Mindful magic

There’s a magical beach a couple of hour’s drive away, where time stands still and gentle winds whisper profound wisdom. If the wind is salty and onshore, the magic begins the moment I step out of the car. If the barbecues dotted along the cliff top are sizzling and there’s a tang of ketchup on […]
Ep 203 The Dream Show: How to have lucid dreams with special guest Stefan Z

My guest is lucid dreaming expert Stefan Z, from the UK, sharing his top tips on how to have lucid dreams, and explaining the benefits of lucid dreaming including nightmare control, questioning your dream characters and dream symbols to discover their meaning, and a raft of other exciting opportunities that lucid dreaming can bring you. […]
How to run a dream group

Do you keep your dreams to yourself? Do you sometimes share them with a partner, friend, or dream therapist? Or do you share with an inner circle, a dream group, perhaps? I received an email this week asking how to set up a dream group, a request that stirred my memories and took me back […]
Ep 202 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation: Jann dreamed of dissolving walls

“Pick me, pick me!” wrote Jann from Western Australia, eager to be a guest on The Dream Show after a dream from five years ago mysteriously fell from an old file while she was sorting out her office. It was as if the old dream itself was calling, ‘Pick me, pick me!” urging Jann to […]
Where synchronicity leads

In a dream the night before last, I pulled a very long hair from my nose. It was metres long, seemingly unending, and when I did finally pull it free, the pain woke me up. We’ll get to the dream and what it meant, but I must begin with the story of driving home from […]
Ep 201 The Dream Show: How to get a dream symbol to reveal its meaning

This episode is studded with stories, and in-between the storytelling is an exercise you can do to get a fresh perspective on the meaning of a dream. It’s an exercise in storytelling. You get a prominent symbol from a dream to tell the whole dream story from its perspective. Listen in to find out how […]
Are all dreams meaningful?

How meaningful are dreams, and are some dreams more meaningful than others? If you’re a very dedicated dreamer you might be in the habit of interpreting every single dream you remember, but when you remember several dreams a night this can feel overwhelming. If some dreams are more meaningful than others wouldn’t it be good […]
Ep 200 The Dream Show: How to remember more dream details with special guest Anthony Metivier of Magnetic Memory

We’re celebrating our 200th episode with something a little different. My guest, Anthony Metivier, creator of the Magnetic Memory Method and author of a range of books about memory and language learning, shares his tips on how to remember more of your dreams by building a dream memory palace. Intrigued? Tired of having his sleep […]
The Dream Handbook

My book, The Dream Handbook, will be published by Hachette (Australia) on 30 January and by Piatkus (UK) on 22 February, so I’m getting into book launch frame of mind. If you already have my last book, Dream Alchemy, a much-loved classic first published in 2003, you’ll discover that The Dream Handbook is an updated […]
Ep 199 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Anna dreamed of a gingerbread house

My guest, Anna from Norway, asks about her dream of receiving a gift of a small-scale house made entirely of gingerbread, so freshly baked that the glazing was still wet. It wasn’t really something Anna wanted, as she had little room in her home for it, but the gift was a special assignment made for […]