This episode is a chat with Laurelann Porter that focused on personal story and dreams. Laurelann Porter is a creative and intuitive healing artist. She works with shamanic energy medicine, dreams, and creative practices. She first heard the call to shamanism over 20 years ago when she read the book Shaman, Healer, Sage, by Alberto Villoldo.  At the time she refused the call because she didn’t see it as a possibility. But a mental and physical health crisis in 2020 led her back to The Four Winds Society, where she trained as a shaman and underwent the deep healing of the medicine wheel. Her unique approach to energy medicine includes what she learned with the Four Winds but also includes the deep reflexive practices of critical autoethnography; creative writing for personal transformation; singing and sound healing; and working with the symbolism of dreams and the tarot. She is committed to helping other people dig deeply to help get them unstuck, advocate for their well-being, and pave the way for them to live their most authentic and creative lives.