Dream analyst, dream alchemist, author, broadcaster, scientist.
The early years
Born in England in 1954, I graduated (as Jane Teresa Newton) from the University of
Glasgow, Scotland, in 1975 with an Honours degree in Zoology, specialising
in developmental biology. After a brief post graduate affair with neurophysiological
research at London’s National Institute for Medical Research, I abandoned
my PhD studies, along with several one-eyed experimental goldfish, and
returned to Scotland. I wanted to work in a more personally meaningful
way to communicate complex scientific ideas to the general public. In
my wiser years, I am able to look back and smile at the symbolism that
was lost on me at the time. The one eyed goldfish (if you’re squeamish
or hold anti-vivisection views, please don’t ask!) symbolised the
one-eyed perception of the research world I experienced back then.
I spent two years at Glasgow University’s Hunterian Museum as a
Writer & Producer of travelling exhibitions. I learned writing and media skills
on the job and was given a free hand in deciding on the subject material
I wanted to put on the road. One exhibition, titled ‘Mermaids, Myths
and Monsters’, gave me a taste of things to come when a scientist
sets out to pit science alongside mythology and to offer alternative perceptions
of the same world.
The nineties: The credits
Book Releases, 1990s:
"Sleep On It & change your life"
Published 1994
Harper Collins
Later translated into Swedish.
"Dream It: Do It!"
Published 1995
Harper Collins
Later translated into Chinese.
"The Shape of Things to Come"
Published 1998
Random House
Radio (as regular guest), 1990s:
Dream Talkback Analyst for:
ABC radio 612 Brisbane
(Afternoons & Evenings: Paul Lineham)
1992-1995
ABC radio 702 Sydney & NSW
(Evenings: Lisa Forrest)
1995
ABC radio 612 Brisbane
(Afternoons "Reality Matters" with Chris Welsh)
1996
ABC radio 612 Brisbane
(Afternoons: Carolyn Tucker)
1998
Television, 1990s:
Various national and local television appearances.
Hosted local tv chat show during 1997.
Website launched, 1998:
Dream Network, as this website was originally known, was launched on 1st May 1998.
New-look website launched, October 1999:
Popularity 'broke' the original website, and web developers, Xession, created a new look that launched us - with great stability - into the new century. By 2000, I had learned the basic art of html, and took on the ongoing development for years to come.
2000 onwards
2003
Radio (as regular guest), 2003:
Dream Talkback Analyst for:
ABC radio 612 Brisbane
(Afternoons: Spencer Howson)
ABC radio 105.7 Darwin
(Late Mornings: Annie Gastin)
ABC radio 936 Hobart
(Evenings: Peter Hughes)
Talk 1116 Radio 3AK - (til September 2003)
(Melbourne, Afternoons: Yvonne Adele/ Annette Allison)
Talk 1116 Radio 3AK - (til September 2003)
(Melbourne, Midnight til Dawn: Leigh Drew)
Radio 3AW, 2UE & 4BC - (Summer Season)
(Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane, Dr Feelgood Show: Sally Cockburn)
Book Release, 2003:
Dream Alchemy, my fourth book, was published by Lothian Books.
(Hachette Livre published the 2nd edition in 2007.)
Television, 2003:
Appeared on:
Bert Newton's Good Morning Australia (Regular Guest);
Channel Nine, (National), The Today Show;
Channel Nine, Brisbane Extra;
Channel Ten (National).
Television, national, (as regular guest), 2003:
A series of ten regular guest appearances on Bert Newton's Good Morning Australia Show (Channel Ten, National). 10 appearances from May - December.
2004 - 2005
Television, national (as regular guest), 2004:
March 2003 to May 2004: Appeared monthly as a regular guest on Bert Newton's Good Morning Australia Show (Channel Ten, National TV), talking dreams and analysing guests' dreams.
Radio (as regular guest), 2004:
BBC Radio Five Live (UK and internet radio). Dream Analyst
(Occasional guest, on Up All Night Show)
ABC radio 105.7 Darwin. Dream Analyst
(Late Mornings: with Annie Gastin)
Radio 2UE, 4BC, South Australia, Rural Victoria. Dream Analyst
(Sunday Evenings: on Sharina's Psychic Encounters).
2006 - 2007
Radio (as regular guest), 2006 - 2007:
Radio 4BC Brisbane, 1116AM & podcast. Dream Analyst
(Afternoons with Greg Cary, monthly. Listen to mp3s.)
Television, national (as regular guest),
from Nov 2007, continuing 2008:
Channel 7. Dream Analyst
(The Morning Show with Larry Emdur & Kylie Gillies, fortnightly.)
Books, 2007:
Hachette Livre published the 2nd edition of Dream Alchemy in August 2007.
My fifth book, 101 Dream Interpretation Tips, was published in November 2007.
2008
See 2008 Media coverage - including coming soon
Radio (as regular guest), 2008:
Radio ABC Victoria. Dream Analyst
(Statewide Drive with Kathy Bedford, weekly, Jan & Feb)
Television, national (as regular guest):
Channel 7. Dream Analyst
(The Morning Show with Larry Emdur & Kylie Gillies, fortnightly.)
Thank you
Thank you for your interest.
As an extension of my bio you may wish to read about my approach to dreams, or to listen to podcasts or mp3s of me interpreting callers' dreams on radio.
Jane Teresa Anderson
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.......... ......About Jane Theresa Anderson
By 1991 we had become Australian citizens, and Australia was truly home. A colleague
later pointed out that, as an English Winter Solstice child born on the
longest of dark winter nights, I had travelled across the world to celebrate
my birthdays on the longest of hot summer days. Symbolically, she offered,
I was transforming the long darkness of the unconscious into the bright
summer light. Symbolism permits the poetry of free expression, but science
has its application too, so ...