Thanks for the additional clarification. I’m afraid your interpretation just doesn’t fit for me. In my dream, I’m skiing freely over the rocks. They present no obstacle. I have a joyous, expansive feeling. Actually, I decided to let go of the “must be a writer” obsession some time back and have felt freer ever since. So maybe it does relate in that way.

Thanks,

David

Perhaps the rocks represent a burden that you
have been carrying for a long time, related to
things that you have left undone or not done
to your satisfaction. The dream might be about
reconciliation??

Jennifer

I’m not seeing the connection between my rock dream and wanting to be a writer. What’s the connection that you see?

David

I am very happy that I listened to this podcast!
I have been extremely reluctant to consider dreams…and now I feel less afraid. Thanks.

A comment on your rock dream, if i may.
i recall that you wanted, very early on, to be
a writer ….and this did not go as you wanted
or hoped. My immediate thought was that
your dream may be related??

Best in the new year,
Jennifer

I had the great good fortune of being a participant on Jane’s now extinct web forum for a few years and it was truly life changing and life saving for me. At the time I was going through what in retrospect was the worst time of my life.

I had several private sessions by phone with Jane to untangle particularly distressing dreams relating to very deep childhood trauma and I can attest to her compassionate and insightful therapeutic strategies.

I have been to several professional therapists over the years and nothing touched the work I did with her both in person and via the forum with my dreams.

So, I would like to put to rest any concerns about Jane’s work being unprofessional. I have since spent 3 years as part of a monthly dream group with a professonal psychologist specialising in dream work and have also participated in several dream workshops with Jungian analysts. As fantastic as they all have been, Jane gets my #1 vote.

I had a podcast session with her – #19.

David

David

While I enjoyed the show, I too am very skeptical that any real meaning can be extracted from dreams without having an extensive understanding of the dreamer’s life story and, just as importantly if the person is in therapy, where the person is in their therapy.

Moreover, for someone who is dealing with really serious unconscious conflicts resulting in really serious symptoms, I don’t think offering casual dream interpretations without a thorough understanding of that person’s experience is at all responsible.

Best,
Russ

I don’t have a problem at all with your spin on the dream. I can definitely see that as one angle on it that fits.

David

I’m not sure if I’m off the mark here, but I had the intuitive feeling when hearing your skiing dream that it was also in reference to psychology itself; surfing through the mind. The rough stones made me think of contents of the unconscious (much like rough seas are a common symbol for this), and that you were learning your way through something that usually seems un-doable.

Hope that doesn’t sound like I’m disagreeing with Jane though, I’m not. I think there are often many amplifications to these things. Great to see Jane on the podcast, I’ve seen her on the telly here in Oz.

Cheers!