Naked in My High School Classroom: A business consultant’s amazing shift, facilitated by a dream
By Dr. Leslie Ellis
I am standing naked in my high school classroom. I am preparing to give a presentation, but nobody is paying attention. I am fumbling with my laptop which is precariously balanced on a small, crowded table. I pick up my folder and papers spill out all over the floor. As I bend to pick them up, I nearly knock my laptop off the table. A couple people are trying to help, but they are making things worse. Finally, I am ready to present. I sit at the computer, and it won’t connect to the wifi. I’m getting more and more unhappy. I’m hyperventilating because nothing is working. As it gets more and more stressful, I suddenly wake up.
You may recognize this dream. Most of us have had versions of it. In mine, I am on a stage with a huge crowd watching expectantly for me to speak. I have not merely forgotten my lines, but never learned them in the first place. Or I am about to walk into a final exam but realize I have skipped class all term. These are classic anxiety dreams, and often they reflect a feeling of being unprepared for some kind of upcoming task in waking life. But don’t be too quick to dismiss the dream at that.
In the following session, I walk through the dream in detail with a South African business consultant. In the process he learns much about himself, and the nature of his concerns. And when I ask him to go ahead and re-enter the dream and carry it forward, something unexpected happens.
The following is an abridged transcript of our discussion of this classic dream.
Leslie: So you have this kind of dream quite frequently?
Dreamer: I’ve never kept track of it. But I have variations on the theme of things just not working. For example, I’ll be climbing a cliff, and then the grass and the rocks start to give away. And the more I try and catch the rocks in the grass, or the branches, the more falls away. And it turns into that falling kind of dream and then I wake up and realize I wasn’t climbing or falling, thank goodness for that!
Leslie: Yeah, you wake up relieved.
Dreamer: Yeah. Or another dream which I have had for a long time is the running dream, where I’m trying to run away from something and my legs are moving but I’m not going anywhere.
Leslie: Like the cartoon animals when they’re running on the spot, legs spinning, trying to get traction… Yeah, so lots of these are fairly common dream motifs, but I’d like to work with the presentation one in particular because it’s recurring. It would be interesting to see if our dream discussion changes how these recurring dreams show up, which would be evidence that the process has been helpful.
Dreamer: I know that I do self-sabotage. I don’t trust myself in the work that I do. So I’ll often get complimented after a conference or presentation. I take the compliments, say, thank you, that’s great, and I move on quickly. Then, when I’m alone, especially when things are challenging — like now with business quite slow because of COVID-19 — I begin to say to myself, okay, maybe there’s something wrong with me. Maybe I’m not doing it properly, maybe my business isn’t actually working. I wonder if there’s a link subconsciously between that feeling and the dreams.
Leslie: We often dream about the things we worry about. I think our dreams are trying to help us sort out those feelings or work through them. I think when it’s recurring it means that something’s just not finishing or the dream is not quite doing its job. But one thing I’m curious about before we start working on the dream itself: just what is your general thing feeling about dreams? Are you interested in them? Do you find them meaningful or annoying or… ?
Dreamer: I don’t have a negative or positive feeling about dreams. I accept that they’re part of our lives as humans. When I studied psychology, I found the dream section of the course fascinating. The whole idea that you can start to work with your dreams to improve your life, I found very interesting. I don’t often have positive dreams. I don’t have bad dreams in the sense of horror, or dying or something like that. But if I had to summarize all the dreams I’ve remembered, things always go wrong.
Leslie: So this one about setting up for your presentation sounds like it’s representative of the kinds of dreams you typically have. So let’s let’s dive into the dream. What I love about this dream is that a lot of people can relate to it. I think we all have versions of trying to present something and being naked and not prepared and everything going wrong. It’s a fairly universal fear. So one thing I’m wondering what you make of this dream, of the context… do you have anxiety with presentations? Did you have some version of this happen or is this just a dream that seems to come at random times?
