The Dream Show with Jane Teresa Anderson

Jason from Seattle dreamed of viewing the magnificence of outer space from a spacecraft, before landing back on Earth. He had been abducted by aliens, and knew they would find him again. Back home there’s maths homework to do, a blood transfusion to endure against his will, and a sense of deep sadness connected with a journey he wants to make into the unknown. How will the dream end, and how...

Ann is my guest with a vivid dream where she returns to her childhood neighbourhood and witnesses a miraculous solar eclipse. In the dream, she and John, a friend from her church, follow the solar eclipse with a discussion about yoga, maths, english, and an abstract drawing in a notepad. All this during a short afternoon nap! Listen as we explore Ann’s dream, link it to recent events and con...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What you see is what you get, depending on how you see it. As your eye changes – as your experiences change – so does what you get. Have you noticed how a favourite story from childhood is different when you reread it as an adult? Or how the message of a movie can change from one viewing to the next? Or how even a non-fiction book can seem to impart different...

My guest, Gay, is keen to hear my take on a dream she had six months ago, a dream that profoundly changed her life. Gay dreamed of moseying along a walkway from a dark museum castle into a room filled with a blinding light where she embraced her estranged granddaughter. There are many deep and wonderful levels to Gay’s dream, its interpretation, its healing qualities, and we explore these as Gay t...

Gwynne is my guest with a dream about finding a camera with a shocking picture on the viewfinder. There’s a theme of lost and found, and another of being driven around – always the passenger, never the driver – and sitting so far back in the vehicle that she even falls out of the car. Who or what is lost? Who or what is found? And how does the shocking picture help Gwynne –...

Lea, my guest having her dream interpreted in this episode, dreamed of a poet who had been murdered long ago in a small Chinese town. She found his body parts and laid some out so that they would be discovered. Later in her dream she told of a man she once loved who caught a fantastical Chinese goldfish by dancing the hook along the water rather than by using bait. What’s the connection betw...

Adelaide, my guest, dreamed of falling from a window. She hit the ground and thought she had died, but a passing cat licked her face and revived her. Later in her dream, she found the perfect home – old, falling apart, holes in the walls, a broken drinking glass in the kitchen. Yes, she thought it was wonderful! The real estate agent couldn’t believe she wanted to live there, but Adela...

Anna, my guest, had one of those once-in-a-lifetime dreams, the kind you never forget. She questioned – was it a dream or an experience? She awoke with the physical sensation of a loving energy pulsing between her ovaries, and a sense that something extraordinary had taken place while she slept. Her dream included an exciting powerful entity taking over someone’s body, the search for a...

Our August show features Emily, from Northern California, with a dream about moving into a new but dusty house. While cleaning, she discovers a dark hallway with a poker table and some lumberjacks from the 1850s. “How exciting, a haunted house!” she tells her husband, in the dream. There’s an animal and some clue-bearing numbers too. And there’s more, but who am I to spoil...

Imagine getting Freud, Jung, and Hippocrates (a dream healer from around 2,300 years ago who became immortalized as the Father of Modern Medicine) into a room together to interpret a dream. They’d all have different views. Where would they agree, where would they disagree? In this episode, I meet these dream pioneers and ask them to interpret a simple dream I had about a skateboard. It’s an imagin...

My guest on the show is Liza, asking about her spider dream. A spider named Venus Fly Trap! As always, dreams are not what they seem, and we unearth a very deep belief connecting way back, that has been influencing the way Liza’s relationships develop and unravel. Of course we don’t leave it there. We move from awareness and insight to transformation, using dream alchemy techniques to...

Is it a good thing or a bad thing to replay a dream over and over again in your mind’s eye? While many dreams slip away as soon as we open our eyes, some haunt us for days, whether we invite them in or whether we’d prefer to forget them. Why is this, and is their lingering presence helpful or harmful? In today’s show we explore this, ponder the question of whether you can dream o...

