We all know that getting enough quality rest is essential for our health. Given the extensive research on sleep and its importance for our brains and bodies, it's easy to understand why we need to ...

Scientists may still debate the meaning and purpose of dreams, but we ordinary dreamers seem to have an insatiable desire to parse the who, what and why of what happens when we doze off. It’s hard not ...

Those snake dreams you've been having? They have a message and a meaning. As a professional dream interpreter and the author of “The Alchemy of Your Dreams,” I help people come to insights about ...

Why do we dream? Are there any hidden or underlying messages in our dreams? Do all people think about dreams in the same way? How does our culture affect the way we talk about dreams? Najuma Abadir, ...

Have you ever been walking, maybe in your hometown, when suddenly you feel the air between your feet and the ground? You look down and notice you’re floating — wait, no, you’re flying. It’s a bird, it ...

We've all been there. You wake up from a particularly exciting or unsettling dream and wonder, what did that actually mean? From Freud to Jung, many theories have emerged on dream interpretation, but ...

Maybe you dream that you’re flying, or that you show up for an important event unprepared, or that your teeth are loose or rotting. You might wonder what sex dreams mean, what dreams about death mean, ...

Present on the caduceus of doctors, it also symbolizes healing and well-being. In a dream, its appearance is almost always positive. Even if the snake puts you in danger, don't worry, your unconscious ...

In his seminal book Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker explains that during REM or rapid eye movement stage sleep where most dreaming happens, your brain exists in a unique state: without the flight or ...

Colino is a contributor for TIME. Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Image: PeopleImages/Getty Images, Alyssa Babasa/sketchify via Canva, Max Reyes/Trendify via Canva) Colino is a ...