261 - What Your Dreams Say About You with Hypnotherapist/Dream Interpreter Jesse Lyon

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered why you keep dreaming that you're falling? Or have you ever dreamed that you showed up somewhere without your clothes on? If so, you're not alone. And while you might try to brush off your dreams by telling yourself that they are just your brain telling stories while you're sleeping, there's evidence that suggests your dreams can have deeper meanings. Jesse Lyon is a therapist and dream scientist. And on today's episode, he explains what some common dreams mean, how we can interpret our own dreams, and what insights we can gain from our dreams. Check out DreamApp Check out Jesse's website Follow him on Instagram - @lyonmentalhealth Follow him on TikTok - @lyonmentalhealth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.
0:22.9	This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.
0:48.0	Okay. Do you sometimes have strange dreams that cause you to wonder what's going on in your brain at night?
0:52.1	Do you have a recurring dream that causes you to wonder what it means?
0:55.5	Do you ever wonder what you could learn from your dreams? If you answered yes to any of those questions, today's episode is for you. I'm talking to
1:02.1	Jesse Lyon. He's a licensed mental health counselor in Florida. He works with adults and teens on a
1:07.9	variety of issues in his therapy office, like depression, anxiety,
1:12.2	and relationship issues. But he also specializes in helping other people understand the thoughts
1:18.3	and emotions behind their dreams. He's the co-creator of the dream app. Some of the things he talks
1:24.6	about today are what we can learn from our dreams, what specific
1:28.5	dreams might mean, like when you dream you're falling or when you dream you forgot to wear
1:32.6	your clothes, and what our dreams can reveal about our health and mental health. Make sure to
1:38.5	stick around until the end of the episode for The Therapist Take. It's the part of the show where
1:42.8	I'll give you my take on Jesse's
1:44.2	strategies and share how you can apply them to your own life. So here's Jesse Lyon on what your
1:49.5	dreams say about you. Jesse Lyon, welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. Hey, thanks so much for
1:55.7	having me. This is great. I've been looking forward to this. So I'm excited to talk to you for a couple reasons. One of them, I'd love to know what all my dreams mean.
2:02.8	Number two, I'm a therapist.
2:04.6	And as a therapist, like, I can remember people who come into my office and they'd be like,
2:08.0	can you interpret my dreams for me?
2:10.0	But there was often this idea that dream interpretation isn't scientific.
2:14.3	It's just something somebody made up. But that's evolved, I think, over the most
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