Conflict is no longer something happening “out there.” It shows up in our conversations, our communities, and often within ourselves—shaping what feels possible and what feels stuck. In a time of rapid change and deepening division, many of us find ourselves caught inside stories that narrow imagination and limit our capacity to respond. The key to surviving and thriving in this moment means learning to negotiate change and transform the conflict rising around us. 

Dreams speak the language of symbol and metaphor. They reflect our inborn creativity and can help us access the deeper truths and insights that lie beyond the purely rational mind. At a moment when much of the world seems to defy logic, dreamwork can be a powerful tool for navigating uncertainty.

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Peace Work as Dream Workᵀᴹ uses projective group dreamwork to explore conflict—from interpersonal to international—as a waking dream. In waking life, we often accept limits we would never accept in dreams. By approaching conflict as a waking dream, we can loosen those constraints, widen the imagination, and discover new ways forward.  

This practice explores a different way of meeting conflict—one grounded in curiosity—and supports a creative relationship to conflict that can be lived and applied across the many domains of our lives. 

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The approach was born out of 20+ years working in international diplomacy and with Jungian-based modalities (archetypes and dreamwork). Peace Work as Dream Workᵀᴹ is at the same time grounded in conflict resolution theory and intensely practical. The material was forged in the fire of managing conflict inside and outside of government.

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Aimee Breslow is a Certified Dream Work Facilitator with the Marin Institute for Projective Dream Work, and an Affiliated Scholar at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, at the University of San Diego.  Her research explores conflict transformation at the intersection of politics, psychology, and spirit.