So a few nights I had a surfing dream the details were not really that clear to me other than I was with my best friend growing up, we were at beach that was like the beaches of my childhood in southern California, and I loved being in the water waiting for the next wave. …
Category: Change work Tags: cooperation, cutting edge, friendship, jealousy, love, love conection, mental-health, protection, relationships, surfing dreams, suring as a metaphor, writing
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 …
Category: Change work, emotions Tags: betrayal, closeness, criticism, finding the positive, forgiveness, grief, healing, heart, hurt, intimacy, joy, love, loving energy, mental-health, relationships, revenge
Before we go too far into understanding about envy, we first have to differentiate it from jealousy, because even the dictionary has it wrong (at least in my understanding). It is useful to have a clear distinction. Envy is the emotion you feel when you desire an end state, hope that it will happen, but then do not …
Observe, how thou art asleep in a dwelling, and its doors are barred; on a sudden thou findest thyself in a far-off city, which thou enterest without moving thy feet or wearying thy body; without using thine eyes, thou seest; without taxing thine ears, thou hearest; without a tongue, thou speakest. And perchance when ten …
Category: Dreams, emotions, encouragement, healing, reflections, therapy, transformation, virtues Tags: bear dreams, ego-power, intimacy, pool dreams, relationships, water dreams, water-slide dreams
Richard Hastings is an expert in change work and dream work and author of Dreams for Peace. He is a 
Dreams For Peace 