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Dreaming with Caren Tiechman My guest today is Caren Tiechman who currently works for Living in the Green -- a set of adaptable, facilitated circle practices that provide a framework for discerning, designing, launching, and funding grassroots missional ministries.  https://www.facebook.com/livinginthegreen.sewanee She earned her certificate in Dream Work from Marin Institute for Projective Dream Work in Fairfield, CA: http://www.jeremytaylor.com/mipd/index.html She has a certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Haden Institute in Hendersonville, NC: http://www.hadeninstitute.com/. Caren is a mother of four sons, ages 18 to 23, whom she loves, adores, is astonished at, and enjoys immensely. Caren lived the traditional script for years. How do you reconcile living the script? Woke up a passion through serving in Antioch Joe March in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott -- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91245378 Women Mystics Theresa of Avila inward journey to come back out. Catherine of Siena: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=9 Clare of Assisi: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-davis-phd/a-love-letter-to-st-franc_b_2653317.html Feminine Energy – Understanding our own creative potential Story of the Hebrew Midwives – Exodus 1:15-21 Using dreams to know yourself – story of belt and gratitude Gifts from ancient women in your dreams. Our dreams are another world that is unseen – by remembering and talking about them we are paying attention and acknowledge that we want to be in relationship with it. Every remembered dream is a miracle. Ask myself – where was I before I was here? Why do we have so much shame associated with the female body? Modern day flappers for me is not about having a socially fabulous life – but about demanding to define your own identity. There is enough room for all the women in the word! Let’s make more space. What does balance and partnership in our inside and outside lives? How do you see God in your life?