Today we’d like to introduce you to Bambi Corso-Steinmeyer.
Hi Bambi, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I have spent most of my adult life in pursuit of the spiritual, the mystical, the magical, and the mysterious. I’ve known from a young age there is a deeper soul reality to life and it beckoned to me. I ultimately found it by tracking and paying attention to my dreams.
I was fifteen years old when I first started journaling my dreams. Fascinated, I immersed myself in the study of dreams and spirituality. Dreams are an internal guidance system, one we are all born with. It is essential that we write them down; otherwise, we have no idea what we might be missing. I have seen firsthand that paying attention to dreams can transform lives.
After years of journaling thousands of dreams (over 8,000), I became adept at recognizing patterns and synchronicities between my dreaming and waking life, which has guided me in every area of my life; mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Ultimately, I became a certified dreamworker, studying under Stephen Aizenstat Ph.D. and others. I also became a Law of Attraction certified coach so that I could integrate this Universal Law with my dreamwork.
In 2021, I published DreamTracking: Track Your Dreams and Transform Your Life, the idea for which came to me in a dream. My passion is to inspire and empower others to connect with themselves and the world around them through dreamwork. I provide dreamwork coaching for individuals and groups. I also provide presentations for companies and organizations.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Like life itself, it hasn’t been a smooth road. People tend to be curious about dreams, but because they are difficult to understand, they are often viewed as insignificant. That is until they work a dream and realize the wisdom and insights that dreamwork provides. As a culture, we haven’t been taught the importance of working with our dreams. Yet they have been integral in some ancient and indigenous cultures where dreams are respected and revered. We have quite a ways to go, but people are waking up to the reality of dreamwork as a tool for personal growth and an ongoing source of creativity and guidance.
As to a more personal struggle, I am an introvert by nature, and public speaking has always been a challenge for me. However, in this line of work, interviews, podcasts, presentations, etc., all come with the job, so I had no choice but to improve my public speaking. Fortunately, I was inspired by a dream early on to enroll in Toastmasters where I spent two years overcoming my fear of public speaking and honing my presentation skills. I had to really push myself out of my comfort zone to do this, but it was well worth the effort, as I have become a much better public speaker.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
In my book, I teach people how to track their dreams and get to know their individual imagery because dream images are very personal to the dreamer. This is not the same as dream interpretation, which generally assigns a particular meaning to a dream. Instead, I like to keep the field of dreams open and fluid because we tend to view dreams as individual, past events when, in fact, they are constantly evolving like relationships. I focus my work on looking for patterns and sequences in dreams over time while examining similar, repetitious and changing imagery and emotions.
Another thing that sets me apart is a principle I describe in my book called “Honor the Dream,” meaning to take an action step on behalf of a dream. The idea is to bring something from the dream into our waking reality or to follow a prompt from the dream. It can be anything, as simple as making a collage of dream images to creating a piece of art or poetry. It might even be to follow your intuition and make a doctor’s appointment based on something that the dream brought to your attention. Sometimes, to honor a dream can take an unexpected turn, like it did for me.
Many years ago, I began dreaming of owls. I then started finding owl feathers in waking life and got curious—why was I dreaming of owls? I have found that dreaming of animals awakens a stronger sense of compassion, and this inspired me to learn about them, their behaviors, habitat, mating and so forth. I became so intrigued that my husband and I put up a Barn Owl box which was inhabited the first year. In 2020, I started a Nextdoor group called “Thousand Oaks Owl Box Enthusiasts” to share helpful information, photos and tips. This has turned into a community of over 550 people who care about owls and raptors, many of which have also placed owl boxes on their properties throughout the Conejo Valley. I also learned that the owl population (and many other animals) is diminishing due to rodent poisons which move up the food chain. Learning this deeply saddened me and contributed to my co-founding “Poison Free Conejo Valley” (poisonfreeconejovalley.com), a grassroots nonprofit project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs—the goal to educate the community about the harmful effects of rodent poisons on our wildlife, pets and children.
When we trust our dreams and follow their lead, they can direct our lives in unimaginable ways.
Do you have any advice for those looking to network or find a mentor?
I looked for people and organizations who were already involved in what I wanted to do. In the dream community, there is an organization called the “International Association for the Study of Dreams” (asdreams.org). By attending my first conference, I instantly had direct access to renowned authors, researchers, analysts and others who worked in the dream field. Many of these people became my mentors, and some wrote testimonials for my book, which was the thrill of a lifetime for me.
I believe it is crucial to surround yourself with authentic, true friends and mentors who love and support you—people who expand your world, not contract it—who increase your life force, not deplete it—who are optimists, not pessimists. In my life, this was not always the case, and making better choices in who I surround myself with has made all the difference.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.bambicorso.com
- Instagram: @dreamtracking
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DreamTracking
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dreamtracking
