Ep 286 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Psychologist Annabel Rolley dreamed of a shark attack. How can her dream help her?

My guest today is Annabel Rolley, psychologist, professional golfer, and the founder of Interpretr AI, a dream analysis and conversation app. Annabel’s passion for psychology and her fascination with the human mind have been major motivations throughout her career, most recently leading to the development of her app based on Freud and Jung’s philosophies. We […]
Ep 285 The Dream Show: Author and Jungian analyst Lisa Marchiano dreamed of a journey

My guest today is Lisa Marchiano, Jungian analyst, podcaster (This Jungian Life), and author. Lisa shares a dream about needing to find a transfer to complete her journey to Boston: yet although it was Boston, there were echoes of London’s Kings Cross station. I invited Lisa onto the show to talk about her new book, […]
Ep 284 The Dream Show: Animals in dreams, in dream research, and in fiction

What do dreams about animals mean? We start by looking at why we sometimes dream of animals, and what we can learn about ourselves and our lives from our animal dreams. Sticking with the animal theme, we then look at what experiments with cats, back in the 1950s, taught us about the science of dreaming. […]
A sense of balance

An eternity ago, when I was in my late teens, I had a recurring dream where I struggled to walk through the university campus. It wasn’t one of those glue feet dreams, the ones where your feet are heavy or stuck to the road, or you feel like you’re walking through treacle. I had that […]
Ep 283 The Dream Show: When you wake up crying, here’s help

Today’s show touches upon how dreams handle buried grief, the power of tears released as we wake, and a dream alchemy practice to help heal past wounds. We also reflect on the gifts of perspective, and reverence for life’s challenges and what they can teach us. I tell you about a new service I’m offering […]
Ep 282 The Dream Show: Cat and Kat

Cat and Kat share the spotlight in today’s episode. First up, I introduce you to Cat, the protagonist in my debut fiction, Ninth Life. Cat – yes, she is a cat – needs to make her last life count. But how far will she go to do that? “A charming, beguiling story full of quirky […]
A colourful message

Interpreting a dream provides powerful personal insight. But it’s doing the dream alchemy that creates the deep internal shifts that can make all the difference to your life. Kat, my guest on episode 277, The Dream Show, recently emailed me to share her experience of doing the dream alchemy on the dream we explored on […]
Ep 281 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Cansu dreamed of exquisite artwork

Cansu, from Turkey, is my guest with a dream about a building filled with exquisite artwork. She is deeply curious about the art displayed throughout the rooms, and she wants to discover more. A mature, handsome man appears and generously tells her about the background to each piece. She is mesmerised. Listen as Cansu relates […]
Ep 280 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Ania dreamed of not having the right clothes

Ania, from Krakow, Poland, is my guest with a dream about a cruise to a French Caribbean Island. She’d like to go for a swim, but she’s wearing an outfit that’s too small for her, and not well tailored. Why didn’t she come prepared? Later, on the island, she meets a man who can give […]
Door dreams

During a recent radio appearance, I received a call from Gaynor that perfectly illustrates how our dreaming minds communicate through powerful metaphors. Her recurring dream troubled her: doors that never quite fit their frames, leaving gaps she couldn’t seal. No matter how hard she tried, the doors wouldn’t close securely, and she found herself unable […]