MANY OF US HAVE DREAMS about sexual encounters that we would never imagine, or even want, in our waking lives. So where do these dreams come from and what do they mean? The people, setting, relationships, appropriateness and emotions of such dreams are all clues.

TRYING TO REMEMBER … have I already written about Alzheimer’s disease? No. No, I haven’t. I’m sure of it. Pretty sure. This much is certain — I follow every trick and tip I discover to stave off that thief of noodles. That’s why I play Words with Friends. It’s not a deadly time-killer that beckons […]

SOMETIMES THE SIMPLEST DREAMS, or the shortest ones, are ones we are likely to toss aside as “probably nothing.” But to paraphrase the old axiom, the best messages can come in small dreams. Even a dream containing only one image and no dialogue or interaction between dream characters can have a powerful impact on your […]

I AM SO DONE WITH SELF-IMPROVEMENT. Thank God. It was exhausting! What with the constant recognition of my shortcomings, the seeking of remedies, the futile attempts at changing ingrained behaviors and personality traits, and of course, the forgetting of what I started only to blunder into another reminder of my imperfection. I really hate being […]

RIGHT BEFORE DYING, many people experience vivid and meaningful dreams and visions, according to accounts across cultures and throughout history, as well as current research conducted among patients in hospice care.

A LONE PELICAN WORKS OUR COVE, swooping with his huge beak pointed downward, keen eyes following fingerlings below the surface of the water. He spots a fat one and forming a dagger with his body, he plunges, then bobs to the surface, tilts his enormous beak upward and lets his holiday hors d’oeurvre slip down […]

IF YOU DREAM OF LOSING A BABY OR FORGETTING ONE, leaving it behind or in danger, you likely are ignoring your deepest spiritual needs and desires.

AS IS WELL ESTABLISHED BY SCIENCE, there are two types of people in the world. There have only ever been two types. Two types alone. Amen. Any effort to define and sort people into a third group is futile. A fourth? Abomination! People love the binary and in fact will self-sort. You’re either built for […]

FEARFUL DREAMS OFTEN INCLUDE A REALITY CHECK — the thing we fear must be accepted. Today’s dreamer has an emotional example.

YOU’LL EXCUSE ME IF I SEEM ETHERIC. I have passed through a complicated mass of neurobiology and entered the flow state. The deep now. Always seeking the cutting edge, and in accordance with the latest research, I have eased up on my gray matter accelerator and backed off my normally ultra-quick sharp-as-a-tack-edness. But Carolyn, you […]