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Exclusive Interview with Niaby Codd:
- Your journey from the high-pressure world of stockbroking to becoming a spiritual teacher and dream weaver is deeply transformative. What was the defining moment that shifted your path so profoundly?
The defining moment was not one single event so much as reaching a point at which I could no longer continue living in the way that I had been. Years of chronic ill health and burnout brought me to a complete breaking point and forced me to step away from my career as a stockbroker in London and Hong Kong. What initially felt like a curse soon became the greatest gift, because it brought everything to the surface and left me with no choice but to face myself more honestly.
What followed was a collapse of identity. The life that I had built, and the version of myself that I had been living from, could no longer hold. As painful as that was, it became the beginning of something much deeper. By moving through trauma, conditioning and the mask that had kept me disconnected from myself, I came into a very different understanding of truth, healing and human behaviour.
That was the real turning point, not simply walking away from finance, but being brought into a complete reorientation of who I was and what I was here to do.
From there, the path unfolded through healing, surrender and remembrance. What emerged was not simply a new direction, but a return to the truth of who I was beneath everything that had been layered on top. That is what changed my path so profoundly and what ultimately led me to devote my life to supporting awakening and transformation in others.
- You’ve spoken about experiencing chronic ill health and burnout before your awakening. How did that period of darkness become the catalyst for your spiritual rebirth?
That period of darkness became the catalyst because it brought me to a place where everything that had been built on conditioning could no longer hold. The chronic ill health and burnout forced me to stop, and in doing so brought me face to face not only with deep trauma, but with layers of societal conditioning and a collapse of identity. The version of myself that had been shaped by the world, by expectation and by survival, began to fall away.
I believe that ill health can be a catalyst for awakening and change, because people often have to get sick before they are prepared to make significant changes to the way they are living. Many people have hit rock bottom before they are ready to surrender what is no longer working. Yet it is often through that very collapse that we are able to rebuild from a place of truth.
That is why I see that time not simply as a period of darkness, but as the beginning of my spiritual rebirth. It was the point at which what was false began to fall away, making space for truth, healing and a life rooted in meaning, purpose and awakening.
- The concept of “Dream Weaving” is both ancient and intriguing. How would you describe this practice to someone encountering it for the first time?
Dream Weaving is an ancient and sacred healing art practised by shamans, mystics and spiritual healers across cultures and timelines. It is a remembering of how to consciously connect within the dream state, beyond the limitations of the physical world. By weaving between realms, we can access the landscapes of the subconscious, where healing and transformation occur.
As a Dream Weaver of the highest order, I work with integrity and elevated states of consciousness to shift and heal the energetic imprints that shape both a person’s inner experience and the way that they show up in the world. This work brings clarity, alignment and profound transformation, restoring connection to their own mastery and truth.
As my clients sleep, I enter the dream realm through these higher dimensions, weaving new threads into the subconscious and planting seeds of awareness free from the conditioning of the waking mind. With the ego at rest, deep trauma can be accessed, released and re-woven, restoring alignment and returning people to the truth of who they came here to be.
- As someone who works within both the psychological and spiritual realms, how do you balance intuition with grounded, evidence-based healing approaches?
Intuition sits at the forefront of my work. It is the primary way that I read what is happening beneath the surface, recognise blocks, and understand what is needed to help a client move through them. That intuitive ability was developed and refined over a ten-year period, and it is what leads my sessions and conversations.
My understanding of human psychology is also deeply intuitive. I can often sense the underlying pattern, wound or conditioning before it is consciously visible, which allows me to work with what is really present rather than only what appears on the surface.
Alongside that intuitive foundation, I have undertaken training across a range of disciplines, including neuroscience coaching, addiction psychology and trauma-informed coaching. These give me a wider body of knowledge and a range of supporting tools to draw from where helpful.
The practical modalities support that intuitive process rather than lead it. I do not work from a fixed formula, as each person is different. My intuition shows me which of these tools, if any, are right for the person in front of me, which means every session is different and each client receives what is specifically needed for them in that moment.
