In lucid dreams, you become aware you’re dreaming. You can take control of the plot. They can be anything from a brief moment where you’re in a nightmare and tell yourself: “this is a dream” and wake up. 

Believe your dreams have value and tell yourself before bed you want to remember them. 

People are compelled to talk about dreams. It is a natural impulse because dreams are emotional, affect moods, feel profound. 

Most dreams are actually less bizarre than people think. When we dream, the logic centres of our brain – the frontal lobes – go dark, and chemicals associated with self-control, like serotonin and norepinephrine, drop. At the same time, the emotion centres light up: we have a perfect chemical can...

Dreams offer the opportunity to think in a different way and show new answers to problems, 

Dreaming helps us consolidate new memories: we replay salient experiences from the day, reinforcing new pathways in our brains.