Episode 052: Charlie Morley
What if you could change your life while you’re asleep?
In this episode of Project Possible, I’m joined by Charlie Morley, one of the world’s leading experts in lucid dreaming.
Charlie works with CEOs, elite athletes, military veterans and trauma survivors, using a skill most of us already have… but forgot how to use.
Lucid dreaming is the ability to realise you’re dreaming while the dream is happening. And according to decades of scientific research, it’s a powerful tool.
We talk about:
How lucid dreaming has been scientifically proven since the 1970s
The groundbreaking studies showing dramatic reductions in PTSD in just one week
Why trauma, nightmares and intrusive thoughts are the mind trying to protect us
How athletes use lucid dreams to improve performance while asleep
The surprising overlap between lucid dreaming, therapy and psychedelics
Why lucid dreaming may be a gentler, safer alternative for mental health work
And how anyone can learn it
We also get into creativity, fear, grief, intrusive thoughts, and the uncomfortable truth that most of us are using only a fraction of our mental capacity.
This is a conversation about what’s truly possible when you stop trying to escape the mind - and learn how to work with it.
Visit charliemorley.com to find out more about Charlie, his work and his books.