- You describe yourself as a “bridge between worlds.” What does that responsibility mean to you in your day-to-day work with clients?
To be a bridge between worlds means that I stand with one foot in this world and one in the other, able to perceive beyond the visible whilst remaining grounded in human reality. That way of seeing shapes everything, not only my client work, but how I understand people, transformation and the deeper truths moving beneath ordinary life.
In practice, it means being able to blend spiritual guidance with psychological understanding, so that what is received intuitively can be translated into something that can be understood, integrated and lived.
I am also a visionary in the spiritual sense of the word, which means I have the capacity to see beyond this world. I can often perceive the truth of what is, whilst also holding a clear sense of what could and should be, which makes me both an idealist and a realist. In client work, that means I can often see what is really happening beneath the surface, whilst also recognising the deeper possibility for healing, alignment and a return to the truth of who they are.
That capacity to see carries a great responsibility. It is not enough simply to see something clearly. I also have to know when it is right to share what I see, and when it is wiser to hold it back. If truth is given before someone is ready to receive it, it can overwhelm rather than help. A great deal depends on timing, readiness and the care with which something is shared. So a large part of that responsibility is intuitive discernment, knowing what needs to be said, what needs to wait, and how to guide someone in a way that supports healing rather than forcing it before the person is ready.
- Your work emphasizes healing at the subconscious level through the dream state. Why do you believe this level of healing is often overlooked in traditional self-development practices?
I think this level of healing has often been overlooked because it is deep work, and deep work requires readiness. Many people have not been ready to go into those deeper layers of themselves, particularly when it means meeting the shadow, the subconscious patterns and the emotional imprints that sit beneath the surface. Tools such as mindset work, affirmations and other more conscious practices can be a valuable starting point, as they begin to open awareness and prepare people for deeper transformation. But they are often only the beginning.
For a long time, many self-development approaches, including popular interpretations of the law of attraction, have encouraged people to stay positive, focus on what they want and avoid going into the darker or more uncomfortable aspects of themselves. The problem is that what remains unexamined does not disappear. It continues to operate beneath the surface. When deeper wounds, fears and inherited conditioning are left untouched, change can appear to happen for a while, but it often remains fragile. We can create what feels like progress, but without deeper integration it can become what I describe as a false positive vibration, something temporarily reached rather than truly embodied.
It is by going into the shadow that we are able to shine light on what actually needs to be healed. That is where real transformation begins. We are now in a wider shift where more people are becoming ready for that. What may once have felt too confronting or too far below the surface is now becoming part of a larger collective readiness to go deeper, to heal at the root, and to move beyond surface change into something much more real and lasting.
- Having walked your own path through trauma, addiction, and identity collapse, how has your personal healing journey shaped the way you guide others today?
My personal healing journey has deeply informed the way that I guide others, because my understanding of transformation is rooted in lived experience. I only began guiding others after mastering my own journey through ascension, trauma and addiction. I believe that real guidance requires us to have first done the work within ourselves, so that we can support others from embodied understanding rather than theory.
That lived experience has given me a much deeper understanding of how pain, conditioning and coping mechanisms become woven into identity. It has also taught me that healing cannot be rushed, forced or performed. It has its own timing, its own intelligence and its own unfolding, and that has made me more attuned to what someone is ready to receive and integrate.
It has also shaped the way I hold people. Having had to move through my own darkness, I can meet others in theirs without fear, judgement or the need to look away. I understand how disorientating it can be when the structures that once held a person’s sense of self begin to fall away, but I also know that this is often where the deepest truth begins to emerge. That lived experience allows me to hold a grounded, stable space for others as they navigate those same thresholds.
Perhaps most importantly, my own healing has taught me that transformation is only real when it is embodied. We can understand our wounds intellectually and still remain shaped by them. Real healing happens when those wounds are met, processed and integrated deeply enough that they no longer govern the way that we think, feel and respond. That is why the work that I do is rooted not only in awareness, but in helping people to return to their own inner authority, truth and self-mastery.
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- You mention that true transformation comes through embodiment, not just awareness. What does “embodied change” look like in real life for your clients?
