Kirkus Reviews:

In this guide to exploring and interpreting dreams, the author examines the reasons individuals fear the unconscious mind and why, instead, one should embrace the messages dreams convey.

Debut author Lasley, founder of the Institute for Dream Studies, explores dreams as tools, indicators and escapes. Her self-help guide begins by deconstructing how dreams can positively affect waking life and are a way of examining the self and one's patterns and habits; e.g., a woman's nightmare about Nazis reveals her unconscious urges to hide, find cover and resist cancer. Once the woman recognizes that fear is holding her back, she can begin facing reality. Pleasant dreams can also alert readers to their inner desires and passions. One woman dreams about nurturing a baby boy, and she realizes that the dream is her recognition of the value of her animus, her masculinity. The author believes that examining emotions felt within the dream will lead to more clues than the actual figures and beings seen within the dream-a sensible, practicable strategy for understanding the mysterious workings of the subconscious. The book supplies many methods and ideas for deconstructing and using our own dreams, including journaling and tracking reoccurring symbols. Tackling belief systems, she argues, is crucial to this process of change. This requires examining the characters that appear in our dreams and determining which beliefs they represent, such as deficiency or abandonment. Reading more like a conversation than a guidebook, the book offers a helpful, focused primer for self-analysis.

An organized, approachable theory on dream interpretation, examination and progress through self-attention.

Justina Lasley is an outstanding dreamworker who has taught countless people how to utilize their dreams in order to bring more happiness, joy, and fulfillment into their lives. Her latest book, Wake Up to Your Dreams, describes how dreamers can apply Justina's unique Dream Synergy process to transform their relationships, their careers, their physical health, and their spiritual life. Whether you have just begun to explore your dreams, or you are a seasoned dreamer, this reader-friendly book will teach you something new, something that may change your life.

-Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., author, professor of psychology at Saybrook University, San Francisco, Fellow in four divisions of the American Psychological Association

It looks as though Justina Lasley has done it again! Her magisterial Honoring the Dream: A Handbook for Dream Group Leaders, has become a classic in the field, and by all appearances, Wake Up to Your Dreams, is poised to take us to a new and exciting level through Justina's process of deepening our understanding of dreams, particularly through a variety of journaling techniques.

-Reverend Jeremy Taylor, D.Min., Author, Co-founder and Past President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, Founder-Director of the Marin Institute for Projective Dream Work, Member of the Board of the Unitarian Universalist Society for Community Ministries