Intake: What a Sleep Study Reveals about How Medicine (de)Values Dreams
In last week’s episode … um, I mean post … Click here to read the 1st post in this ongoing series about my upcoming sleep study in which I hope to find out, among other …
Music inspired by dreams: A Conversation with Ted Murray Jones
You won’t be surprised to learn that one of the highlights of my year is attending the International Study of Dreams annual conference. At these gatherings, several hundred people from around the world–including neuroscientists, psychologists, …
Listen Up: A Conversation about Dreams & Diaries
Do you remember when you first started keeping a diary? I do. I was 12 years old and my mother’s friend gave me a little plaid diary with a gold lock and key for my …
A Lucid Lesson in Self-Love
After trying for over a week to have a lucid dream, I finally succeeded… Typically I have a lucid dream once or twice a month without trying. But this time it wasn’t quite that easy–or simple. But it was enlightening.
Q&A: Waste Not Want Not … “Aren’t dreams just the mind’s waste basket?”
Q: What is your opinion of the scientific explanation that dreams are merely a by-product of the consciousness; the mind is just processing what’s happened or what’s been perceived during the day? If this is …
Dream Catching
When we lose out on sleep we lose out on dreaming, too. This is a situation worth remedying. Science tells us that REM sleep, when most dreams take place, helps with problem-solving, emotional regulation, and …
Q&A: Can Dreams Help Me Evolve Spiritually? (Namaste, Dreamer!)
Q: How can dreams best be used to evolve one’s spiritual being? Signed, Evolving A: Maybe it’s because I just got back from my weekly yoga class at the Y, but for some reason your …
Q&A: How Do I Make This (Recurring) Dream Stop?
Q: I have the same dream again and again. What can you tell me about recurring dreams? Why do we have them and is there a way to get the dream to stop repeating itself? …
Q&A: Bad Dreams? Good News.
Q: I follow you on Facebook and am interested in joining one of your dream groups. The timing is especially good because I’m going through a big change. My husband recently moved out after over …
Q&A: Help … I See Dead People – In My Dreams
Q: What is the significance of dreaming about someone who has died? Signed, Mourning Dreams A: Dear Mourning, Back when I was 21, I woke from a dream that my Grandpa George was standing …