Dreams Do Come True: Decoding Your Dreams to Discover Your Full Potential [Paperback]

Layne Dalfen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2002

Dalfen creates a powerful new approach to dream work that combines insights from Freud, Adler, Jung, and Gestalt psychology. Her unique method reveals the four levels of dreaming that must be accessed to fully interpret and benefit from each dream: - Looking into the Mirror: Discovering the problem or issue the dream is addressing - Using the Whole Mind: Learning how a dream can show up hidden blocks to progress - Discovering Patterns: Recognising how patterns in dreams reflect patterns in one's waking life - Tapping into Spiritual Resources: Identifying symbols and working with them to achieve objectives

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Everyone is aware that dreams have the power to give us insights into hidden truths, and guide us to find solutions to our problems. Now, dream expert Layne Dalfen shows how to recognize and use The Four Levels of Dreaming to bring us the ultimate dream power—the ability to maximize our potential in every area of our lives.

By following Layne’s guidance, you will find that you:

*Have stronger, more enduring relationships
*Achieve your lifestyle goals more easily.
*Become more aware of why you make the choices you do.
*Replace unhealthy behavior patterns with happy, satisfying ones.

Layne’s powerful approach to dream analysis is unique—in clear, easy to understand, layman’s language, she brings together insights from Freud, Adler, Jung, and Gestalt schools of analysis. As you work with her system, your dreams will become clear and meaningful, and soon you will understand the important messages they bring you--—messages that can change your life for the better.

Packed with special dream charts and journaling techniques to clarify dream interpretation—as well as fascinating true stories of people whose lives changed after working with this system—Dreams Do Come True will transform the life of every dreamer.

About the Author

Layne Dalfen is a Gestalt Counselor, who has also studied dreams at The Alfred Adler Institute. She is a member of the Association for the Study of Dreams, and the C.G. Jung Society. In 1997, she opened Canada's first full-time, Dream Interpretation Center, where she offers individual appointments, telephone consultations, and lectures, as well as a thriving Internet site where dreamers from all over the world contact her. She appears regularly on numerous radio and television shows across The United States and Canada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158062636X
• ISBN-13: 978-1580626361
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #955,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully practical guide, March 10, 2003

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"debojoy" (Norwalk, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreams Do Come True: Decoding Your Dreams to Discover Your Full Potential (Paperback)

I've been interested in dreams for a long time. I've read many of the "classics" in the field-The Interpretation of Dreams by Freud, also Jung, Perls, etc. These books are usually more theoretical in tone. If you're looking for practical guidance on how to understand your dreams, Dreams Do Come True by Layne Dalfen is a better choice because she includes many of the ideas of these classics, but in a down-to-earth form you can use.

I liked Layne's book because she gives various approaches to understanding and using your dreams. A lot of other authors will give you a pretty rigid set of steps to follow, and if they don't work for you, tough luck. (Even worse, dream dictionaries tell you exactly what your dream means, regardless of who you are or what your life experiences have been!) Layne gives you different approaches and exercises to try, so if one doesn't work you can try another. Or you can go through all the exercises with your dream, so that you keep arriving at a new, deeper understanding of the dream. And once you know what the dream means, Layne also gives you different exercises for using your dream to work out your problems and improve your life.

Of the different self-help books I've read, this is one of the few that really help. Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! Highly recommended., October 20, 2002

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"jostrega2" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreams Do Come True: Decoding Your Dreams to Discover Your Full Potential (Paperback)

Dreams Do Come True: Decoding Your Dreams To Discover Your Full Potential is more than your typical dream book. It really taught me how to decode a specific dream and helped me understand why I had that dream on a certain night.

In this book, Layne Dalfen shows how we are problem-solving in our dreams. She explains how the dream is always about something that pertains to what is on our mind during a particular day or week.

This book taught me how to recognize a current issue within a dream and how to identify a solution to that issue based on the content of the dream and my own feelings towards the issue.

I feel that after reading this book I am better equipped to figure out on my own the meanings behind the dreams I have.

I really enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing and revealing, March 6, 2003

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debojoy (Norwalk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreams Do Come True: Decoding Your Dreams to Discover Your Full Potential (Paperback)

I thoroughly enjoyed Dreams Do Come True: Using Your Dreams To Discover Your Full Potential. Ms. Dalfen really shows you how to get inside yourself by understanding your dreams.

For a lot of people this isn't necessarily an easy thing to do because some might not like everything they see, but the author gives us the inspiration by showing us how she did it herself. And you know, maybe she didn't like everything she found either, but she got through it. This was the main thing that showed me that I could do the same.

This isn't like those other feel good self help books. If you really want to put in the hard work it takes to understand yourself and change your life Layne gives you the tools to do it.