Category Archives: Dreams Interpreted

Nightmares

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Veronica Tonay

Greetings, creative dreamers! For the last while, I’ve been busy with my private practice, finishing up my long teaching career in psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, giving talks, making art, traveling into the wilderness, spending time … Continue reading →

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Leaping, falling, leaping again

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Veronica Tonay

With winter’s arrival, comes introspection. This is a dark, inward season, when our bodies slow down, our pets sleep a lot, and our energy quiets. When we think of artists, we imagine them in the act of creating something. But … Continue reading →

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Water, waves, and warehouses: an interpreted dream

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Veronica Tonay

Happy summer, dreamers!  Since I haven’t posted in quite a while, today, a dream from the mailbox, and an in-depth interpretation: Dear Dr. Tonay, I had a dream the other night about somehow getting into water. I can’t remember where … Continue reading →

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Scary Kids

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Veronica Tonay

Happy Spring, dreamers!  I’m enjoying the natural world as it unfolds its blossoms and surrounds us with a living metaphor for creating new plans, hopes, and dreams… Last night, I was the guest of Esme Murphy on CBS’ WCCO 830 news … Continue reading →

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Dream Stories

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Veronica Tonay

Greetings, dreamers! The garden is a singing palette of blooms.  We’ve had a heat wave, most conducive to rose tea and a book on the patio. That book could be your own dream journal… In my private practice, teaching, and … Continue reading →

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Zombie Dreams

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Veronica Tonay

Greetings, creative dreamers! Winter is melting here, with warm days and blossoms appearing overnight on the cherry trees.  What dreams are you exploring as the days grow longer? Last month, my former student, Michael, wrote: “I am aware the winter … Continue reading →

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Dreams and darkness

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Veronica Tonay

Greetings, dreamers! We are approaching the winter solstice, the day that turns the dark to light for the next six months of the year… Just as light is a metaphor, so is darkness: in dreams, the dark can stand for … Continue reading →

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Food dreams

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Veronica Tonay

Greetings, dreamers!  Spring has arrived here, in her skirts of blossom and leaf, the birds crowding feeders for every last seed.  Spring is the archetypal season of creativity: time to rebuild, rejuvenate, (pro)create, and try new things!  Our appetites increase… … Continue reading →

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Wars, conflicts, and dreams

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Veronica Tonay

Happy March, dreamers!  The chill is receding in my town, and everyone seems to be opening up, shaking off their contracted spirits, and beginning to twirl with anticipation of sunshine.  One cat is curled up around a cup of Imperial … Continue reading →

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Attacker Dreams

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Veronica Tonay

Greetings, dreamers! The weather has turned, here, from a strange heat wave to chill, thunder, lightening, and rain.  In the garden, the last heart-shaped leaf on our bright redbud tree dropped to the ground this morning. It’s time for a … Continue reading →

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Water Dreams

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Veronica Tonay

Now, here’s a dream from my mailbox and some general ideas for creative dreamers about what it might mean: I dreamed there was a huge tidal wave and it was wiping things out miles and miles from the shoreline… I … Continue reading →

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