Dreamer: My presentations generally go well. I’ve never had a problem with technology because I have a long habit of always arriving at a venue an hour early, especially if I’m presenting. And I’m relatively good with the tech, so it’s never about the tech. For me, it’s always about: ‘Am I going to be a credible consultant today? Are people going to like the content? Is it going to be meaningful for the audience? Am I going to be accepted?’ I guess acceptance is kind of a key word. I’ve been consulting for many years, I have a good reputation. So despite that, I still worry about every presentation and I still find myself the night before spinning about, asking myself, are my slides, right? Do I need to improve something? Have I printed everything? Do I have enough copies? Am I going to be on time at the venue? What happens if there’s a traffic jam? I worry about all the things that can go wrong. Once I relax into the presentation, I love it. I get into it, and so do the participants. There’s good content, we’re sharing…
My career’s been a bit strange. Because most people get a job, and when they’ve got a particular discipline under their hat, they become consultants in that discipline. I didn’t. I was 25 in London and saw a job for a trainee consultant, so I applied for it and got it. Within day, I found myself in a very fancy four hotel, in Manchester, and the next morning I was being trained. Six weeks later, I was transferred to London to take over part of a London project… So I guess I’ve always had a bit of imposter syndrome. Like I haven’t done the hard yards, so who am I to give advice to people? My consulting is about putting the right people in the right jobs. So, I guess I’ve always wondered why anybody would listen to me, because I haven’t been in their shoes. But funnily enough, I’m pretty good at it.
Leslie: You feel as if, who am I to be doing it? Even after 20-odd years of being successful at it, there’s still this doubt that creates a lot of internal anxiety. And it defies logic, because clearly you can do it and have done. But that is the stuff of our dreams. It is those underlying emotions that haven’t been processed or finished for some reason, that tend to show up. With recurring dreams, you can tell when something’s been successfully integrated or processed, because the dreams will shift. So I’d be curious to know, after we work through this, if you still have these kinds of dreams. But to start with, we’ll go into this specific dream in a deeper way. So you’re setting up for this business presentation, and you said you’re naked. I wonder if you could just imagine into that for a minute, that you’re naked and tell me, what does it mean, being naked?
Dreamer: Well, it’s funny. I mean, in the dream, I’m not embarrassed. And the people aren’t embarrassed. There’s nobody saying, hey, put some clothes on. But I guess the nakedness is a metaphor for not being ready. And in the dream, I get the impression that the audience knows I’m not ready.
It was funny when I think back to it now, everyone’s busy with their own stuff. And in the dream, their heads are bigger. I’m not seeing their bodies. I’m seeing their heads, which seemed to be larger. So if I had to draw a picture of the dream, I would have four or five quite large heads close to me. It’s almost like when you lean into discussion. But people are not leaning in. It feels like I am in the process of being dismissed because it’s all going wrong. The technical stuff to me is just a metaphor. The fact that I’ve dropped the papers is because I’ve dropped the ball. So I’ve come to this presentation, the audience looks at me and says, check out this guy sitting naked, he isn’t ready. It’s not about the tech, it’s about my competence.
Leslie: Right, so these are all the ways the dream is demonstrating you not being prepared or don’t quite have it together in so many ways. In this dream, it just doesn’t end, the ways that it goes wrong. You can’t seem to hold your papers and then your your laptop looks like it’s gonna fall off the desk…
Dreamer: It doesn’t actually fall, but the table is too small. So I’m trying to put my laptop on the table, but there’s not enough space, so I’ve got it on the corner. It’s not connecting, and I don’t push the right button. And because I push the wrong button, something else has to happen. Someone is saying to me, push that button and I try to push that button but I don’t. I know what I need to do, but I can’t do it.
Leslie: So it’s like nothing goes right, and as you get more anxious, things just seem to get worse. So one of the things I like to do is find anything that’s helpful in the dream, any elements that are working in your favor. There aren’t many in this dream. I noticed that there are people trying to help you, although they seem to be making it worse. So I’m wondering if you can put yourself in your mind’s eye back in the dreamscape and look around for anybody or anything that seems helpful or supportive in the dreamscape.
Dreamer: Gosh, at first glance I can’t think I remember there was sort of a blackboard behind. So I was in a classroom, which is unusual because I don’t normally teach in classrooms. I think there was a flip chart. But the dream was in close focus, so I couldn’t see the room, almost like if you take a camera, and you zoom in. So I didn’t have perception. I knew there were more people in the room.
Leslie: So no peripheral vision.
Dreamer: Yes. It was almost like I knew there were people there, but I didn’t look at them. All the people around me were faceless. So I could see their foreheads and their hair, but there was no definition on their faces. And in fact, there was no definition on anything else, not their bodies, or their hands. The bulk of the feeling was that there were these four or five heads around me. And then a perception that there were people behind them. And all I could see of the people behind them was their heads.
