How to Dream is a new podcast from Make A Way Media! And if you’ve followed Make A Way Media for any length of time, you already know what we stand for: hope, healing, and helping people move forward, especially when life feels heavy. We believe in stories that restore people and fill them with hope. Messages that help people breathe again. We also believe in building the kind of inner strength that helps you keep going even when the world seems so loud it is hard to still hear your own thoughts.
That’s exactly why our founder, Deedee Cummings, created a new podcast called How to Dream.
How to Dream is a hope-forward podcast for people who look fine on the outside but feel heavy on the inside. It’s for the person who has been carrying a lot. It’s for anyone who knows there has to be more than just surviving and getting through the week, but isn’t sure where to begin. And if you love what Make A Way Media does, you’re going to love this podcast because it’s an extension of the same mission, just delivered in a new way.
What is the How to Dream podcast?
How to Dream is a weekly podcast hosted by Deedee Cummings. Deedee is a therapist, author, and also the founder of Make A Way Media. Each episode is designed to help you:
- protect your hope when life feels heavy
- clear the mental fog and get real clarity
- stop shrinking your life to fit fear or other people’s expectations
- take one practical step toward your next chapter
This is not a typical motivational podcast that tries to hype you up and may leave you feeling like you have not done enough in a week. This is a calm place to land. A reset for your mind. And a steady voice when your nervous system feels tired , exhausted, and overwhelmed. A gentle weekly practice that reminds you: you are allowed to want more, and you are allowed to build it, one step at a time.
Why this podcast is connected to Make A Way Media
Make A Way Media has always been about more than books. It’s about what books can do. How stories can bring people back to themselves, help them feel less alone, and give them language for what they’ve been carrying. This podcast does the same thing, in audio form.
If you’ve ever read a Make A Way Media book and felt encouraged, grounded, inspired, or understood, How to Dream is that same energy in your headphones. It’s a place where hope becomes practical, clarity becomes possible, and your next step becomes something you can actually see.
Who should listen to How to Dream?
You’ll love this podcast if you:
- feel emotionally tired, overwhelmed, discouraged, or stuck
- struggle to imagine the future because life has been heavy
- want more peace, freedom, purpose, joy (and yes, money too) but feel guilty for wanting it
- get trapped in comparison and feel “behind”
- know you’ve outgrown the chapter you’re in and need the courage to ask, “What’s next?”
- want a calming, therapist-style voice that helps you breathe and think clearly again
Where can you listen?
You can find How to Dream on all major podcast platforms, including:
- Apple Podcasts
- Spotify
- YouTube
- and wherever you listen to podcasts
(Just search: How to Dream with Deedee Cummings.)
Where should you start?
Start with Episode 1: “When You Can’t Dream Yet (Start With Hope).”
It’s for the tired heart that can’t even picture the future right now. We begin with hope because hope is what makes dreaming possible.
From there, the season walks you through what so many of us need right now:
- permission to want more
- how to protect your hope
- how to stop calling fear “confusion”
- how to detox from comparison
- how to build the life that can actually hold your dream
- and how to put your dreams in motion with practical steps
Why this matters right now
Why this matters right nowSo many people are carrying stress that never fully settled after the pandemic. Many of us feel like our nervous systems have been running for years trying to keep up, trying to stay stable, trying to manage constant noise and pressure.
When you live like that, it gets hard to dream. It gets hard to imagine. It gets hard to feel excited about the future.
This podcast is my way of helping people come back to themselves one episode at a time. Not with pressure. With truth, hope, and a steady path forward.
Ready to listen?
If you love Make A Way Media’s mission… if you believe in hope, healing, emotional wellness, and dreams that change families then How to Dream is for you.
Search for the How to Dream Podcast with Deedee Cummings on your favorite platform, hit follow, and start with Episode 1 to start with hope!
And if this podcast supports you, share it with someone else you know who’s been carrying too much. We’re building a community of tired hearts who are ready to believe again.