Jen Sonstein Maidenberg·Sep 15, 2022Member-onlyHow Do You Know You’re ‘You’ in Your Dreams?An Inquiry — How do you know you’re “you” in your dreams? I’m really asking. How do you know? Do you see yourself in a mirror? Do the characters in your dreams call you by name? Do you recognize the room you are in? Does the person next to you look like your…Dreams7 min readDreams7 min read
Jen Sonstein Maidenberg·Sep 6, 2022Member-onlyThe People in Your Dreams Aren’t Who You Think They AreUnless They Are — I’ve been faithfully tracking my dreams for the past six years. By faithfully, I mean almost daily I write down one or more of my dreams in an app on my phone. I chronicle my dreams in the app as opposed to a notebook due to the convenience of the…Dreams6 min readDreams6 min read
Jen Sonstein Maidenberg·May 9, 2022Member-onlyDreaming About an ExOr other individuals from your past… — If you are someone with even a moderately active dream life, there is a good chance you’ve had a romantic or sexual dream about an ex. For individuals inside of a committed relationship, these kinds of dreams can bring up all sorts of feelings upon waking: desire, shame, confusion, concern…Relationships7 min readRelationships7 min read
Jen Sonstein Maidenberg·Apr 6, 2022Member-onlyYes, We Time Travel in Our DreamsBut Can We Change, Alter, or Fix the Future? — I have been an active dreamer all my life, with vivid dreams transporting me to other realities since I was a little girl. As much as we remember our former selves, we also forget; and as such, I forgot that I was a student of dreams even as a teenager…Time Travel7 min readTime Travel7 min read
Jen Sonstein Maidenberg·Feb 21, 2022Member-onlyI Lucid Dream, But All I Want to Do Is Wake UpOn dreaming as a thumbprint for life — The writer Annie Dillard said that how we spend our lives is how we spend our days. I think the same can be said about dreams. Our dreaming life — the dilemmas we face, the interactions we find ourselves in — are good indicators of what we struggle with or…Dreams7 min readDreams7 min read
Jen Sonstein Maidenberg·Mar 1, 2021Member-onlyNot Everyone Is A Good Audience for Telling Your DreamsTips for when to tell your dreams to someone, and when not — The other day I was in a lively conversation with a close friend of mine about her growing business. She recalled a time when a coach she was working with shared with her in a one-on-one a dream he had. She was the subject of the dream. “I see you…Dreams5 min readDreams5 min read
Jen Sonstein Maidenberg·Feb 18, 2021Member-onlyThe Best Thing About My First Lucid Dream Was the DelightPlus, the realization that life may be simpler than we believe it to be — For about a decade, I’ve been intentionally working on my dream life. …Dreams6 min readDreams6 min read