Leslie: Wow. So interesting. It starts to get more surreal as you describe it. And one thing you might find interesting to know is that when you are in a fear response, your vision will narrow, but when you’re calmer, your peripheral vision opens up… So what I’d like you to do is just step back into the dream and imagine that you can actually see more than just what’s right in front of you. See if you can open up your peripheral vision and see the rest of the classroom and the other people. Just see if that’s available to you.
Dreamer: I’m battling to differentiate between the dream and a standard memory of a classroom. For example, the memory that comes back to me is a classroom from when I was at school. I haven’t been in school for over 30 years.
Leslie: So don’t worry too much about whether it’s exactly from your dream because what your dream did was put you in a school classroom, and the first association you have is these memories. So, I would say that is likely what your dream is referring to.
Dreamer: That’s interesting, because I had a fairly unspectacular school career. I was not very self-aware. I literally bumbled from class to class. Nothing really excited me. I played rugby, but I played for the fifth team. I did Water Polo, but I played for the B team. I acted, I did drama. I was an OK actor. The only thing I was good at was English. I used to write essays and my essays would be commented upon and people would use them as examples. But I remember at school that I never consciously took charge of anything. I wasn’t awake to myself and I wasn’t trying to be a better version of myself.
I do, by the way, genuinely regret not having been more goal centered as a young person. I’m a reasonably intelligent person, I think I’m reasonably capable. I’m lucky because I’m quite healthy. But I feel like I’ve never really shot the lights out. I’m sort of the average Joe. And I sometimes think back to school and wonder, why was I so lackadaisical?
Leslie: So the dream has placed you in a school classroom that you associate to your high school days. In the logic of the dream, there is some link to that experience and this business presentation. You say you wish you had been more proactive. So can you take that idea of, ‘wish I was more proactive’ into this dream and ask, is there a way that this still applies or is still relevant?
Dreamer: Could it be linked to regret?
Leslie: Yeah, it could be.
Dreamer: So it’s interesting I never thought about the classroom angle, but I do regret to be honest. I mean, people say you should never regret. But I do regret having not been more proactive in my life, having not taken opportunities all the way through. I’ve always been good at starting things. For example, I’ve always read broadly. I’ve always had a bent towards current affairs, politics, National Geographic, the real world around us. I’ve always had a real wonder about everybody from Nelson Mandela to Mahatma Ghandi — these great leaders who do amazing things. I wonder where they came from and why they did what they did.
I’ve attended meetings where I’ve had conversations with chief executives afterwards. And I’ve said things to them which they hadn’t thought about. And I’ve been surprised at myself, because I didn’t expect a chief executive to learn anything from me. At the same time, I’m kind of irritated because I wonder what would have happened if I’d have taken a serious go at a corporate career?
When I was 23, I had a choice of joining a big company in South Africa or going overseas. And I chose to go overseas. I spent four years traveling and working and having fun. And I was a reluctant home comer. I was enjoying myself. But I also realized I was 29, and really faffing around. I felt that I had to come home, get serious. Back in South Africa, I’ve done a variety of different things. I’ve had broad interests and I haven’t been the king of one thing. So I don’t know if those things are links to the issue of regret, the issue of having not used the talent that I’ve been given, of not being perfectly knowledgeable in my discipline. There’s a constant fear that I’m going to be found out as an imposter and be ridiculed on a public stage.
Leslie: Yeah, I mean, there is the reference to being naked or exposed or not ready in this dream and then not having things go right. It would be a presenter’s big fear that gets realized, that things are just not coming together and your papers are all over the floor. And you said it’s very strange that they don’t all get picked up… you find that detail quite bizarre.
Dreamer: Yeah, I think a failure dream for me is when you don’t fix things in the dream. So for example, if the technology was finally resolved, and then I presented and everyone said to me afterwards, ‘there was a messy start but well done, you finished,’ and then I wake up, that is a positive result. But it’s different when you do something in the dream like drop papers, and you can’t successfully pick them up. I’ve had dreams, for example, where I’m trying to open a door or lock a lock. And I can’t. I’m looking at it, and I can see what I’m supposed to do, but I’m not getting it right.
