Gentle disguise: dreams of the departed

My grandfather died when I was thirteen. I didn’t really know him very well, and most memories I have of him are second hand, borrowed from stories told by others, a person and a life fabricated from tall tales, hearsay, and conjecture. He was well into his 60s when I, his first grandchild, was born. […]

Episode 78 The Dream Show: Dreams of death

My guest, Dewi, dreamed that her son died. Two dreams followed, another one about death, and one about a diagnosis of cancer. Death dreams are common and extremely worrying, especially when they feature family members, and it’s often a death dream that sends people Googling to my site or booking a dream consultation. These dreams […]

Dream interpretation: Recurring dreams

Do you have a recurring dream theme? I asked this question on my Facebook page on Monday, to gather some material for today’s blog and to provide some glimpses into what these dreams mean. So thanks for your contributions, guys, and read on! First up, remember that a dream reflects your conscious and unconscious experiences […]

Episode 73 The Dream Show: Air bubble

Melanie is my guest, with a healing dream, though you might wonder why a disturbing dream involving death can possibly be a healing dream. It all goes to show that dreams are not what they seem, and the most distressing dreams can sometimes be the most healing. Melanie dreamed that she administered an injection to […]

Episode 48 The Dream Show: Yellow ochre

Today’s guest, Barbara, dreamed she was organising paints, particularly yellow ochre, when an old woman with leprosy appeared, on the verge of death. Barbara knew she needed to burn and bury the body. The dream tantalisingly offered a number – five – a clue to interpretation. As you will hear, the dream reveals an unconscious […]

Episode 44 The Dream Show: Bodice ripper

My guest today is Carla, with a real bodice ripper of a dream. Heads roll in an execution, blood flows, there’s a marriage of convenience between an 18th century Nordic beauty and a Viscount, and much anticipation about how the wedding night will go. As the romp continues, World War 2 begins and the Nazis […]

Radio HotFM 95.7 Gravestone dream

I was interpreting dreams on Chippy and Step’s Morning Juice breakfast show on Radio HotFM WA 95.7 this morning. One of the callers was Rebecca, who had dreamed she was driving along their main highway and had reached the point where they’re building a new road. So far, everything in the dream was as it […]

Episode 30 The Dream Show: Dreams of birth and death

Have you ever given birth in a dream? Men as well as women have intense birth dreams and give birth to strange creatures: a vampire, a penguin, and an insect, for example, as you will hear in this episode.   When I was pregnant with my first child, I dreamed I gave birth to a … find […]

ABC QLD Recurring death dream

“Three nights in a row this week I dreamed I died in a car accident, and I was frantically trying to contact my husband to discuss the funeral arrangements,” said Gail, one of the callers to my dream interpretation segment on Stacey Katter’s afternoon show today on Radio ABC QLD. What does it mean? “It’s […]

The Dream Show: Episode 22 Dreams of death, dying and the departed

Dreams of Death, Dying and the Departed. This week’s episode is for our many listeners who have asked for more specific details about death dreams. Instead of talking with a guest dreamer, we discuss dreams of death, dying and the departed – including dreams of haunting and evil presences. These common, scary dreams, once understood, […]