Though my consulting practice is based on helping people get the most out of their dreams, I frequently encounter people who suffer from sleep disturbances. Conditions such as insomnia, sleep apnea, night terrors, and restless leg syndrome are surprisingly widespread, and prevent many people from getting the restorative sleep they need to operate at full capacity in their lives.

On my weekly radio show, I have recently conducted interviews with medical experts in the field, to increase public understanding of these potentially debilitating conditions and how to treat them. So I was thrilled when a friend called my attention to a new video celebrating the father of sleep medicine research, Dr. William Dement.

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One of the great things about being a professional dream consultant is getting to know some of the fascinating, talented people working in the field of dreams. Among these is Kelly Bulkeley, whose books I recommend to clients all the time. His new book, American Dreamers, is an excellent exploration of how our deeply held ideas, values, virtues, and fears are reflected in our dreams. But it is a recently published article of Kelly’s in the San Francisco Chronicle that I would like to draw your attention to today.

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I was watching the Colbert Report last Thursday night, and stumbled onto a surprising little nugget about dreams. Stephen Colbert was interviewing astronaut Garrett Reisman, who had recently returned from 95 days in orbit on the Space Shuttle. Colbert asked whether his dreams were different in space and on earth, and Reisman’s response was surprising to me.

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Keeping a dream journal is a great way to start working with dreams. By simply opening to a page, putting the next day’s date on it, and writing a couple sentences about the day’s challenges and what you’d like to dream about, you are much more likely to have helpful dreams that night and remember them on waking. It sounds simple, but the results can be profound.

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Last week as I worked on my LinkedIn profile, I decided to answer a couple of the questions posted on the site for people’s ideas and feedback. I chose one which asked “What did your father teach you, that helped you in your career and your life?” and wrote the following:

My father taught best by approaching every situation with a combination of quiet empathy and dry humor. He had the ability to develop rapport with… see more anybody in a matter of seconds, whether it was a parking lot attendant, a client, a colleague, or his prospective father-in-law. He put people at ease, made them laugh, and created instant friendships that endured for years.

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For the past few months I have been following with interest the “Metaphysical Poll” being conducted online by a Toronto woman, Sheila Heti, who was curious about what people were dreaming about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. She started collecting dreams and posting them on two different blog sites, which soon became four sites as readers began sending in John McCain dreams as well as dreams featuring two or more candidates.

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You just never know what little gems you will encounter by browsing through tech and business blogs. Today I was startled by a mention of the Hedgehog Concept. Originating in a quote by the Greek poet Archilochus, translated as, “the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing,” the metaphor of fox and hedgehog and their respective talents was then adapted by Isaiah Berlin in his famous essay on Tolstoy.

Berlin’s essay has spun out some fascinating, if dense, conversations in print, but I was most interested in how Jim Collins has re-focused the hedgehog theme on greatness in business:

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Dreams help us clarify our goals, and are invaluable in finding ways for our deepest values to be reflected in our work. Branding is often seen as a marketing trick used to increase sales, rather than a process by which our core identity is communicated most effectively in the world.

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People have been consulting their dreams for guidance for thousands of years. All dreams come to support our greater health and well-being, and can give us valuable advice on personal as well as professional issues. Understanding dreams can help us manage change, access greater creativity, overcome stress, improve our decision-making, and bring balance back into our lives.

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