Embracing the Shadow—Charlie Morley on Lucid Dreaming as Therapy

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🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On the Mad in America podcast today, we hear about the potential of lucid dreaming therapy to aid those struggling with post-traumatic stress. Our guest is Charlie Morley, a lucid dreaming teacher and bestselling author who helps people wake up in their dreams and harness the power of sleep for psychological growth.

Charlie became a Buddhist at the age of 19 and has been lucid dreaming for over 20 years. In 2018, he was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to research PTSD treatment in military veterans and continues to teach workshops for people with trauma-affected sleep. These teachings form the core of his latest book Wake Up to Sleep.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Madden America podcast, your source for science, psychiatry and social justice.
0:12.1	Our podcasts are made possible in part by a grant from the Thomas Job Fund.
0:20.0	Hello, this is James and welcome to the podcast.
0:23.6	And today we hear about the potential of lucid dreaming therapy to aid those struggling
0:28.6	with post-traumatic stress.
0:31.0	Our guest is Charlie Morley.
0:33.3	Charlie is a lucid dreaming teacher and best-selling author who helps people wake up in their dreams
0:38.8	and harness the power of sleep for psychological growth. Charlie formerly became a Buddhist
0:44.2	at the age of 19 and has been lucid dreaming for over 20 years. In 2018, he was awarded a Winston
0:51.4	Churchill Fellowship to research PTSD treatment in military veterans
0:55.5	and continues to teach workshops for people with trauma-affected sleep.
1:00.7	These teachings form the core of his latest book, Wake Up to Sleep.
1:04.9	But before we hear from Charlie, I just wanted to mention how you can support our work.
1:09.9	Mad in America is a non-profit, and we've
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1:19.2	our mission to rethink psychiatry in the US and around the world. To help support our work,
1:25.0	please visit maddenamerica.com forward slash donate.
1:29.4	Thank you for your support and now onto the podcast.
1:33.3	Charlie, welcome.
1:34.5	Thank you so much for joining me today for the Madden America podcast.
1:37.9	I'm really thrilled to have you on.
1:39.8	Thank you.
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