It was the middle of the night, both in reality, because I was asleep, and in my dream, because it was dark and no-one was up. No-one apart from me and the young boy I was teaching to fly. I had been walking down the staircase like a normal human being, when I started to
Rachel is my guest this episode, with a dream that gently uses symbolism and a safe space to begin to heal traumatic abuse from her childhood. Rachel is the last of our ‘email guests’, so you’ll hear our email conversation about the dream, its interpretation, the dream alchemy, and Rachel’s responses. Through our conversation, Rachel
I’ve got this earworm as I write, and it’s all because Michael emailed me a link yesterday to “Find the #1 Song on the Day You Were Born”. It turns out the number one song on 22 December 1954 was Mr Sandman by The Chordettes, with its opening line, “Mr Sandman, Bring me a dream
What does your future have in store for you, according to your dreams? Or, to ask a more proactive question, how can you use your dreams to predict the shape of your future and then, if you wish, change it? Rather than predict actual situations, our dreams can help us to understand our likely attitudes
When you’ve lost the spark, or you’re feeling overwhelmed by the dark or difficult, the gift of life is often in the reframe. See a situation through new eyes, or experience it differently through a shift of heart. In dreams, a courageous and healing approach is to look at everything and everyone in a dream
Can your dreams help alert you to health issues, and can those dreams be used to explore avenues for healing? If you dream that you have cancer, you’re most likely dreaming about something in your life that seems to be growing out of control, or about your fears or feelings that something in your life
You might wake from a dream of a weapon-wielding alien invader, a murderer in the shadows, a Sabretooth tiger poised to pounce, or a wicked witch casting evil spells, and, knowing a little about dream alchemy and the power of reimagining your dream with a positive ending, decide to kill or vanish the dark force.
We cross to Seattle, US, for this episode, where Patti is my phone guest asking about her dream, seeking deeper insight into what is happening in her life. Patti, a depth psychologist, regularly explores her dreams by herself, and has been a guest on The Dream Show before. She enjoys the process of working through
I resisted, I struggled, I thought the task would be too tough, no part of me really wanted to do it, my heart counselled no. I have other creative projects that bring me joy, and shouldn’t we follow our bliss? And, questions of bliss aside, was it really necessary to do this thing? For a
What’s the best way to comfort a child who wakes up distressed from a nightmare or bad dream? We might be eager to soothe and calm, to say ‘Don’t worry, it was just a dream’, but is there a better approach, one that helps reduce your child’s scary dreams, and strengthen your bond? How do