Bonnie Buckner is the Founder and CEO of the International Institute for Dreaming and Imagery®. With over two decades of experience in the field, she specializes in using ancient dreamwork methods alongside modern neuroscience and psychology to support self-development. Her work centers on coaching, leadership, creativity, and youth empowerment. She also serves as Co-Director of the eCo Leadership Coaching Certification program at George Washington University. Bonnie is a lifelong dreamer and a passionate advocate for connecting with one’s inner truth.
Tell us about your life before the venture/leading up to your venture?
I have a varied background that includes over fifteen years in academia, as well as a current role as Co-Director of the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership’s eCo Leadership Coaching Certification program. Prior to this, in my very early career, I was co-founder of a media/political research firm, active in multiple community betterment projects in conjunction with various LA political partners, and have also worked in media.
Tell us something about your organization. What is it about and how is it helpful for people?
The International Institute for Dreaming and Imagery® works with dreaming and imagery as tools for transformation through leadership, creativity, and personal development through coaching; rekindling a connection to Self and Source; and for finding solutions to social and global challenges.
We apply the dreamwork and imagery tools in four areas of work: Leadership, Creativity, Personal Development, and in working with Young Dreamers.
Our classes help to develop qualities such as: intuition and flexibility around change and challenge; enhanced ability to listen, notice, and identify patterns; and the ability to find necessities, identify the conflicts underlying them, and know how to bring about their resolutions.
Dreams return you to your inner dialogue. In this inner space you engage with your true questions, and find what you really want to say to the world, and how to best express it.
Our work is based on our approach that you have in you, already, all the tools you need to solve your own problems and to discover what is right for you, in your life, today. This deep inner truth is found by looking inside, through both night dreams and your inner imagery.
What has been the response of the consumers towards your venture?
We have a large group of international students, and work with partnerships throughout Europe and in the US.
How has your life changed because of your venture?
I have been a dreamer for all my life, and the Institute itself came from a dream. I know that dreams are a way for accessing our deepest self and bringing it forward into the world. Each time we do that, we grow and develop in the most unexpected ways!
What are you working on right now?
I have a book coming out in June 2025 on dreaming.
Give a motivational message for the audience/women who are reading this.
Everyone dreams, even if you don’t (yet!) remember your dreams. If you get a dream journal and begin to write your dreams, you will find you will remember your dreams. As you write your dreams in the morning, stay in the sleepy space of not quite getting up and listen to what is resonating in you. Write it down and see what you discover about yourself!
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Website: https://institutefordreamingandimagery.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-institute-for-dreaming-and-imagery
Instagram: @dreamwithiidi
