Sometimes a dream is telling us that we’re ready to do the thing we think we cannot do. I recently dreamed about my dog Annie, who is no longer alive. She’s appeared in a lot of dreams lately. In the most recent one, I dreamed she was sitting on my knees biting another dog. My […]
One Reason We Have Nightmares
This week I had a nightmare. Most people tell me they don’t want to even talk about nightmares. And I haven’t wanted to talk about them myself. A part of me was slightly superstitious that by talking about them I would cause one. My nightmare was scary and not one I want to repeat. As all nightmares are. The strange thing […]
5 Ways to Ignite Your Dreaming
How’s your dream life? Perhaps you dream vividly multiple nights a week. Or perhaps you have an occasional dream that you vaguely remember. Or you’re somewhere in between. Actually, everyone dreams but not everyone recalls their dreams. But you can train yourself to recall them. One of the best ways to remember your dreams is […]
What It Means When You Dream About Other People
I had a dream ‘first’ this week. I dreamed about the same person two nights in a row. I dreamed of Martha Beck. She is an author and life coach (Oprah’s life coach) and I recently finished reading her amazing book The Way of Integrity. When we dream about other people we can identify in a […]
The Most Effective Way Your Dreams Help You Remove Blocks
One of the most helpful things I’ve learned about dreams is that they can help you uncover any blocks or limiting beliefs you have but don’t know you have. These things are sometimes called Shadow. Shadow is the aspects of yourself that you have learned others might not like. You want to be loved, so […]
Want to Dream Your Next Story Idea? 4 Things I’m Doing to Make That Happen
Did you hear the one about the best-selling author whose story idea came to them in a dream? I’ve long heard these anecdotes. Wished it would happen to me. As I research dreams and their meanings, I’m now exploring how they can make us more creative. I wonder if we can be more intentional about […]
4 Reasons You Don’t Remember Your Dreams: And 5 Things You Can Do About It
Why don’t we remember our dreams? That’s often the first question people have. Or they tell me they don’t dream. Actually, everyone dreams. They just don’t remember them. So back to why? The short answer is that we’re all sleep deprived. Dream recall depends on getting enough sleep to begin with. Each REM cycle you […]
Welcome to Caryn Dreams: A New Direction Based on My Interest in Dreams
In 2021, I started a group and Instagram called Publisher In Your Pocket. I was in a creativity/business course and met so many writers who wanted to get published (like me) and since I’d worked in book publishing for 25 years, I wanted to share what I knew. And I did for a while and […]