Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Sometimes dreams have obvious messages; other times, they’re not clear at all. We don’t understand the message. Even if we chart the dream using the SOM framework going point by point, for one reason or another, our conscious mind still doesn’t understand. This happens to the best of us. You can ask for a clarifying…
“If you build it, he will come.” So goes a memorable line from 1989’s The Field of Dreams, a classic sports fantasy movie. The same could be said for establishing a notebook and keeping it by your bedside to use as a dream journal. You might think you’ll have difficulty filling it with dreams, but…
Reviewing information is an essential part of learning. Do you want to learn all you can from your dreams? Introduce your conscious mind to the concerns of your subconscious. Using a format to record and understand your dreams every morning is wise—the format helps you to remember to do that. The 225 man The point…
Regularly seeking wisdom helps you to see yourself and others more clearly. “Why do you wear glasses or contacts?” If you do, that’s an easy question to answer. Whether you’re nearsighted or farsighted, it’s to see the world around you more clearly. Seeing better is almost always the reason for wearing corrective lenses. Otherwise, if…
Can you use an app on your phone as a dream journal? You can. The better question, however, is whether you should. Any old notebook works far better than a phone. If it’s of a convenient size, you can also keep the notebook or journal with you all day to jot down any ideas that…
It’s not at all widely talked about, but did you know your dreams can help heal you? Whether or not you remember them, they can help heal you mentally and emotionally. That ties into actual physical healing as detailed in books like The Body Keeps the Score If you remember dreams and work with them,…
Your alarm goes off, and you wake up suddenly. You get up, and you’ve got somewhere to go. The dream fades. You wake up wondering what time it is. How much longer do you have to sleep? You look at the clock on your phone or on the nightstand. The dream fades. Your bed partner…
Question: What do news reports, professional reports, certain types of poems, lyrics, and short stories all have in common? Answer: Frameworks. Sometimes referred to as formats or templates, frameworks are essential to taming a flow of information. Dreams are a type of information. A framework helps organize the information so you can understand it and…
If you keep a dream diary for a while and try to understand each dream you recover, you’ll soon realize not every dream has a deeper meaning. Not every dream illuminates some insight into the subconscious. Sometimes a dream illustrates a slice of your life from the near-present or the past. But sometimes the dream…
You might not have your lighted pen handy. You might not have your dream journal available, and there’s nothing else to write on that’s available. You might have a spouse or partner next to you in bed. Turning the bedside light on to write your dream down wouldn’t be kind, especially if they have something…