Leslie: So what I’m going to suggest you do is actually re-enter the dream and carry it forward, so that it does get to a place that feels like more of a completion. This is a very common technique for working with nightmares. You said the task in the dream is not finished and you wake up with a lot of anxiety. So what I suggest you do is go back into the last place in the dream that you remember. Imagine a lot of the details so that you really feel like you’re back in the dream itself… the desk, the strange faceless people with the large heads, and the papers on the floor and the laptop that won’t connect… picture all of that and get as immersed in it as you can. Try and pull back the details. Feel the stress of it. And just let me know when you feel like you’re in the dreamscape, and it’s clear to you.
Dreamer: Okay.
Leslie: Okay, so from there, imagine you have pressed play on the movie of the dream and just let it play forward without directing it too much. Bring in your desire for completion, for the natural things that you would want to have happen.
Dreamer: So immediately two things happen. I need to straighten the table. It’s bugging me the table’s skewed. And I want to pick the papers up. The third thing is I want people to sit down. I want to say, ‘I know what I’m doing with the tech, so sit down.’ And what’s happening is that as they sit down, their heads become normal size. I’m seeing their faces, but they’re almost like cartoon characters. They’re not real faces. They’re almost like someone’s drawing them. But they’re sitting down and it’s beginning to quieten down. People are taking their seats, and they’re sitting at, not the old fashioned desk but new desks, like when I was leaving school. In fact, the classroom is now bright and clean. When I was there, the classrooms were old, with dark oak beams and dark green tile. This classroom isn’t like that, it has white walls, and there’s no stuff.
(Notice how the scene itself changes as the dreamer becomes more comfortable. Hold that thought, because it happens again…)
Leslie: So the classroom is bright and clean and people are now sitting and they are cartoonish, but they’re sitting quietly.
Dreamer: As they’re kind of settling down, I now need to turn my attention back to the tech. I’ve asked them to sit down, I’ve picked up the papers, I’ve fixed the angle of the desk. And now I’m pushing the projector to one side putting my laptop down, so I’ve got space. I connect the cables. I’ve got the HDMI cable. It’s a new cable, not an old fashioned cable. And I connect it. I need to say to the audience, right guys, let’s get on with it. We’ve got limited time. But there’s too much stuff around me. I want to push the cupboard into the corner. I want to get the screen out of the way because I want to project onto the white wall next to the blackboard. Okay. I want to get I want to get stuff pushed away. I feel claustrophobic.
Leslie: Right. You need to create some space in there. So yeah, just go ahead.
Dreamer: This is something that I do whenever I go into a boardroom. For example, one thing I hate in boardrooms is when they put all the chairs tightly together. I hate that. So I count how many delegates I’ve got and remove the spare chairs. I normally move the whiteboard, the flip chart, check the tea and biscuits… it’s almost like a ritual.
Leslie: So in your work life, you do all of these things that you want to do in the dream. You prepare the space, you clear the space, you make it comfortable, you go in early, your tech is always working. So just notice that. That what you’re doing in the dream to set yourself up is what you normally do, and that in dreaming onward, your impulse is to create the space so you’re prepared to present in a way that’s really comfortable for you.
Dreamer: Yeah. Funnily enough the room is swapped now to a boardroom in Windhoek, Namibia. Because when I’m thinking of the example where I fix things… I don’t present in classrooms, so the place that comes up is where I did some work for about six months, about seven years ago with a client in Windhoek. They gave me the executive boardroom to do all the workshops. And there, I would check the tea and biscuits because they often served the tea cold. I was always thinking about the comfort of the delegates. I was thinking, is the tea hot? Are there enough cups? Do I have a spare place for a power cable if I need it? And now I’m ready and because I’ve switched rooms. The last thing to do is tuck my shirt in again.
Leslie: So you’ve got clothes on.
Dreamer: (Laughs) Yeah, now I have. I’m ready now.
Leslie: So just notice that feeling. Just for a minute, pause there with the feeling of, ‘you have done everything to prepare.’ You’re dressed now, you tuck your shirt in. Just notice the feeling of being prepared. And what that sensation is in your body of that that, ‘Now I’m ready’ felt sense. I’m curious where in your body you feel that most strongly, that feeling of being prepared and everything in order.
(I am asking the dreamer to anchor in his body this good, strong feeling of being prepared. It is an antidote to the anxiety in the original version of the dream.)
