Dog Blanket

When we dream of a dog we are dreaming of loyalty and love and when we dream of a blanket we are thinking about comfort and security…

 

Dream Dictionaries

Dream dictionaries provide descriptions of symbols but these need to be considered in the correct context. A bull grazing peacefully in a lush green meadow is quite different from a bull in a china shop!

Many dream dictionaries are translated from other languages and this causes confusion as many of our dreams feature puns and homophones. These often become lost in translation such as the amande/amende homophone mentioned here. Usually if you dream of almonds, it doesn’t actually mean that you need to take revenge. That really would be nuts!

 

Dream Interview

When we dream of having an interview, we are reflecting on our own unique talents in waking life and considering the best way to express them and to demonstrate our skills to others…

 

Dream Machines and Poppies

Discussing the unconscious connections between dream machines, sleep, poppies, opiates and the Wizard of Oz with Rony Robinson on BBC Radio Sheffield…

 

Dreaming from a Distance

Sometimes we can become too immersed and involved in our dreams. By using a Waking Reality process we can begin viewing them as if from a distance, giving ourselves a wider perspective and gaining a much greater self awareness…

 

Dreaming in Sound and Smell

Although we are primarily visual creatures we use all of our sensory experience and input to construct our dreams. We often do this synesthesically as described in Sea Kelp and Water Mint

 

Dying Child Dreams

Dying Child Dreams…it can be very disturbing to dream about our children’s death…but the dream is invariably about some work or project that we hold dear, rather than an actual child…

 

Ed's Floating Dream

Ed’s Floating Dream…gravy rivers, Q-tip oars, a little about alcoholic dreams and then a floating ghost dream…

 

Embattled Building

When you dream, a building usually represents your own self…an office building often reflects your identity in the workplace…this dreamer (who appropriately lives in the town of Battle) experiences his working environment as a place of conflict and battle…

 

Expert Ko Poocho

The charming Gagan Grewal has a great show on the BBC Asian network. He has a very interesting part of his show where he invites listeners to send in questions that they would like answered by an expert. This particular question was ‘Why do we sometimes forget our dreams?‘ and you can listen my expert reply in this nodcast…