Jen Sonstein Maidenberg

In waking life, memory cues are objects, words, sounds, or sensory experiences that trigger memory. Essentially, they are conscious and subconscious associations we have made ...

What does it mean to work a dream? Simply put, working a dream means remembering it, re-engaging with it, and bringing it to life — ...

Let me get this out of the way upfront. The title of this post (and maybe any blog post ever) is misleading. There is no ...

I’ll tell you a secret. Even though I’m a high-yielding dreamer and a dreamwork practitioner, there are mornings I convince myself that my dreams are ...

Last night, before bed, I found myself discussing with my boyfriend which film or TV show I want him to watch to better prepare him ...

It’s been a painful and heart-wrenching few weeks. Unable to read or write or work much since the massacres on Israeli civilians on October 7, ...

I am a morning person and a dreamwork practitioner, and still sometimes I don’t feel like writing down my dreams. It’s okay to go through ...

A very common first response from individuals who learn I am a dreamwork practitioner is, “Oh really? I have such vivid dreams. Some of them ...

For years, I was always surprised when friends or family would claim to not remember their dreams. I would be even more incredulous when someone ...

You may not want a cure for your nostalgia, and that’s okay. I’m not sure yet I want to “cure” mine. It’s served me well ...

Have you ever noticed how in dreams, we tend to “know” someone has told us something or we get “the idea” of a certain verbal ...

As I have given more attention over the years to recalling and working with my dreams, I’ve noticed changes in a few areas: Most notably, ...

I don’t remember exactly when I first started experiencing the symptoms of anxiety, but I’ve suffered from panic attacks since the age of seven. I ...

Have you had an airport dream recently? Did it leave you energized and excited? Or anxious?  My guess is that for many of us airport ...

What does it mean when you dream of your teeth falling out? What does it mean when you dream of spiders chasing you? What does ...

Last night, another dream of water. This time, I was tossed a rope by my father and encouraged to hop along lily-pad-like buoys across a ...

In 2018, I interviewed scientist and author Dr. Dean Radin upon the publication of his book Real Magic. At the time, I was occasionally interviewing authors for a ...