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The BBC gets into Dream Therapy
BBC Radio London invited me to talk about my newest book, Dream Therapy: Dream your way to health and happiness.
Health benefits of lucid dreaming
Imagine how healing it could be to “wake up” inside the naturally healing state of dreams! When we become lucid in a dream, we can guide the dream to even greater levels of healing.
Lucidity is a powerful tool… whether we’re asleep or awake
Lucidity is a powerful tool to help us heal ourselves on deep levels.
But we don’t have to be lucid dreamers in order to work with our unconscious imagery in healing ways.
Can Dream Therapy help the grieving process?
We need our dreams. The very act of dreaming can help us to stay balanced and healthy. Cognitive psychology, neurobiology and neuroscience all show just how important dreaming is for our mental health and well-being. In her book, Molecules of Emotions,...
Mindful and lucid dreaming for a healthier, happier life – how?
If somebody offered you a wellness experience where you could float blissfully in a luxury spa pool, go on wonderful adventures, fly through the sky with no fear of being hurt, and return feeling refreshed and pampered without missing even one minute of work, would...
Do you love dreams?
If you love dreams - lucid dreams, flying dreams, animal dreams, or even nightmares, you can connect with global dreamers at the fabulous conferences of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). Here's my article on why going to a dream conference...
Sleep Monsters & Superheroes
Find out more about the monster under the bed... Inside Sleep Monsters and Superheroes, there are stories about dreams that help children fight cancer; dreams that empower children to face moments of great change; spiritual dreams of transcendence. If just one dream...
Golden Dreams
Have you ever had a golden time in your life, or a golden moment… or even a golden dream? A golden time in my life began when I started to meet a wonderful array of dreamers who have devoted their lives to discovering more about the potential of dreaming. This was...
Out-of-Body Experiences
I’m excited to be part of a new (and entirely free) book on out-of-body experiences: Consciousness Beyond the Body, edited by Alex De Foe. A group of well-known authors and experts have each written a chapter sharing their ideas on the topic, so it’s...
Painting Doors – making of a lucid dreaming documentary
Have you ever met your 'cinema self'? I first heard this expression in Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way. In her book it meant the best possible manifestation of yourself - the movie-star you. The other night, I met my 'cinema self' in a more literal way at the...
Children’s nightmares – how lucid dreaming can help
Parents can feel helpless when faced with their child's nightmares, especially if these are severe and happen a lot. But there are ways of empowering children to understand the nature of dream reality so that they learn to tackle their nightmares head-on. Creative...
When the healer is sick… how dreams can help the healing process
When artist and dreamworker Sheila Asato flew to Japan after the earthquake and tsunami and facilitated healing dreamplay with school children, the teachers who watched her sessions were astonished to learn that the children were suffering from nightmares linked to...
