We all dream four to five times each night and spend four and a half years of our lives in the dream state. Yet many of us ignore our dream life and focus only on our conscious thoughts and feelings. According to clinical psychologist and dream authority Lillie Weiss, a dream is an important message from ourselves to ourselves. Dreams help us solve problems, make decisions, and work through our emotions. In Practical Dreaming, Weiss shares a step-by-step method that anyone can use to understand dreams. She explains dream language and describes techniques to remember dreams and use them for guidance. At the heart of the book is a process that shows us how to interpret dreams and how to apply the inner wisdom of the dream's message to our waking life.