Embodied change is when healing moves beyond intellectual understanding and becomes integrated into a person’s sense of self. Awareness is important, but awareness on its own does not necessarily change the deeper patterns. A person can recognise a wound, a belief or a cycle and still remain governed by it. Embodiment begins when that pattern has been worked through deeply enough that it no longer holds the same power.
Embodied change is reflected in the way that someone begins to move through life. Decisions are made from clarity rather than fear, situations are met with greater steadiness, and there is less self-abandonment in response to external expectations.
There is often greater self-trust, stronger boundaries, a more grounded relationship with their own voice, and a deeper capacity to remain aligned even when life is challenging.
For the leaders and influencers that I work with, embodied change also affects how they lead, influence and show up in the world. There is often a shift from performance to presence, from reactivity to self-awareness, and from external validation to inner authority. The shift is not performative. It is a change at the level of identity, which is why it becomes natural, lived and sustainable.
- As the director of The Spirit of Life Productions Ltd, how are you building a larger movement around consciousness and collective awakening?
The Spirit of Life is a spiritual education platform and consciousness-led brand, a unified ecosystem for awakening and alignment, created to support individuals in remembering who they truly are. Through books, articles, podcasts and music, it helps people to reconnect with their inner truth, dissolve conditioning and awaken higher levels of consciousness.
Alongside that wider body of work, I also work privately with only two clients at a time through The Dream Weaver Mentorship. This part of my work is intentionally intimate and focused, allowing for a level of support that makes transformation more meaningful, lasting and fully integrated.
Known as ‘the influencer behind the influencers’, I support leaders, influencers and high-visibility individuals to become the best possible version of themselves so that they naturally inspire others to do the same. In that way, transformation creates a ripple effect that extends far beyond the individual.
My long-term vision is to expand this work into a conscious community, including an orphanage and alternative education system, where children can remain connected to their identity, inner awareness, gifts and truth. So for me, building a movement is not about reaching the greatest number of people in the fastest possible way. It is about creating meaningful transformation through public work that awakens thought, intimate private work that supports embodiment, and a wider vision that helps to shape a more conscious way of living.
- You’ve been recognized with the Brainz 500 Global Award 2025. What does this recognition mean to you, especially given your unconventional path?
It means a great deal to me, but not primarily at a personal level. What feels most significant is that the kind of work I do is being recognised. We are living through a time of change, and I believe that consciousness and conscious thought leadership are beginning to be taken more seriously. For me, that matters more than personal recognition, because my work has always been about helping other people to reconnect with who they came here to be and to create meaningful change from that place.
The recognition is meaningful because it helps this message to travel further. It brings greater visibility to work that is rooted in consciousness, integrity and embodied transformation, and that visibility creates more opportunity for the work to reach the people it is here to serve. In that sense, I see it less as an award for me and more as support for the wider purpose behind what I do.
What also feels significant is that my voice is now being heard in a way that it was not for a long time. Growing up, my gifts, visions and insights were often misunderstood or dismissed because I was seeing things that others could not yet see or understand. That experience taught me to hold a great deal back. To now be recognised through awards and platforms of this kind feels meaningful not only because my voice is being received differently, but because it reflects a wider shift in the times. The kinds of gifts that were once overlooked or shut down are beginning to be recognised, supported and given space, and that feels deeply important.
- Your work references the Merlin lineage and ancient streams of wisdom. How do you translate such esoteric knowledge into practical, relatable transformation for modern individuals?
The Merlin lineage, of which I am a guardian of, is devoted to truth, healing and the restoration of balance, My role is to bring that into grounded, embodied practice rather than leaving it as something abstract or esoteric. That is why my work blends divine wisdom, practical insight and soul remembrance, so that what is received spiritually can be translated into something real, usable and transformative in everyday life.
That happens not only through client work, but also through the wider body of work that I create. Through books, articles, podcasts and music, I bring truth, wisdom and self-remembrance through modern forms that people can access in their own lives. In that sense, I am not simply preserving ancient knowledge, I am helping to translate it into language, formats and experiences that allow people to reconnect with themselves in the world as it is now.
