web01.fireside.fm Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:47:03 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Stuff of Dreams - Episodes Tagged with “Covid” https://stuffofdreams.fireside.fm/tags/covid Wed, 13 May 2020 12:00:00 -0700 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. en-us episodic Dream interpretation for regular people. Amy Lawson 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. no dreams, dream interpretation, unconscious, depth psychology, Jung, Jungian psychology, symbols, images, archetypes Amy Lawson dnachick113@gmail.com 2: Dreams in the Time of Covid https://stuffofdreams.fireside.fm/dreams-in-the-time-of-covid fe2c70cd-9d42-4b98-af88-5923a6ec6a4a Wed, 13 May 2020 12:00:00 -0700 Amy Lawson full Amy Lawson 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. 39:37 no Dreams from this episode: * Animated, surreal dream of a pigeon, a truck, a pelican/swan singing, “I like milkshakes and diabetes!” * A dream of a husband in therapy and an emotional fight, and then he carves words into his chest and hugs his therapist instead of his wife Themes from this episode: The pandemic seems to be causing: * More dreams (everyone is home and has more time to pay attention) * More anxiety dreams * More dreams about family dynamics * More positive dreams about transformation Why would there be more feel-good dreams of transformation right now? Jung said dreams were compensatory, since the psyche is a self-regulating system that just wants balance. So if we are feeling particularly stuck or stagnant or depressed in quarantine, the unconscious sends us messages about the possibility of transformation to balance our more negative conscious state. So sometimes, dreams are very different from our conscious views because the unconscious thinks we are too one-sided and is trying to provide balance. But sometimes dreams are in sync with our conscious views, which means the unconscious is supporting us. Dreams can build us up or tear us down, depending on whether we are consciously feeling low or feeling inflated. Because dreams aren’t logical, can be irrational and weird, some people think they are nonsense and dismiss them as stupid, meaningless, or worthless. But their weirdness is because they speak in symbols and metaphors as their native language. They aren’t TRYING to confuse us. They are coherent if we take the time to learn their language The “you” in the dream usually represents your conscious ego, and the characters in the dream are other parts of you, parts that are less conscious or unconscious. Dreams often pick symbols in order to elicit whatever emotion it is that the unconscious thinks we need to acknowledge. Important Links: Recommended dream interpretation books (https://bookshop.org/shop/stuffofdreams) Dream interpretation subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/DreamInterpretation/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/stuffofdreamspodcast/) Send me a dream! stuffofdreamspodcast@gmail.com or use Send a Dream! tab in upper right corner Special Guest: Beth Oller. Dream, dreams, dream interpretation, Jung, Jungian psychology, symbols, images, archetypes, psyche, conscious, unconscious, depth psychology, Covid, Covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic, doctor, physician Dreams from this episode:

  • Animated, surreal dream of a pigeon, a truck, a pelican/swan singing, “I like milkshakes and diabetes!”
  • A dream of a husband in therapy and an emotional fight, and then he carves words into his chest and hugs his therapist instead of his wife

Themes from this episode:

The pandemic seems to be causing:

  • More dreams (everyone is home and has more time to pay attention)
  • More anxiety dreams
  • More dreams about family dynamics

  • More positive dreams about transformation

  • Why would there be more feel-good dreams of transformation right now? Jung said dreams were compensatory, since the psyche is a self-regulating system that just wants balance. So if we are feeling particularly stuck or stagnant or depressed in quarantine, the unconscious sends us messages about the possibility of transformation to balance our more negative conscious state.

    • So sometimes, dreams are very different from our conscious views because the unconscious thinks we are too one-sided and is trying to provide balance. But sometimes dreams are in sync with our conscious views, which means the unconscious is supporting us.
    • Dreams can build us up or tear us down, depending on whether we are consciously feeling low or feeling inflated.

  • Because dreams aren’t logical, can be irrational and weird, some people think they are nonsense and dismiss them as stupid, meaningless, or worthless. But their weirdness is because they speak in symbols and metaphors as their native language. They aren’t TRYING to confuse us. They are coherent if we take the time to learn their language

  • The “you” in the dream usually represents your conscious ego, and the characters in the dream are other parts of you, parts that are less conscious or unconscious.

  • Dreams often pick symbols in order to elicit whatever emotion it is that the unconscious thinks we need to acknowledge.

Important Links:

Recommended dream interpretation books

Dream interpretation subreddit

Instagram

Send me a dream!
stuffofdreamspodcast@gmail.com
or
use Send a Dream! tab in upper right corner

Special Guest: Beth Oller.

]]> Dreams from this episode:

  • Animated, surreal dream of a pigeon, a truck, a pelican/swan singing, “I like milkshakes and diabetes!”
  • A dream of a husband in therapy and an emotional fight, and then he carves words into his chest and hugs his therapist instead of his wife

Themes from this episode:

The pandemic seems to be causing:

  • More dreams (everyone is home and has more time to pay attention)
  • More anxiety dreams
  • More dreams about family dynamics

  • More positive dreams about transformation

  • Why would there be more feel-good dreams of transformation right now? Jung said dreams were compensatory, since the psyche is a self-regulating system that just wants balance. So if we are feeling particularly stuck or stagnant or depressed in quarantine, the unconscious sends us messages about the possibility of transformation to balance our more negative conscious state.

    • So sometimes, dreams are very different from our conscious views because the unconscious thinks we are too one-sided and is trying to provide balance. But sometimes dreams are in sync with our conscious views, which means the unconscious is supporting us.
    • Dreams can build us up or tear us down, depending on whether we are consciously feeling low or feeling inflated.

  • Because dreams aren’t logical, can be irrational and weird, some people think they are nonsense and dismiss them as stupid, meaningless, or worthless. But their weirdness is because they speak in symbols and metaphors as their native language. They aren’t TRYING to confuse us. They are coherent if we take the time to learn their language

  • The “you” in the dream usually represents your conscious ego, and the characters in the dream are other parts of you, parts that are less conscious or unconscious.

  • Dreams often pick symbols in order to elicit whatever emotion it is that the unconscious thinks we need to acknowledge.

Important Links:

Recommended dream interpretation books

Dream interpretation subreddit

Instagram

Send me a dream!
stuffofdreamspodcast@gmail.com
or
use Send a Dream! tab in upper right corner

Special Guest: Beth Oller.

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