Pacific Grove, CA

A Life Dedicated To The Dream Kathleen Sullivan, 83, died peacefully in the early hours of May 2nd at her home in Pacific Grove, California.

Kathleen was born to John Jerome Sullivan and Beatrice Sullivan (Née Allen) on November 3rd, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan.

Kathleen received a degree in Education and Psychology from San Francisco State University in 1964 and trained from 1970 to 1972 in transactional analysis. She taught public school on the Monterey Penninsula for over two decades, from 1964 to 1988.

She is the author of 2 books, Recurring Dreams: A Journey to Wholeness, and Recurring Symbols and Serial Dreams: 12 Case Studies, and for 12 years was the host of the radio show Dreams, Another Way Of Knowing on KAZU.

Kathleen was compelled into dreamwork after a powerful and terrifying dream she had in 1980 of an eagle trapped in a spider web. She immediately began the inner work of processing this dream, and ayear later, she began working with other individuals and groups.

After 7 years of teaching with dreamwork on the side, in 1988, she quit her teaching position to dedicate her life to the dream full time through her groups and dream clients. That work continued until 2024.

She is survived not by family, but by countless students and friends whose lives were profoundly shaped by her guidance and companionship. She always stopped for children, dogs, and horses.

Kathleen will be honored in a memorial service conducted on June 29th from 1to4pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula, The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula, 490 Aguajito Road, Carmel, CA 93923 Instead of flowers, please send donations to The American Indian College Fund, 8333 Greenwood Blvd, Denver, CO 80221, or to her church affiliation.