Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Anything can happen in a dream. Anything often does. One of those things that happen in dreams—unlike real life—is what dream researchers have come to call “character transformations.” In the collected dreams of a pseudonymous dream journaler whom Calvin Hall referred to as “Barb Sanders” these character transformations were fairly common. Hall estimated they occurred…
Part four in a series about one of Calvin Hall’s study subjects, pseudonymously named “Barb Sanders.” Barb kept a dream journal for much of her life. Barb Sanders loved everything about the theater. She had 169 dream reports about the theater, many of which involved her auditioning for a part, or directing a theatrical production.…
In part three we continue this summary of the dream diaries of “Barb Sanders.” Sanders was a pseudonymous dream enthusiast Calvin Hall studied and who kept a dream diary for much of her life. In late 1994 and into 1995, Barb Sanders’ longstanding friends grew worried. Once again, she seemed not to be seeing relationships…
Part 1/6 Scientists who study dreams can know a lot about their subjects, especially if they interview their friends and family, and really “dive deep” into their lives and writings. Even so, they can’t possibly know as much as the person being studied themselves. This is forgotten and the study of dreams is misapplied too…
How you should look at your dreams, how you study them, depends on what problems you need to solve and what you need to do in order to live your best life possible.
Studying their dreams can benefit anyone.
Anyone of any age can use dreams to resolve personal conflicts and gain clarity about what they need to do to feel and be successful.
There’s far more than just one tip here. Try out a bunch of them and see which one you think is No. 1! Do you ever find yourself tossing and turning in bed, struggling to fall asleep or falling back asleep? You’re not alone. According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), three in 10 adults…
Remember this: there’s always a reason why you have a certain dream. You can dream about anything; why that particular thing? If you have similar dreams over the course of two or three days, it’s normal. If these similar dreams stretch on for weeks and months, you should ask yourself why. That’s a heckuva long…
The summer fire season is cooking throughout much of the United States and northern hemisphere. A forest fire can be miles away, but if the wind blows right, and the fire gets big enough, the smoke can make it hard to sleep at night. Same with an air-polluting factory that starts up operation. Or the…
People learn in their dreams and they’re not aware of it. It’s hard to understand how much learning goes on because most people don’t remember their dreams. The conclusions get buried somewhere in their subconscious. It’s easier to quantify the learning you do while awake. When you study for something, take a test, and pass…
Going to Spain and Portugal two years ago was relaxing. The environment was peaceful. That’s not to say those two countries are peaceful all the time. Going back in their history, the Spanish Civil War was anything but. Neither was the Reconquista! That’s not to say they don’t have their problems; every place does. It’s…
You don’t have to sit cross-legged on a cushion in the middle of a room with a candle burning in front of you to meditate. Meditation doesn’t have to be this complicated/inconvenient. If you do all that, you’re wasting time. Dream Focus provides a way to get the benefits of meditation without the inconvenience. What…
Socks or no socks in bed? That’s the question. Why not do both? You might want to wear socks in the winter and keep them off in the summer. Socks can keep your feet warm during the winter or any time of the year if you’ve got poor circulation. Even if you’ve got great blood…
People have had warning dreams for centuries, probably ever since there’s been people. It’s part of being human. Will the fate come to pass? Probably not. We’ve got a terrible track record with dream warnings and other kinds of warnings as well. Dreams communicate with symbolic language. They often don’t make much sense when considered…