Naming your dreams
“I have what I call my Inadequacy Dreams,” a neighbour told me recently, “a whole bunch of dreams that seem to fit that title, where I feel inadequate to complete a task, or something is not enough.” If you’ve studied with me, you’ll know that I encourage you to give a gut-feel title to every dream before you begin to interpret it. It doesn’t need to be an all-encompassing title. It doesn’t need to encapsulate
Change the world one dream at a time
What if our night-time dreams offered the potential to create real, positive change in the world? Well, they do. Imagine that! Asleep, in bed, being gifted everything you need to make a difference in the world, dream by dream, night by night! I could argue that simply having a good eight-hour sleep each night, along with all the physiological, mental, and emotional benefits that dreaming brings (whether you remember those dreams or not) is a
Are dreams about what you watch on TV meaningful?
It’s easy to dismiss a dream as ‘just’ being about the TV show you watched before bed, nothing too meaningful, but wait! These dreams can provide deep insight into your mindset and your life. The same applies to dreams featuring bits and pieces from the film you saw at the cinema, the play you attended at the theatre, or the book you were reading that evening. Most TV shows, films, plays, and books explore at
Finding answers in your dreams
Every dream poses a question about your life, and gifts you the opportunity to discover the meaningful answers you seek. The dream question is usually somewhere near the beginning of your dream (if you have remembered the whole dream), and it probably looks nothing like any question you’re asking yourself in life. For example, your dream might be about searching for a lost cat, in which case the dream question might be, “Where is the
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, and she was feeling increasingly exhausted and anxious about the situation. I was able to help her understand her dream
Can you interpret my dream?
It’s probably fair to say that until they learn a little about the nature of dreams, most people have absolutely no idea what their dreams mean. Yet they’re fascinated; they want to know! Who can they ask? Somewhere in this big and beautiful world, a dream group is in progress. Nine people sit in a circle, perhaps around a soothing candle in the fading evening light. One has just shared her dream about jumping from
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 one-size-fits-all answer. If you find an article that says, “To dream of rape means …”, you’re on the wrong track.
A story of parts
“Part of me wants to stay, part of me wants to go. I’m stuck! How can I resolve this predicament?” It’s in our everyday language: “There’s a part of me that doubts my ability,” “I’m equal parts creative and intellectual,” “The scientific part of me wants more proof, the intuitive part of me feels this is the right path to take,” “I’m partly extrovert, partly introvert – it depends on the situation.” Sometimes it’s enough
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 by the magic I was performing, reaching into the fire with my bare hands, extracting beautiful works of art born
How to get back to sleep
How can you get back to sleep when you find yourself wide awake in the middle of the night? There’s a very simple method that I use, either to get back to sleep or to fall asleep in the first place if I haven’t drifted off within a few minutes. Whenever I’ve recommended it to people, they’re always surprised that something so simple is so effective. Perhaps you’ve woken up after a dream, and you’re