s my 200th episode and my time to thank all of you who have been with me on this journey. It’s befitting that this episode is all about my favorite subject—dreams—and featuring the internationally known expert who made it all posssible for me.
Dr. Kelly Sullivan Walden has dedicated over 30 years to helping others understand their dreams and take action on them to live their lives with greater purpose and passion. And as she’s quick to explain, most people don’t come to her with their dreams of fairies and candy; they seek help in coming to grips with the scariest of dreams, their nightmares. Over the years, Kelly has perfected her way of getting to the bottom of nightmares and transforming them into messages of hope and transformation. She’s here now to tell us:
•Why we should never fear our nightmares
•How she transformed herself by learning the message of her nightmares
•Her 5-step formula for understanding “normal dreams”
•Her 4-step formula turning scary dreams into magic
•A sneak peek into the wisdom inside her upcoming book A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Kelly has been my mentor and a powerful influence over how I’ve been able to use dreams to grow myself in this past decade from a painfully shy introvert into an influenctial catalyst for bringing positive wisdom to you through these podcasts. This is an episode you won’t want to miss!
Kelly Sullivan Walden is on a mission to awaken the world to the power of dreams. A dream enthusiast of both the sleeping and waking kind, people often refer to her as “Doctor Dream.” But please don’t believe the rumors that say she’s the love (grand)child of Carl Jung and Lucille Ball. It’s preposterous!

Beyond the rumors, as a “dream expert” she’s had the honor of interpreting dreams for Doctor Oz, Ricki Lake, George Noory (Coast to Coast and Beyond Belief), the hosts from The Real, Logan Paul, Stassi Schroeder (Vanderpump Rules), Topher Grace, the Housewives of NY and the O.C. and many more. She recently earned her doctoral degree in interfaith ministerial studies, and she’s the bestselling author of seven books, two journals, four oracle decks, and two apps. Her books include, I Had the Strangest Dream, It’s All in Your Dreams, Dreaming Heaven, Dream Oracle Cards, The Love, Sex & Relationship Dream Dictionary, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and Premonitions, and Dreams and the Unexplainable, and Luminous Humanness.
Her newest book, A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste: The Art of Transforming the Tragic into Magic comes out January 17th, 2023 with Beyond Words Publishing.
When asked why she writes so many books, she responds borrowing the words of Jules Renard saying, “Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.”
Apparently, she has a lot to say. In fact, as a kid her family pasted a photo of her in their Webster’s dictionary next to: loquacious: an adjective for tending to talk a great deal; talkative.
Talkative, though she may be, she’s not normally the type to drone on about her woe-is-me stories, which is why, in all her previous books, she’s written from a place of authority, as a dream expert. She’s proud of those books, don’t get her wrong. It’s just that, she’s recently discovered people seem to get more value when she reveals her “tragic to magic” stories than when she just skips to the “magic.”
The collection of 30 true stories in her latest book A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste feature some measure of crisis—shining a light on her flaws, insecurities, and most embarrassing naive moments. From a hot-air balloon crash in a wildlife refuge to a near-death experience on the eve of her fortieth birthday.

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