See the light

“What do you dream about?” asked a recent client. “If you’re on top of your recurring and scary dreams, what comes next?” She had contacted me because she had a frustrating recurring dream theme that had been going on for years. She had the dream several times a week. It was interfering with her sleep, […]
Ep 259 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Betty dreamed her car was stolen

Betty, my guest from Melbourne, Australia, wept buckets in her dream over her missing car. It wasn’t where she had parked it! A young girl riding a bike told her the car had been stolen, yet it turned out to be parked in the next street. Before long, Betty was in the driving seat, reversing […]
Ep 258 The Dream Show: The art and science of interpreting dreams

I talk about the ‘art and science’ of interpreting dreams: there are methods, techniques, and approaches to follow, but is there more to this work than meets the eye? Part of me sees dream interpretation as straightforward and methodical, while another part of me is constantly astonished by the seemingly magical way in which a […]
Rape dreams

“Can you write a blog about dreaming of being raped?” asked Laurie, after she awoke from a shocking rape dream. Laurie is a regular client, and since all dreams are unique and deeply personal, she knew there was more to interpreting a rape dream meaningfully than doing a quick Google hoping for a dream dictionary […]
Ep 257 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Kendra dreamed a friend died then came back to life

Kendra, from Coles Bay, Tasmania, Australia, is my guest asking about her dream where her friend died then came back to life. Kendra was visiting her dying friend – who is fit and healthy in waking life – in hospital. Another friend fled, “I can’t stay for this!” she said. After the friend died, her […]
Ep 256 The Dream Show: Dream incubation. How to induce a dream to answer a question

We pause our guest-format to celebrate 13 years of podcasting The Dream Show and to explore the immense treasures and opportunities offered by our dreams. This episode brings you tips on how to incubate a dream about a specific topic, and shares some of my earlier research on the surprising things that happened when I […]
Magic eye

In a recent dream, in a fairy-tale setting, I knelt at a fireplace in an open courtyard, gently tending the clay tablets etched with exquisite symbols that I was baking in the flames. At least, that’s how the scene would have looked to some of the people watching. Other onlookers, in my dream, were astonished […]
Ep 255 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Juliana dreamed about baby poo and diapers

Juliana, from Atlanta, Georgia, is my guest asking about her dream of encountering a knotty problem when changing a baby’s diaper. This very visceral dream begins with a diaper change and the challenge of cleaning an abundance of yellow poo from the baby’s crevices. The wet wipes she was using were moist but tough, and […]
Ep 254 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Meredith dreamed about clothes

Meredith, from Ventura County, California, is my guest asking about her dream set in a clothing store. She’s there to choose new clothes for someone and asks the store attendant to try on various options so she can see how they look. The white-blonde attendant is only partly engaged in the process, making Meredith feel […]
Dreams about dogs

According to a recent survey, the top Google search for dream symbols is ‘dreams about dogs’. Why do we dream about dogs, and what do these dreams mean? Before we go there, according to Google’s February-March 2022 report on my website, there was a big jump in people looking for information on dreams about the […]