Dreamer: It’s in my stance. I’m standing taller. So, when I’m ready, I’m standing up tall, my shoulders are back. It’s like a prepared position. For some reason I prefer black shoes, navy pants, and a pinstripe shirt. That’s always what I’ve worn. Black belt. And I’ve got my remote controls to advance the slides and to control air-con, projectors or whatever.
Leslie: Okay. So you’ve got the clothing on that you present in that makes you feel really comfortable and prepared. And you’ve got your clicker…
Dreamer: So now that I can see this, there’s noise outside, people are starting to arrive. I’m ready and because I’m ready, I’m looking forward to them arriving. It’s kind of transferred back to Namibia. It’s interesting that I thought of that location because I’ve presented in hundreds of boardrooms and I don’t know why that one popped up.
Leslie: So that’s interesting, what would you say about that? What happened in that location?
Dreamer: It was a very successful project. It felt good. I always enjoy going to Windhoek. It’s a wonderful town. Namibia is a lovely country. And I enjoyed the people, I enjoyed the client, the environment. The company was intriguing and their work was complex and far-reaching.
Leslie: Okay, so interesting and important.
Dreamer: Yeah, I enjoyed that… in contrast to other clients that just didn’t implement the services. One of the things I’ve always hated is consulting and not adding value. Even when the client says, great job, thanks for coming, I sense that the client is not taking my advice seriously, and they’re not going to implement my advice.
Leslie: Yeah, frustrating waste. But in this case, this particular client took what you offered — took it in and appreciated and used it.
Dreamer: Yeah, I was actually talking to one of them recently. And they told me that the guys had even carried on after I’d left, and then transferred the thinking into other companies that they had joined. So one guy for example, joined a business in South Africa and he says all the thinking from Namibia, they took it to Cape Town. And that was very satisfying.
Leslie Ellis: Yeah. So just pause there for a second. And notice that’s quite a compliment and quite an incredibly positive outcome that they not only implemented it in that company, but took it further, took it to their other businesses.
(Again I am anchoring the good feeling that this association to his dream brought, in particular because he said he often moves too quickly past such compliments.)
Dreamer: Two thoughts arise. The one thought is, I’m glad that they felt that. And I’m frustrated that it hasn’t resulted in any feedback from the client or more work. Almost on the one hand, it’s nice to get a compliment, but it’s frustrating that I wasn’t able to harness that and get more work from it.
Leslie: But they did take the initiative to actually call you and say, thank you and we are using this even more widely than you originally knew.
Dreamer: The person who told me has been retrenched. Because South Africa’s in a lot of trouble. It’s the first time he hasn’t had work since 1984. So he’s quite stressed. And then we were talking and that’s when he mentioned it. So it’s almost like a backhanded compliment. Because on the one hand, you’re saying, yeah, I really enjoyed your stuff, but it wasn’t good enough to call you back to do it.
Leslie: What I’m doing here is finding places in the dream that reinforce your confidence. You mentioned something about the way you sabotage yourself and I’m looking at this example — and I understand the real frustration — but I’m also trying to help you absorb the compliment and very quickly you dismiss it. I don’t know if this is what you tend to do, but first of all, I’m saying okay, yes, it would be great if it led to more business but just pause for a minute and go wow, this is something they’ve taken and used, and then used elsewhere because they liked it so well.
So just for the moment, rather than going on to the ‘Yes, but…’ just stop with, ‘Okay, this series of presentations you had in this boardroom in Namibia were a success.’ (long pause as he absorbs this)
And there is one more thing I would like you to try with this dream — because you’re very good at this imaginative dreaming — is to put yourself in the boardroom again. The people are there and they’re sitting and paying attention, you’re dressed in your favorite clothes and you’re all prepared. Just imagine yourself there presenting the things that you did, because this is the memory that came to you. Can you see that? (Yes.) So I just want you to look out at your audience. Just notice the people. What comes to mind when you first look at the people in the boardroom that are listening to you?
Dreamer: The impression I have is of people who are busy. And they’re trying to finish off phone calls and emails before we start. And some of them are getting coffee, one or two are ready.
Leslie: Right, so they’re just settling in…
Dreamer: Yeah, and sometimes what I have found frustrating is that you’ve paid me the money, you’ve booked the time, you know, the workshop’s happening, but you’re not ready.
Leslie: Right. They’ve still got stuff to do, like in the dream, actually. They’re sort of busy and not quite settled. And so then what do you do in that situation? What happens next?
