It’s 2025, a new year – our sixteenth year podcasting The Dream Show – and it’s time to introduce a change. Don’t worry, there’s more of what you love, but I’m adding something a little different into the show: you’ll hear all about it before I share some dream stories to give you more insight […]
I was terrified, heart pounding, bones frozen, as my front door creaked open, and the intruder’s face came into view. “You can’t come in! Go away! Help!” I shouted, each word so hard to squeeze through my tight throat that it came out as a slow ghostly drawl: “Go-awaaaay! Heeeelp!” I may have been shouting […]
“I don’t remember my dreams,” Bella said, “except a snippet last night about some fish being too big for a fish tank.” “Well, that’s a start,” I said. “Those few words alone raise some interesting questions, like what are you trying to squeeze into your life and why doesn’t it fit comfortably? And where do […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
How long is a piece of string? Or how long is a roll of toilet paper in a dream? And why couldn’t I break off a single sheet? I used to have a recurring dream where I tried to detach a single piece of TP from a roll. It held fast. I’d roll out a […]
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 […]
