Years ago, I had a recurring nightmare: I was at a college I didn’t know, scheduled to take classes I didn’t recall signing up for, with no money and no means of actually making it to campus.

And while that may sound like a first world problem kind of bad dream, we all know how real a dream feels.

 In fact, how often have we tried to describe a dream to a loved one and have fallen short?😩 Our words don’t quite articulate the feelings experienced in said dream.

experienced in said dream.

The Game Changer

A cognitive psychologist had suggested I write down what I wanted to experience in my dream instead of what woke me up repeatedly filled with angst.

Not wanting to experience another night in waking to a puddle of sweat and a racing heart, I took her advice. I gave myself a brand new Range Rover, put five-hundred bucks in my wallet and chose a school and major that I wanted to study.

That night, I dreamed what I had written down.💡

It Gets Better

Months later, my son was afraid to go to sleep. As a young child, he was afraid of seeing a grizzly bear attacking him in his dreams.

I’d thought of how my fearful dream had never returned, since the night I changed my dream through words.🤔

“You just need to Dream Write.”

The words were out of my mouth as if from some divine force. Together, we changed his fearful thought of bears into a funny story of a cuddly cub bear who wears a tutu and dangling earrings, replete with red lipstick.💄

To this day, my now grown son uses dream writing to help him transform his imagination to work for, not against him.

Each of us has the power to dream write.✍️

Dream Write Launches

My children’s book, Dream Write launched on Amazon late last week. It is a story about the power of our imagination and the power of the magic wand (✏️) we can choose to use each time we feel stuck or fearful.

Dream Write encourages children (of all ages) to discover their own inner power. Through an entertaining story and the cognitive game-changing tool of writing, we are reminded that we always have the agency to choose again. 

Not Just for Kids

Dream Write ends with a writing prompt for the reader:

“It’s normal to have scary dreams sometimes. Share a scary dream you’ve had with someone you love. How would you write it differently? If it’s easier, you can write in pictures, too! The key is to change your story to something you want to happen.” Dream Write

Maybe you are considering going for a career change. Dream writing can be used for this as well. Fears — as we well know — are not limited to elementary-aged kids. We all experience them. Dream writing offers an effective tool to transform our fears into wonderful possibility.