Dear Reader,

Marion Woodman used to say that when we don't look at our dreams, it's like unopened mail.

Free advice, delivered every night, stacking up on the nightstand while we open bank statements and athleisure catalogues.

This week on The Midlife Ripening Podcast, I sat down with one of my dearest mentors, Sil Reynolds.

Sil is a psychotherapist, co-author of Mothering & Daughtering: Keeping Your Bond Strong Through the Teen Years, and a student of Marion Woodman for twenty years.

I wanted you to meet Sil because I’ve learned so much from her. She was really in the thick of it with me when my mother was dying of cancer, and I was trying to make sense of it all inside myself.

In our conversation, we talk about finding a conscious elder when your own mother couldn't give you what you needed. When we find a deeper well of love inside ourselves, our human mothers get to be human again. That frees them. It frees us too.

We also talk about dreams as the language of the soul, and why you don't have to decode them right away or carve out hours to work with them.

Sil also talked about wanting to bring dream work to more women, including those who could never afford years of Jungian analysis. That stuck with me.

So for now, my 75-minute dream sessions are $125 instead of $225 with code DREAMSPEAK.

Bring a dream, or even a fragment of one. We'll talk it through, and we might pull out paper and glue sticks to draw or collage our way into what it's saying. You don't need any experience with dream work, and you don't need to remember the whole thing. I've got you.

​Read more and book here using code DREAMSPEAK for $100 off.

Not ready to book? Tonight, before you fall asleep, tell your dream maker (your unconscious) you're ready to open your mail.

With you in the ripening,

Brooke

I'm Brooke Hofsess.

I'm a Midlife Midwife for women who want to start their next chapter from soul, not fear or ego, so they can finally do the work they're meant to do — and actually enjoy it.

You'll find me in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where I live with my husband Dustin, our daughter Thea, two clever border collies, and an ever-growing collection of handmade mugs for Egyptian Licorice Mint tea.

You can read about my journey here.​