Lauri Loewenberg

Start keeping a day journal in tandem with your dreams.

Because then you'll start to see, oh, every time I dream I'm attacked by a bear, I had a phone call with my mother.

So, you know, it helps you get your life right.

It helps you recognize patterns.

It helps you be a very powerful force in your own life.

Don't be afraid of the bad dreams.

They're good for you.

They're helping you with a very difficult situation.

That's why the dream is difficult because there's something difficult you need to work through.

Teach your children to talk about their dreams.

Now with children, what you can do when they're having nightmares, try to help them figure out what caused it.

Okay.

It'll be something from the day before usually.

What happened true that upset you yesterday?

You know, what was difficult yesterday?

And then they'll be able to pinpoint it.

And then you have something tangible in real life you can help them with, but also to help them not be afraid of the dream.

This is a little trick.

The younger they are, like under four, you can say, okay, we're just going to flip the pillow over because that's the good dream side.

Something that simple is suggestive enough that that'll stop the nightmare.