A large part of that is bridging spiritual understanding with modern psychological awareness. I work with subconscious patterns, trauma, conditioning and human behaviour, so the guidance is not simply about insight, it is about helping people to understand what is shaping them beneath the surface and then supporting them to shift it in a way that can be integrated.
I meet people where they are. Rather than overwhelming them with concepts that feel out of reach, I bring clarity and understanding in a way that they can receive and integrate. From this place transformation becomes practical. When they are able to understand higher esoteric wisdom on a level that makes sense to them, they can start to live and embody that wisdom, reconnect with their inner authority and return to the truth of who they came here to be.
- In a world increasingly driven by fear, uncertainty, and external validation, how can individuals reconnect with their inner authority and truth?
I think much of the disconnection begins from an early age. Many of us are taught to move away from our natural gifts, passions and dreams in favour of what is considered practical, successful or socially acceptable. We are often encouraged to become who the world wants us to be, rather than who we truly are. Over time, that can disconnect us from ourselves at a very deep level. When our natural gifts and desires are not nurtured, it is easy to lose touch with the essence of who we are, and that often creates issues around self-worth, value and identity.
Reconnection begins by turning back towards what is true, rather than what has simply been inherited or imposed. One of the most important questions we can ask is: who did I want to be when I grew up? That question can reveal far more than people realise. Very often, it contains an early clue to our natural direction, even if it does not unfold in the most literal or conventional way. It can also help to ask what came naturally to us as children, what we were drawn to, what made us come alive, and what we were naturally good at before conditioning, responsibility, busyness and stress took over.
Our gifts, talents and dreams are not separate things. They are deeply connected. Our natural gifts and talents are often the very tools through which our deeper dreams are meant to be expressed. And are dreams ARE meant to be expressed. When we begin to remember them, honour them and follow them, we begin to find our way back to ourselves.
Intuition is also central to that process. We all have intuition, but for many people it has not been trained, trusted or listened to. Reconnecting with inner authority means creating enough space and clarity to hear that inner knowing again. Time in nature, silence, nervous system regulation and reducing the stress and toxicity that cloud the body and mind can all help us to come back into clearer relationship with ourselves and our intuition.
- As a mentor to leaders and influencers, what shifts do you believe are necessary for the next generation of conscious leadership?
I believe that the leaders of the future are visionaries and conscious thought leaders. They are not simply people with visibility or authority, they are people who have done the inner work to reconnect with the truth of who they are and who they came here to be. From that place, leadership becomes something much deeper than performance or position. It becomes an expression of truth, integrity and self-awareness.
For me, that is the real shift. It is a move away from leading in the way that people have been taught, conditioned or trained to lead, and a move towards leading in the way that they were born to lead.
When someone is aligned with the truth of who they are, they lead differently. Their decisions are clearer, their presence is stronger, and their influence carries a different quality because it is rooted in something real rather than constructed.
I also believe that influence carries responsibility, especially for those who shape culture, audiences and communities. The leaders of the future will need to embody the principles that they stand for. They will need to lead from conscious alignment rather than conditioning, and from depth rather than performance.
They will not lead by telling people what to do. They will inspire positive change by being the best possible version of themselves. They will lead by example and with integrity. When leaders become the best possible version of themselves they inspire others to do the same. That is how leadership begins to create meaningful and lasting impact, because true transformation creates a ripple effect.
- You are also an author and podcast host. How do storytelling and communication play a role in awakening consciousness on a global scale?
Storytelling and communication are central to the way that I share my work, because they allow truth and wisdom to reach people through forms that they can actually receive. Not everyone is going to encounter awakening through mentorship or spiritual practice. Sometimes it begins through a book, a poem, a conversation or a piece of music that speaks to something deeper within them and helps them to remember what they already know. That is why I create through the different mediums of books, articles, podcasts and music. Different forms open different doors, but all of them can support people in their journey of awakening.
For me, communication is not only about sharing information, it is about helping people to see more clearly and meeting them where they are, so that seeds of consciousness can be planted and nurtured.
