Tag: closeness
The Nightmare That Won’t Go Away by Trying to Live in the Imagined Glorious Past
Most of us have been affected emotionally over the past several months from the political ideologies that want to take their countries backwards to an imagined time when everything was so great and glorious. We who work in this field of helping people move forward in our lives just kind of shake our heads and …
The Hurt Code: Door Opener to Loving What You Do
For the longest time my presenting negative emotion was grief, especially after the untimely death of my daughter two years ago. Grief is such a challenging emotion to deal with, primarily because when it strikes, it takes your energy down. You feel depressed. It is no wonder that anti-depressants have been so easily prescribed by …
The Code of Jealousy: Getting Out of Extreme Protection and Guarding What You Think You Have
Jealousy is a particularly difficult negative emotion to write about for me, probably because I have mostly been on the victim side of people being jealous of me. I have more experience with trying to cope with jealous people than being jealous myself. It doesn’t come up that often for me. I will do the …
Imprisonment Dreams
Imprisonment Dreams Feeling imprisoned as if you are in jail is a very common dream theme. Generally speaking when you have a prison dream, it means that you are stuck being controlled by forces outside of yourself. You are jailed inside, while a prison keeper has the key or control to your freedom. It can …
Why We Need to Stay in Our Discomfort
I am walking down Commercial Drive in East Van (Vancouver) on another cool and rainy day. Every step I take tells me to get out of my discomfort and into temporary relief. I could get some nice pastry, maybe some pizza, or a double macchiato latte topped with whipped cream. Don’t get me wrong here. …
Richard Hastings is an expert in change work and dream work and author of Dreams for Peace. He is a 
Dreams For Peace 