In my dream, I am arriving late at an end-of-life doula training. My colleague is overworked and exhausted, and she is falling asleep at the podium. I am there to step in to teach. I tap her on her shoulder and she does not wake up. Willy, who died in [...]
Read MoreI have heard it said that what we are good at is not a strength if doing it does not strengthen us, if it drains or abhors us. At the same time, what gives us strength may come naturally—or rather, impulsively—to us, yet it is not necessarily what is easiest [...]
Read MoreWe have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us. The labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god. And [...]
Read MoreDreamwork is in part the work of unpacking the multiple layers of meaning latent in our dreams. Rather than looking for external, predetermined references and definitions to interpret our dreams, we explore the infinite worlds and dimensions of possibility inherent in every aspect of our dreams. While there are many [...]
Read MoreHow often are we so offended and indignant in our dreams, suspicious, judgmental, unyielding or utterly relentless, persistent, unwavering? How often are we so quick to declare victory, to revel in our self-righteousness, celebrate our vindictiveness, or dwell in our sense of loss and wallow in our victimhood? It cannot be [...]
Read MoreOur dreams invite us to consider our associations to the word and gesture of sacrifice when we are invited or forced to make offerings we had not considered in waking life. What kinds of situations are our dreams forcing us to put up with and tolerate? Often the most difficult [...]
Read MoreThere are times in life when the sense of lack and loss is overwhelming, and there are other times when we don't even have the chance to realize something is missing. And so we find ourselves losing something or someone or someplace or sometime in our dreams, from our wallet, our [...]
Read MoreSome of us have heard the saying, "we don't see things as they are; we see them as we are" (anonymous). Unconsciously and by default, we generally see, perceive, and evaluate through the lens of our past experience. To the process of making sense of our life's episodes we bring [...]
Read MoreIt is very tempting to feel accomplished and fulfilled when the me-in-the-dream, the dream ego, does something heroic and saves the dreamtime day. The dream ego is the aspect in our psyche that is most identified with our waking self, with our waking ego, personality, and assumed personal identity. And it [...]
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