dream journaling + sleep self-help
To amplify the effectiveness of keeping a dream journal, all you need is a simple corkboard. Hang the corkboard anywhere: your bedroom; your office. It doesn’t really matter. All that matters is that you can see it, look at it, think about it. Turn that plain corkboard into a vision board. Use it remind you…
Sometimes your subconscious practically hits you over the head when it’s trying to communicate. The interpretation is that easy. In the dream, I was sitting around a table with other people present. We were waiting for a meeting to begin. There was no conversation, nothing out of the ordinary for a regular business meeting. It…
Something of a cross between George Clinton and Snoop Dogg, the lead singer wore dusty overalls and thick work gloves. The backup dancers were also dressed for farm work. No crops were being raised, however. There were no animals getting fed either. Behind them, a barn. A crowd grooved approvingly on a tractor and up in…
While making the rounds of various TV and radio talk shows, with the release of Dream Power (1972) and subsequent release of The Dream Game (1975), psychologist Ann Faraday popularized both the activity of dream journaling and the idea dreams could be meaningful. Her books sold over 500,000 copies, according to Harper & Row, her publisher. The Encyclopedia of…
Six Carl’s Jr. fast-food workers stood ready to take on the problem: a home in disarray. I had too much to do in too little time. I was fretting. This team would help. Actually, I don’t have an exact count of how many fast-food employees there were in the dream, all decked out in their…
Have you ever had a dream where a dead person you knew was speaking to you? Did the experience seem very real? Have you ever dreamed of a genie? A demon? A zombie? Did you ever have something happen to you in a dream and then repeat in real life? Did it make you feel…
For many Americans, the 1930s were a nightmare. Over 25 percent of the population found themselves without work. They were starving, suffering, and despondent. Memories and images of that depression are still fresh thanks to the pictures and recordings. While the generation that personally experienced it grows fewer every day, the phrase still conjures images…