Dreamifesting: Harnessing the Power of Your Dreams to Create the Life You Desire

Hypnotherapist Walden (I Had the Strangest Dream) shares an eccentric and irritating guide to “dreamifesting,” or “tapping into the visions, images, and insights that come to us while we sleep” to “bring forth favorable three-dimensional outcomes.” She walks readers through identifying “soul goals,” which transcend earthly things like money, align with “what the universe wants for you,” and can be pinpointed by extrapolating from “the last time you felt a deep inner peace, laughed until you cried, or felt in awe.” With those qualities in mind, readers can train themselves to remember their dreams, record them in a journal, and analyze how they might inform one’s attempts to put their soul goals into action or let go of what stands in the way. Those steps are intercut with advice on undertaking so-called “media fasts,” identifying “non-physical allies’ (like mythologiocal beings or angels) to fuel one’s “dreamifesting journey,” and spotting differences between radical gratitude and toxic positivity. Walden also indulges in frequent personal digressions (at one point, she recalls a conversation with a friend in which she compares dreamifesting to making cookies—“When we sleep, what if our dreams are the oven of our subconscious that bakes our thoughts?”). Unfortunately, Walden’s enthusiasm doesn’t make up for the haphazard structure, tangled metaphors, and lack of substantive advice. This falls flat. (Sept.)