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This Is Why You Dream What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals About Your Waking Life

Rahul Jandial MD PhD

A fascinating dive into the purpose and potential of dreams Dreaming is one of the most deeply misunderstood functions of the human brain. Yet recent science reveals that our very survival as a species has depended on it.

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The Mel Robbins Podcast

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The Mel Robbins Podcast

The host noted that it was Dr. Jandial's most recent NewYorkTimes bestseller and later read a passage from its introduction about how dreams can solve problems and foster selfknowledge.

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He is the author of 10 bestselling books and over 100 academic articles on surgery, neuroscience, and cancer biology, including his most recent New York Times bestselling book, This Is Why You Dream.

— Episode: #1 Neuroscientist: How to Unlock the Pow...

Episode: #1 Neuroscientist: How to Unlock the Power of Your...

The host noted that it was Dr. Jandial's most recent NewYorkTimes bestseller and later read a passage from its introduction about how dreams can solve problems and foster selfknowledge.

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He is the author of 10 bestselling books and over 100 academic articles on surgery, neuroscience, and cancer biology, including his most recent New York Times bestselling book, This Is Why You Dream.

I want to read to you from your bestselling book, This Is Why You Dream. And this is from the introduction. Today, the word dream means many things... Dreams can help you solve a problem, learn a musical instrument, a language, or a dance move.

You write about this on page 128 in This Is Why You Dream. To lucid dream is to enter a paradox that seems more mystical than real, a dual consciousness that straddles the vivid ideological dreamscape and the insight that you, the dreamer, are both the creator and an actor inside this imagined dream world.

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

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On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Dr. Jandial's book explores the science of dreaming, arguing that dreams are an essential function for the brain and not simply a passive process. He discusses common dream themes like nightmares and erotic dreams, and provides insights into the brain's activity during sleep, including the role of the imagination network and the dampening of logic.

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Today we're talking about his newest book out now, This Is Why You Dream.

— Episode: Dr. Rahul Jandial: What Your Nightmares...

Episode: Dr. Rahul Jandial: What Your Nightmares Are Trying...

Dr. Jandial's book explores the science of dreaming, arguing that dreams are an essential function for the brain and not simply a passive process. He discusses common dream themes like nightmares and erotic dreams, and provides insights into the brain's activity during sleep, including the role of the imagination network and the dampening of logic.

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Today we're talking about his newest book out now, This Is Why You Dream.

And it was like they're like, you wrote this thing about the brain, like, you know, smart drugs, Alzheimer's, creativity.

And they said, then let us know where the gaps are. Say maybe say likely and say, I wonder, I believe. And that's what I've tried to do in the book.

The book is called This Is Why You Dream.

The book is called This Is Why You Dream.

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