CERTIFIED JUNGIAN COACH · CERTIFIED DREAMWORK PROFESSIONAL · PRACTICING UNDER IASD ETHICS
THE ESSAYS · DREAMS, JUNG, AND THE UNCONSCIOUS
There's a woman who keeps showing up in my dreams, the woman with dark hair. Most of what I write starts exactly like that: something shows up, and it won't leave until I've written it down.
New writing lands there first, usually born from a dream I couldn't shake. The archive below stays here.
Read & subscribe on Substack →March 3, 2026
That 2am feeling that your successful life might not be everything you wanted? Jung had a word for it. Here's what your midlife crisis might actually...
Read the essay →February 23, 2026
Dream incubation is an ancient practice. The Greeks built temples for it. You have a pillow and a pen. Here's how to ask your unconscious a real quest...
Read the essay →February 17, 2026
Dream dictionaries are lazy. They flatten your dreams into symbols and miss the story. Here's why specificity matters more than the symbol.
Read the essay →February 14, 2026
Why dreams change when they're witnessed.
Read the essay →February 1, 2026
A dark-haired woman has been showing up in my dreams for years. I don't know her name. But she keeps appearing, and I've learned to pay attention.
Read the essay →January 28, 2026
I spent a summer delivering flawless sales pitches that nobody bought. Turns out I was possessed by an archetype and didn't know it.
Read the essay →January 24, 2026
I'd been lucid dreaming since high school but never wrote one down. The first time I did, I couldn't believe what was already sitting there.
Read the essay →January 15, 2026
A dream about a raccoon and a rattlesnake ended my marriage and started the real work.
Read the essay →January 14, 2025
The first session of the 2025 Dream Group. A recurring dream about a door. A silence that lasted too long. And the moment I realized the dream was als...
Read the essay →June 16, 2024
My dad owns a blinds business. In a dream, I was installing blinds on a wall with no window. The pun hit me after waking: Am I blind to boundaries?
Read the essay →June 3, 2024
I silently mouthed 'projection!' at my colleague during a training call. Then I realized I was doing the exact thing I was calling out.
Read the essay →June 2, 2024
Active imagination isn't daydreaming or meditation. It's sitting down, letting the unconscious show up, and having a conversation you didn't plan. Her...
Read the essay →Who keeps showing up in your dreams, the way the woman with dark hair keeps showing up in mine?
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