What drives you to consult a doctor, therapist, or counsellor? Do you book an appointment when you’re sick, suffering, stressed, blocked, or faced with a conflict or problem you can’t solve? Do you book seeking a cure for your ills, physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual? Do you also consult when you are feeling well, seeking
You’ve heard a lot from me about the healing power of dream alchemy, but can alchemy techniques be used for healing or personal development outside the realm of symbolic dreams? To set the scene and remind you what dream alchemy is, there’s the story of a dream alchemy visualisation I did for one of my
“Why do we dream in black and white?” It’s a question I’m often asked, and it always makes me smile. “We don’t,” I reply. “You don’t remember noticing colours in your dreams, so you assume you dream in black and white. And shades of grey. But now you know you can dream in colour, you
When someone who has died appears to you in a dream, are they communicating with you from spirit, or are these dreams symbolic? Dreaming of a loved one after death can be the most precious, comforting, uplifting experience, especially when the dream is full of love, embraces, and tender messages, and when the person looks
My guest, Gay, is keen to hear my take on a dream she had six months ago, a dream that profoundly changed her life. Gay dreamed of moseying along a walkway from a dark museum castle into a room filled with a blinding light where she embraced her estranged granddaughter. There are many deep and
Video opens in a new window “I dreamed that my wife married another man. It was such a vivid dream and I felt very devastated, felt the pain of losing her in that way. What does it mean?” This plea for help arrived on my desk this week, and as it is such a common
Video opens in a new window When you wake up crying real tears, or simply feeling profoundly sad for no apparent reason, it’s because you have finally touched upon some buried grief through a dream. You may have released all the grief, or there may be more to come. Either way, when you wake up
Life is full of opportunity. Even when it doesn’t feel like it. Especially when it doesn’t feel like it. In this episode, I show you how to look at your dreams to discover practical opportunities that you’re just not seeing when you’re awake. Dreams do not tell you what to do. They don’t guide you.
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
Dave, who was our guest way back in episode 10, returns to share the events of the past year. Dave’s dream of running through a forest of razor blades had plagued him since he was a child, and he related to the interpretation he received 16 months ago. Dramatic events earlier this year added to