Where Om’s Meet Z’s: Dreamwork as Meditation
A mindful approach to dreamwork In classical meditation, we sit and observe the contents of our minds without judgment. We notice when thoughts arise, but we don’t engage with them, and we wach as they …
Packing to Move and Unpacking Dreams
Q&A: Do all dreams have meaning? A ‘Sleepy Skeptic’ wants to know. Q: I’ve heard you say that everything in a dream has meaning, but I’m not sure I believe it. Some of my dreams …
First Book: One Thousand and One Nights Worth of Questions
Dreams, Narrative, and The Meaning of Life Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, by Salman Rushdie. (2015, Penguin Random House) In honor of the holiday season, a few weeks back, I had dinner with …
All Together Now
Notes on dreaming together As a professional dreamworker I talk to people about how to use their dreams for personal growth and development. But that’s only one part of what I hope people will do with …
Dream Literacy
Learn the 3 R’s of dreamwork … … and unlock the messages of your subconscious mind The fact that so many people are perplexed by their dreams, tells me that we need to become more literate in …
Q&A: What if My Dream Says I’m Sick?
Q: Help! What to Do When A Dream Offers a Diagnosis? I just had a scary dream in which I heard a voice tell me that I should see a doctor because I have something wrong in my heart. I trust my …
Losing Sleep Over Dreams
Hold fast to your dreams? On the first night of a weekend Dream Poetry workshop I offered to a group of writers, I suggested the participants try to remember their dreams. I offered them my standard instructions for improving …
Your Sleep Deficit is Bigger than You
Not alone in the dark If you’ve been beating yourself up about your inability to sleep well or to log enough hours on the pillow, I invite you to ease up on yourself. For starters, …
Don’t let dreams slip away down the drain
Dreams are a Terrible Thing to Waste When we do dreamwork, (meaning we pay attention to our dreams, learn to understand what they are saying to us, and we do the emotional homework that they …
From Helpless to Superhero: Dreams Can Show Us the Way
Don’t turn that dial What can we do when we watch the news and see one disaster after the next, and feel powerless to help? Too often our response is to just turn it off, and …