Bath time, when my children were very small, was great fun until the moment came to lift them from the water. They never wanted to get out. Eventually I found the happy solution. “Who’s going to take the plug out, you or me?” I’d ask. “Me! Me! I want to!” would come the unerring reply.
It all started when Sunrise weather presenter Grant Denyer told the SAFM Breakfast crew – Hayley, Craig and Rabbit – that his pregnant wife dreamed she gave birth to a monkey. Then Hayley, who had just announced her pregnancy on the show, shared that she had dreamed she gave birth to leeches. Was this just
What would you like to change about your life? What seems to be stopping you from achieving this? I’ve just opened my book, The Compass, at random, to find a reading for today’s blog. It opened at 130: See Beyond. Here it is: SEE BEYOND WHY? The future blesses you with hindsight. CLARITY What is
“Global tidal wave of 70,000 job cuts,” announced the online news. “The tsunami of layoffs started in Europe …” Instantly I got the picture. It’s a metaphor that works. It describes a giant ripple effect of job loss caused by a seismic tremor in the global economy. It also describes the emotional impact felt or
One of the joys of my work as a dream alchemist is to witness and celebrate the intense, skillful creativity that often accompanies personal transformation. It’s as if the deep change the person experiences carries a healing energy that demands a more public expression and draws on latent talents to achieve this. Awakened meaningful purpose
A man dreamed he was crawling over a mosaic floor, checking for missing tiles. The job seemed endless. What if … he climbed the stairs and looked down on the mosaic floor instead of crawling over it? Would the missing tiles be easier to spot? We’ll come back to Mosaic Man and his dream later,
Chocolate or detox tea? Dilemma. We’ve just about emptied our fridge of Christmas indulgences and leftovers, which is probably just as well, but there’s still an enticing dish of nuts on the dining table, and I do love nuts. Tomorrow I’m booked for a kahuna massage, a veritable wave of indulgence and detox combined, and
Jennifer was my podcast guest in episode 47. She reported results after three weeks – her glimmers of gold – and has just emailed me with her final outcome. Here’s the power of dream alchemy in action: “The issue I’d been struggling with when we had our dream interpretation was my work and how to
I’m about to give you some magical formulae you can use to transform your life. They’re simple, yet powerful. They’re serious, and they work, but for a bit of fun I’ve arranged them as magic spells from an imaginary book of alchemical secrets. Before we delve in, though, let’s look at the theory so you