The Stuff of Dreams
Dream interpretation for regular people.
Displaying Episode 11 - 20 of 35 in total of The Stuff of Dreams with the tag “symbols”.
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Minisode 5: Synchronicity—Meaningful Coincidences Shaping our Lives
August 10th, 2020 | 22 mins 28 secs
archetypes, coincidence, conscious, depth psychology, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, images, jung, jungian psychology, psyche, symbols, synchronicity, unconscious
Carl Jung used the word “synchronicity” to describe meaningful coincidences, events that are connected by meaning but not by cause-and-effect. In this minisode, I’ll use events from my life to show how synchronicities and archetypes have shaped my path, so that you can begin to look for where synchronicity is active in your life.
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Sleepcast 5: Psyche and Eros part 5 of 5
August 7th, 2020 | 18 mins 1 sec
archetypes, conscious, depth psychology, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, eros, images, jung, jungian psychology, myth, psyche, symbols, unconscious
The mythical story of Psyche and Eros, read as a bedtime story for grownups.
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Sleepcast 4: Psyche and Eros part 4 of 5
August 3rd, 2020 | 19 mins 30 secs
archetypes, conscious, depth psychology, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, eros, images, jung, jungian psychology, myth, psyche, symbols, unconscious
The mythical story of Psyche and Eros, read as a bedtime story for grownups.
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Sleepcast 3: Psyche and Eros part 3 of 5
July 31st, 2020 | 20 mins 20 secs
archetypes, conscious, depth psychology, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, eros, images, jung, jungian psychology, myth, psyche, symbols, unconscious
The mythical story of Psyche and Eros, read as a bedtime story for grownups.
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Sleepcast 2: Psyche and Eros part 2 of 5
July 29th, 2020 | 20 mins 20 secs
archetypes, conscious, depth psychology, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, eros, images, jung, jungian psychology, myth, psyche, symbols, unconscious
The mythical story of Psyche and Eros, read as a bedtime story for grownups.
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Sleepcast 1: Psyche and Eros part 1 of 5
July 27th, 2020 | 20 mins 2 secs
archetypes, conscious, depth psychology, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, eros, images, jung, jungian psychology, myth, psyche, symbols, unconscious
The mythical story of Psyche and Eros, read as a bedtime story for grownups.
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13: Dreams are Freeze-Frames of Your Mind Right Now
July 24th, 2020 | 35 mins 56 secs
archetypes, conscious, depth psychology, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, floods, images, jung, jungian psychology, psyche, staples, symbols, unconscious, waves
Dreams may not be able to change our reality, but they can change our perspective on that reality. They offer us a freeze-frame of what’s happening in our psyche right now. Sometimes dreams can show us the purpose of a current difficulty, adding meaning to our suffering or even allowing us to see a way through that suffering to the other side. From dreams of staples in mouths to gigantic waves, flooded cars to a dream cult convention, I’ll show you how to make sense of the language of dreams.
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Minisode 4. The Wizard of Oz: Interpreting Movies Like We Interpret Dreams
July 20th, 2020 | 15 mins 44 secs
archetypes, conscious, depth psychology, dream, dream cure, dream interpretation, dreams, film, images, jung, jungian psychology, movie, psyche, symbols, unconscious, wizard of oz
Just like dreams, movies speak in images and symbols. So it’s possible to add layers of meaning to a film by interpreting it just like you would a dream, which is something we do commonly in depth psychology. In this minisode, I’ll show you how to see a movie as a dream, using The Wizard of Oz as an example.
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12: Dreams Can Change Your Perspective (and Your Life)
July 17th, 2020 | 34 mins 8 secs
archetypes, conscious, depth psychology, dream, dream interpretation, dreams, images, jung, jungian psychology, psyche, symbols, unconscious
The unconscious often sends us dreams in order to change our perspective somehow. These shifts in perspective can transform our lives as we allow the dreams to work on us and through us.
From dreams of lighthouses to plants sprouting from hands, rescuing the drowning to giving birth, I’ll show you how to make sense of the language of dreams. -
Minisode 3: Therapeutic Dreams. The Story of Asclepius, Greek God of Healing, and his Dream Cures
July 13th, 2020 | 13 mins 41 secs
archetypes, asclepius, asklepios, conscious, depth psychology, doctor, dream, dream cure, dream interpretation, dreams, healing, images, jung, jungian psychology, physician, pilgrimage, psyche, symbols, unconscious
When I discovered the connection between ancient Greek physicians and dreams, it tied together the 2 major parts of my life—medicine and depth psychology—in a new way. I didn’t learn about this in medical school! In this minisode I’m going to tell you the story of Asclepius, Greek god of healing, and how patients were healed in his name through dreams.