Time to dream

Time to dream Jane Teresa Anderson

Time to dream. What do those words conjure up for you? Time to daydream, to luxuriate, to take time out, to visualise your future? Time you simply don’t have? How much sleep do you get each night, on average? Do you wake up refreshed or do you get by on what you judge as just […]

Your dream alchemy prescription

Your dream alchemy prescription Jane Teresa Anderson

People get quite excited when they hear about it. “Oh, this is amazing,” a radio presenter said to me recently during a breakfast show, “and it makes so much sense!” We were talking about how to combine the art and science of interpreting dreams, and I gave a very simple example of looking at a […]

The best job in the world

The best job in the world Jane Teresa Anderson Dreams

Today’s the day the doors open wide for enrolment into the dream therapist professional certificate online courses at The Dream Academy. Yes, we’re launched, and so delighted to welcome the first students whose names have graced the waiting list for the past weeks and months. They’re in, and happily exploring, and now we’re ready for […]

Nightmares and lost sleep

Nightmares and lost sleep Jane Teresa Anderson

In my work as a dream therapist, I’ve noticed that more than half of first time appointments are booked by people suffering nightmares and lost sleep, or on behalf of their children who are plagued by scary dreams and fear of going to bed. Sometimes all it takes is one chilling nightmare for someone to […]

Deep roots

Deep Roots Jane Teresa Anderson Dreams

After living in Australia for more than half my life, I found myself back in England last month, standing in front of one of my childhood homes. Although I had revisited a hundred times in my dreams over the decades, I hadn’t made the physical trip to the south coast to trace those early years […]

What does my dream mean?

What does my dream mean Jane Teresa Anderson

“For ten years I’ve had a recurring dream of a plane plummeting to the ground and exploding,” said Jenny, calling into a radio segment I did earlier this week. “What does it mean?” When you wake up from a dream, what questions spring to your mind? What does it mean? Why did I dream that? […]

Why do you do that?

Why do you do that Jane Teresa Anderson

I was sitting in ‘hair and makeup’ at the television studios being made up to go on Today Extra. In everyday life the only make up I wear is red lipstick. In television life much more is required to survive and look alive in the bright lights, and although I have occasionally fronted up to […]