The Dream Show with Jane Teresa Anderson Podcast

Ep 261 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Linda dreamed of escaping a swamp

Linda, from Grafton, NSW, Australia, is my guest exploring her dream about escaping from a swamp. How did the car she was driving end up sinking into a swamp, and how did Linda, terrified, manage to escape and hitch a lift with a stranger? Why did her dream begin with people from the past gathered in her home, and what was the significance of the L-shaped bench? Linda’s dream takes place at night, even when

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Ep 260 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Rebecca dreamed of a crane dancer

Rebecca, from Minnesota, USA, is my guest exploring her dream about a raven-haired crane dancer, a singer, and a somersault artiste. This arresting dream is visually and aurally striking, mystical and mysterious. It begins at a camp where Rebecca invites three women to share their talents. The first one sings an “achingly beautiful” song, which the other two women interrupt when they arrive to reveal their talents. Listen as Rebecca and I explore the details

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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 her car, then somehow hit her head so hard that she woke up with the pain, a pain she could

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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 dream interpretation falls into place when you reach into the work with your bare hands, trusting the alchemy of the

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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 body was placed in a big ice bucket, but her hands and some other body parts were still moving. At

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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 asked people to incubate a dream about a certain object. A clue? The objects started appearing in waking life! This

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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 she worried that she was irritating the baby’s genitalia. The baby’s gender was ambiguous, partly boy, partly girl. As you’ll

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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 anxious and deferential as she tries to make good choices. The attendant models three layers of tops, and then agrees

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Ep 253 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. Tas dreamed about trapped birds and snakes

Tas, from Melbourne, Australia, is my guest asking about her dream of discovering wildlife trapped in her house. Tas is about to move interstate, back into her old house in Sydney, which she has rented out for many years while travelling with her career. In her dream, she and her sister arrive at the Sydney house ahead of her furniture. When she opens the door, she is shocked when colourful rosellas fly out and up

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Ep 252 The Dream Show: Live Dream Interpretation. MaryBeth dreamed about a naked party

MaryBeth, from Portland, Oregon, US, is my guest asking about her dream where everyone at a party is naked. MaryBeth dreamed she was at work, and when she opened the storage cupboard door it led to another wing, a mirror image of her current workplace but with larger, better rooms and more equipment. She was particularly amazed by the sand tray room where she wanted to stay, but she and her husband had agreed to

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