My writing explores awakening, healing, self-empowerment and conscious living, whilst my podcast delves into the stories and systems that shape our lives, encouraging people to question inherited narratives and expand their thinking. In that way, communication becomes a vehicle for consciousness, because once people begin to see through illusion, they can start to reconnect with their own inner truth and authority.
That also extends into music. My second book, Humanity’s Deception, is a collection of conscious spoken-word poetry written to inspire awakening and deeper reflection. I am now adapting selected poems from the book into song form as part of two music albums that I am currently creating.
Music is a powerful form of storytelling because it does not only communicate through words, it moves through emotion, repetition and resonance. Lyrics can imprint themselves deeply upon the psyche, which is why the kind of music that we listen to matters. Part of my intention with this work is to bring more conscious messaging and narratives into that space, using music not only to express truth, but to help people to feel it too.
I see my wider body of work in the same way, as a modern expression of truth that can meet people in different ways and support a deeper return to self.
- Looking ahead, what is your vision for the “Great Awakening” you speak of, and what role do you hope to play in shaping this new paradigm?
My vision is of a world shaped by awakened individuals, where truth leads, children remain connected to self and communities are anchored in integrity, empowerment and conscious leadership. For me, meaningful change begins when people reconnect with who they are beneath conditioning and begin to live, lead and create from that place. When individuals align with the truth of who they are, they naturally influence the world around them in a more conscious and authentic way.
As a visionary and conscious thought leader, my role is to help people to see both the truth of how things are and the truth of how they could be. I believe that we change the world by helping people to realign with their natural gifts, talents and dreams, because those dreams are not incidental, they are part of the blueprint for the whole new world that we now have the opportunity to collectively create.
Our gifts, talents and dreams show us which part of the collective jigsaw puzzle we are here to hold. People often become overwhelmed by everything that needs changing in the world, but each of us carries a different part of the puzzle. Some pieces may be smaller, some larger but it is through bringing those pieces together that we create the bigger picture.
My role is to inspire people to be who they came here to be, because when we become the best possible version of ourselves we inspire others to do the same. That is how transformation creates a ripple effect and how collective awakening begins to take form, one individual journey at a time.
That role expresses itself across the whole of my work. As a Dream Weaver, my work moves through both the dream state and the dreams of the heart that are waiting to be brought into form. Whether through mentorship, writing, music, podcasts or speaking, the deeper intention is the same, to help people to remember who they are, reconnect with their natural gifts and talents, and trust the part that they are here to play.
I have many more books to write, but I also understand that truth has to meet people at the point at which they are ready to receive it. Those books will come when the timing is right. I also intend to write children’s books, as part of helping younger generations to stay connected to the truth of who they are and to counter some of the unconscious messaging that so often pulls them away from themselves.
Long term, that vision extends into creating a conscious community, including an orphanage and alternative education system, where children can remain connected to their identity, inner awareness, gifts and truth rather than becoming disconnected from themselves at an early age. I believe that much of modern society has become deeply disconnected, not only from each other, but from themselves. We have been conditioned to follow money, productivity and external definitions of success, often at the cost of our own nature. The new world that I see emerging is built on something very different. It is built on community.
In that kind of community, each person’s natural gifts are honoured and respected as equal contributions. One person may grow food, another may cook, another may build, create music, bring wisdom or simply be in devoted service to the whole. It is not about hierarchy or status. It is about each person giving what is naturally within their gift to give. When people are living in alignment with their true nature, there is far less distortion, depletion and disconnection. There is a natural flow of giving and receiving that does not rely on money or any other form of currency.
I also believe that the leaders of the future will be visionaries, those with the capacity to see beyond the surface of this world and bring through wisdom, clarity and deeper understanding. But true leadership, in the kind of community that I speak of, is not about being above others. It is about inspiring, empowering and helping to guide a collective vision into form. The visionaries may help to see the way forward, but it is the whole community that brings that vision to life. That, to me, is part of the new paradigm, a return to truth, to community and to a way of living in which every person has a valued place.