Does the shadow really know?
Dreams can tell us something about our lives that we don’t know. They can help us uncover hidden feelings about decisions. Like whether or not to change careers or move to a new home. Or how we might still be hurting ourselves through the negative relationship we have with ourselves. For example dreaming about being abandoned might be trying to explain how we abandon ourselves. Our shadow can also show up in our dreams. In jungian psychology the shadow is thought to be an unconscious part of one’s psyche that we don’t readily identify in ourselves. For example the “not me.” If I am like myself, a zoftig blonde women in her fifties and I dream of a red headed thin woman in her 20’s it would be a shadowy part of myself. In my waking life that is definitely “not me” but in my non-waking life she is alive and well.
Get on Board the dreamweaver train
Dreams interpretation requires skill and patience. I coach individuals in dream interpretation as a part of individual therapy, and from time to time, when there is interest, I offer group sessions.