The Stuff of Dreams
Dream interpretation for regular people.
About the show
Have you ever woken up from a dream totally sure it's important but without a clue what it means? Learn dream interpretation with me, Amy Lawson, depth psychologist (and pediatrician...but they didn't teach me about dreams in med school) as we examine real dreams from reddit, my guests, and my own unconscious. This is no dry internet tutorial--it’s a lively conversation that aims to convince you of the importance and wisdom of dreams.
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Episodes
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101 (START HERE): A Doorway into Dreams
May 13th, 2020 | 30 mins 19 secs
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Have you ever woken up from a dream with really strong emotions, totally sure that it’s important but not knowing why, or what it means? In this episode, we will look at 4 real-life dreams in order to learn dream interpretation by actually doing it. From dreams of doorways to oceans, coughing up nails to driving to the wrong hospital, I’ll show you how to make sense of the language of dreams.
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3: Strong Emotions are Your Dreams Yelling, “Pay Attention!”
May 13th, 2020 | 30 mins 58 secs
archetypes, conscious, depth psychology, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, images, jung, jungian psychology, psyche, symbols, unconscious
Dreams speak in the language of symbols, but they also speak through evoking emotions, and that’s one of the ways they convince us of their importance, even if we aren’t sure exactly what they mean. In this episode we’ll look at 4 dreams with important emotional components in order to learn dream interpretation by actually doing it. From dreams of musicians to birds in trees, munching on kittens to ice castles in the sky, I’ll show you how to make sense of the language of dreams.
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2: Dreams in the Time of Covid
May 13th, 2020 | 39 mins 37 secs
archetypes, conscious, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depth psychology, doctor, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, images, jung, jungian psychology, pandemic, physician, psyche, symbols, unconscious
How is the pandemic affecting you? It is certainly affecting the dreams I’m interpreting on reddit. In this episode we’ll look at one of the more entertaining and bizarre dreams I’ve heard lately, and then we’ll talk with Dr. Beth Oller about being a physician in the time of Covid, as well as analyzing one of her recent dreams.