Who dreams about you? How many dreams have you starred in, or played a cameo role? Think of  all the different people who have appeared in your dreams over the years – people you know well, people you vaguely know, people you know of but have never met. People in our dreams are symbols, but of what? In this episode I give you The Identity Method – how to interpret the meaning of the pe...

Sophia is my guest having her dream interpreted while you listen in to witness the process, pick up interpretation tips, and share the insights. Sophia went to bed the night before our recording, asking for a special dream to bring to the show. She had seven dreams, and since all dreams on one night are usually connected in theme, we looked at three of these and quickly browsed the others. We stru...

Do you know the story of Chicken Licken? It was one of my favourite childhood stories. Last week we looked at children’s dreams and nightmares and this week we’re following theme by looking at one of my childhood recurring dreams and the blessings it continues to bestow many decades later. Chicken Licken gets a look in on the show too. We also look at life’s potential pitfalls, a...

How can you best help your children when they wake in the middle of the night distressed about a nightmare or bad dream? In this episode, I take you through some simple practical steps that you can follow next time this happens, and give you some tips on what your children’s dreams might mean and how you can use this insight to help them gain confidence and wisdom as they grow into the world...

Alison dreamed about trying to hide from violent pursuers who chased her back to her childhood home. Later in the dream, just when things were beginning to look good, she found dead dogs along a ridge, just beyond an ancient, deserted town, and woke up in fright. What does it mean? Listen as Alison and I explore the details of her dream, and hear Alison’s response as I interpret it and she r...

Join me as I dip into my book, The Dream Handbook (originally published as Dream Alchemy) , reading you passages exploring dreams, recurring dreams, nightmares, and my unique approach to working with dreams – dream alchemy. Included is a little insight into the medieval alchemists and what their quest to transform base metal into gold was really about. How does the Philosophers’ Stone...

How can an alien help you to understand a dream? What’s the right thing to say to a horse as it angrily rears up above you and threatens to crash down upon you? And what’s the magical formula for finding a solution to a seemingly impossible challenge? Today’s show brings you a mix of dream interpretation tips, from the practical and light-hearted to the deeply analytical, and a t...

Janell transformed an angry fat lady into a melting green sludge. Hmm, well, you can do that in dreams! This particular green sludge moved along – in the way sludges do – to break open a chamber and reveal two Toltec tapestries and a pile of Janell’s old clothes. How do you deal with anger in your life? Listen in as Janell describes the rest of her colourful, magical dream, and a...

How much does worry weigh? What’s the connection between a worm and a nipple? Which is of greater value, a champagne or a pink diamond? And is there anyone out there who actually enjoys vacuuming? In this show we ponder these and other key questions as we playfully pick our way through dreams and life cameos in search of deeply meaningful and spiritually insightful answers. Of course we find...

Peter dreamed of running up a path that became so steep that he had to crawl on all fours and squeeze through narrow confines. Have you ever had that kind of dream? It’s a common theme for many, but Peter’s dream progressed until he reached the pinnacle and saw … ah, I’m not going to spoil this! What did he see, and what happened next to make this such a memorable dream? Th...

Andrea dreamed of robbers stealing three big bags of gold coins, making a getaway in her car, a chick car. Meanwhile, a guy at work was presented with a birthday gift, the testosterone petrolhead version of Andrea’s chick car, but not a real one, a child’s toy worth $19. You’ll be amazed at how much we discover when we explore the meaning of that 19! Join Andrea and I as we delve...

Viv, my guest, dreamed of murdering her husband. She wanted a canteen of cutlery, and the only way to get it was to deliver a quick blow to the back of his head while he slept. It was a harrowing dream, the kind that many people keep to themselves, frightened to share for fear of what it reveals. And what does Viv’s dream reveal? It’s an entirely positive and uplifting dream once the s...

Rose is my guest, wondering why her sister, in India, sometimes accurately dreams details of Rose’s dreams or Rose’s waking life in the US. What is happening here, and are these dreams – Rose’s and her sister’s – meaningful when interpreted? We explore and interpret two shared dreams and one of Rose’s sister’s dreams that tuned into an event Rose att...