Dreamer: I don’t have a riveted audience. And I think it might reflect more broadly when I think about it. I’ve often given people advice and they’ve said to me afterwards, Steve, that is so useful. It’s such good advice. And then I phoned in six weeks later, and they haven’t done it. They haven’t taken the advice. And for me as a consultant, it diminishes my value, my sense of self-worth.
(I notice again the tendency toward self-deprecation, and go looking for its opposite in the dreamscape.)
Leslie: So is there somebody out there that’s really, with you? Usually, there’s somebody in the group that you feel are with you. They’re taking notes, they’re asking questions, they’re the good student. And then the next step is to imagine into their experience. So, do you have a student or a person in mind that could fit that description?
Dreamer: Yeah.
Leslie: Picture this from their perspective; flip it around so that you’re sitting in one of your ownpresentations. You’re this person who’s really keen… and just slip into their subjective experience of you. Just for a minute look at the world and your work through their eyes. What comes to you just spontaneously when you do that?
Dreamer: The sense that I’m an authority, that I speak well, that my slides are well presented and well prepared. That there’s a structure to my work. That I’m not winging it. I don’t waste words. That what I’m saying is applicable and relevant. I’m thinking of one guy in particular. He was the operations manager, and he really did the work. He used to email me and ask questions, and I used to love that because you then know that someone’s engaged.
Leslie: So I’m just going to repeat that back to you. The gist of it is that from the vantage point of this person, what he sees is that you’re an authority, you’re well prepared. What you say is relevant. You don’t waste his time, you don’t waste words. That’s his experience of you.
Dreamer: Yeah. I think also what this is pointing out to me is that I don’t reach out to my best clients enough. I tend to go to the next client and carry on with the next piece of work. I don’t reflect back enough. For example, I haven’t spoken to anybody in Namibia since I stopped working there. And that’s stupid really, because there were people there that liked my work.
Leslie: Yeah, usually your best clients are your existing ones who love you.
Dreamer: Yeah.
Leslie: Okay, so that is the end of the process. I would love to hear your reflections on it, and to know if your future dreams have shifted.
First dream post-session, the following night:
Dreamer: Interesting. Last night I had a dream about a car trip. I was driving a powerful luxury car (which I don’t own) at fairly high speed. With me in the car, is a friend from whom I have become estranged. My friend has done very well with a bank locally and I have felt that his career has been solid versus my entrepreneurial up and down version.
We’re coming up to a stop street and he’s stressing about my speed. I go faster deliberately and hit the brakes, almost too late, behind a car at the stop street. I laugh as we screech to a halt. We turn the corner and on the next stretch, my left wheels leave the road which was a mistake. Here’s the funny part: I didn’t stress and found a spot where the tar and the side of the road were more or less smooth and regained the road. I didn’t like it that I had done that because it proved to him that I wasn’t the perfect driver, but I still regained the road.
A success dream!? Linked in any way to our discussion?
Leslie: Thanks for this. Yes, I would definitely characterize this as a success dream… because you are the one in the driver’s seat, because you don’t stress and successfully navigate the challenge. The stop-go, variation of speed and thrill seem like a metaphor for the entrepreneurial journey to me, and something that may not look perfect from the viewpoint of your banker friend. But way more interesting — well I’ll let you be the judge. It does seem like a direct and positive response to our dream session.
Second dream, post-session, the next night:
Dreamer: In the dream, I’m playing for South Africa against New Zealand… in a classroom!! There’s a crowd there but I have idea where they are because there’s no space in the classroom! There is a tussle for the ball between me and (weirdly) an Australian international. As we fight for the ball, the Australian is trying to pull away from me back towards his goal line. I’m trying to pull the other way. I suddenly and deliberately let the momentum go his way and as he stumbles backwards, I get the ball and score! I’m the hero in the dream. Smiles all round!
I have never had a dream like that. Before your conversation with me, my dreams were about knowing exactly what needed to be done in the dream but failing to achieve it. Given that my business is in trouble currently, can dreams forecast a different future? It was refreshing to wake up to such a dream.
Leslie: Wow, that is a fantastic dream, and such a clear response to the dreamwork we did. I am glad to hear that you are the hero of your dream! How this translates into waking life is not really something I can answer — but I will say that changes often appear first in dreams, and then find their way into our waking lives. Possibly this predicts future wins, or at the very least, a newfound winning mindset.
