A conversation about dreams. Caty Pasternak invited me onto her podcast show, Sexy Soul Radio, to talk about dreams, and this is the video version, a lively conversation about what dreams represent and how we can use them to live a more expansive life. (2020: Video no longer available.) Caty is a hypnotherapist and women’s transformational coach, so she was keen to discover how to use dreams to reprogram unconscious beliefs that hold us back …
What a difference a dream makes. More precisely, what a difference a dream makes when you remember it, interpret it, and take action on what you learn. Joe sleeps through his dreams, wakes with his alarm, scrolls social media, hurriedly showers and dresses, grabs a piece of toast and runs to catch the train. Work is stressful and overwhelming, much the same as any other day, leaving him exhausted and feeling that he’s not making …
What if you get a dream interpretation wrong? “What if you interpret a dream for someone and you get it wrong?” he asked, quickly adding, “No offence, just curious.” It’s a great question, one I’ve been asked by journalists over the years, and one I was asked in a social situation this week by someone who wanted to know a little more about my work. Some people ask the question because they think dream interpretation …
Lucid dreaming and flying dreams. “Of course this isn’t a dream,” I said, “everything is perfectly normal, and anyway, if it were a dream I would be able to fly.” I did a half-hearted little jump to prove my point to the two guys I was talking with, and instantly shot up into the sky. “So,” I thought, my heart super-excitedly beating fast as I looked down at the two men standing outside the church, …
Does everyone dream every night? Everyone dreams, whether or not they remember dreaming, but perhaps the question should really be, Are you dreaming enough? Yes, it does sound a little bit like, Are you getting enough sleep, and that’s part of the issue, but let’s explore. Why do we need to dream, what happens if we don’t pack sufficient dreaming time into our sleep, and are there circumstances that can disturb or stop our dreams …
Solving problems in your dreams. One of the many functions of dreaming is to come up with creative solutions to problems, to clear the mist that baffles us before sleep, and reveal new perspectives and possibilities, even brilliant ideas. Throughout history we’ve been encouraged to ‘sleep on it’, to stop mulling over a problem, to quit admonishing ourselves for our inability to see the answer, to turn out the light, and drift into healing sleep …
What do death dreams mean? What do death dreams mean? If I were to draw up a list of the top ten questions people ask me about dreams, this would be fairly near the top. Partly that’s because death dreams are very common, partly it’s because we tend to remember scary dreams, and partly it’s because people are more driven to seek me out and consult me when they fear that the death they have …
Time to dream. Time to dream. What do those words conjure up for you? Time to daydream, to luxuriate, to take time out, to visualise your future? Time you simply don’t have? How much sleep do you get each night, on average? Do you wake up refreshed or do you get by on what you judge as just enough sleep? Do you wake up too early, wired high on constant stress? Do you drag yourself …
What does my dream mean? “For ten years I’ve had a recurring dream of a plane plummeting to the ground and exploding,” said Jenny, calling into a radio segment I did earlier this week. “What does it mean?” When you wake up from a dream, what questions spring to your mind? What does it mean? Why did I dream that? What does this dream say about me? Is my dream giving me a message? What’s …
Nightmares and lost sleep. In my work as a dream therapist, I’ve noticed that more than half of first time appointments are booked by people suffering nightmares and lost sleep, or on behalf of their children who are plagued by scary dreams and fear of going to bed. Sometimes all it takes is one chilling nightmare for someone to seek out a professional consultation, especially a dream that scares the dreamer into wondering if they, …