And the winner is …
“My song has been nominated for an ISSA (Independent Singer Songwriter Association) award, open to public vote!” ran the excited email I received over the weekend from Phyllis A Travis, a Texas-based attorney and insurance adjustor, who has been applying dream alchemy to overcome her fear of going public in several areas of her life. A fear she has clearly overcome and she has invited me to share some details with you. Now in her
Dream interpretation results: Julia’s news, episode 18
Can dream interpretation change your life? Meet Julia, who had her dream interpreted when she was my guest on Episode 18 of my weekly podcast, The Dream Show. She contacted me this morning, 12 weeks after her interpretation, to share her story. As a dream analyst, I have the pleasure of witnessing the powerful outcomes people experience when they have a dream interpreted and apply dream alchemy, but many of these stories are private, and
The folds of time
I hesitated to share this story because it sounds implausible, but it did happen, on Friday to be precise, and the scientist-in-me has been trying to explain it away. So I entice you to don the hat of your choice – dreamer, scientist, detective, alchemist, sceptic, mystic, reader – and explore this mystery: Three weeks ago, husband Michael’s favourite hat disappeared. Last remembered at a picnic, last seen in my car, nowhere to be found.
A tale of two snakes
I’ve just had coffee with a beautiful soul who is creating something quite exquisite to celebrate dreams. You’ll hear about it here first, when it’s ready to unveil. “What is that pendant you always wear? Some kind of totem?” she asked, leaning forward to examine the fine detail of the chain that I wear day and night. “Two snakes, from a dream,” I smiled, settling back to tell my story. “It all began in the
ABC QLD Recurring death dream
“Three nights in a row this week I dreamed I died in a car accident, and I was frantically trying to contact my husband to discuss the funeral arrangements,” said Gail, one of the callers to my dream interpretation segment on Stacey Katter’s afternoon show today on Radio ABC QLD. What does it mean? “It’s symbolic,” I assured Gail, “so you’re perfectly safe to drive your car.” Dreams of death often come up when something
What goes round comes round
If you want to understand the meaning of life, or see the mysteries of the universe revealed before your eyes, go to your local supermarket. Yesterday’s trip to our local Woolworths to buy some bread and fish – yes, how biblical – reminded me how stunningly the universe is revealed in the apparently mundane. “To see a world in a grain of sand,” wrote William Blake in 1794. I saw the world in a grain
Ant of the Round Table
While having lunch outdoors, I noticed an ant walking around the rim of the round table. Round, and round, and round, and round it walked in a neverending circle. Why do you think it did this? Was this a good thing, or a bad thing? It got me thinking, that little ant. What do you think of ants? Industrious? Altruistic, working for the common good of their community? Capable of carrying huge burdens? Undermining? Destructive? Irritating?
Radio 2GB: Bare bottom and high heels
Just off air from interpreting dreams on Glenn Wheeler’s show on Radio 2GB, where one of the callers, Kerry, asked about her shoe dreams: Kerry had three shoe dreams. In the first she walked down stairs, unsteady in her shoes, and onto grass at the bottom. In the second a 4-5 year old boy tottered about wearing red high heels but no pants. In the third, Kerry saw a table covered in shoes, none suitable,
Dreamtime Tea time
It all started with a cup of tea. Well, that was the idea, anyway. I was trying to wake myself up to make a cup of tea to bring back to bed but my dreaming mind was brewing something a little more exotic than mundane black breakfast tea. In dreamtime I padded down the hall in my dressing gown, boiled the kettle, opened the blinds and pondered the dewy garden. Everything was exactly as it
Extracting wisdom
I’ve just had a tooth extracted, a back molar. It was a big deal: my first extraction since childhood. I know dentistry has come a long way in the last 40-50 years, but painful memories can loom large. “But you’re so calm and cool for root canal, drilling and filling,” said my dentist. “Why so anxious this time?” “Childhood memories run deep,” I said. “Turn up the gas.” I have my plier-wielding, childhood dentist to