UK Health Radio Podcast
UK Health Radio Podcast
27: The Healing Power of Your Dreams with Theresa Cheung & Kelly Sullivan Walden - Episode 27
27: The Healing Power of Your Dreams with Theresa Cheung & Kelly Sullivan Walden - Episode 27
27: The Healing Power of Your Dreams with Theresa Cheung & Kelly Sullivan Walden - Episode 27
Saturday 28th March 2026
Dream experts and psychologists rethink selfishness, self-care and "super helper syndrome", linking healthy boundaries with the healing power of dreams.
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Episode Overview
- Healthy "selfishness" is reframed as self-advocacy and a basic human need rather than a moral failing.
- Simple practices like a hand-on-heart water ritual or the "face hug" can offer quick, somatic comfort in stressful seasons.
- Dreams are described as created by you, for you, reflecting every part of your inner life and offering nightly self-care.
- "Super helper syndrome" highlights how constant helping without boundaries can damage mental and physical health.
- Heart-led living, accepting emotional seasons and modelling self-respect are presented as key for both adults and children.
My depletion serves no one and my replenishment serves everyone.
Get ready to be moved by real-life accounts of how saying "yes" to yourself can change everything. This lively UK Health Radio episode of *The Healing Power of Your Dreams* brings together dream-focused hosts Theresa Cheung and Kelly Sullivan Walden with a rich line-up of psychologists, authors and spiritual guides to talk about what they call "positive selfishness". Chartered psychologist and self-care specialist Susie Redding kicks things off by challenging the idea that looking after yourself is a character flaw.
She shares how many women label basic rest and boundary-setting as "selfish", and offers a powerful reframe: "My depletion serves no one and my replenishment serves everyone." From tiny rituals like sipping water with a hand on your heart to somatic holds such as the "face hug", she keeps things practical for carers and burnt-out helpers who feel they have no time.
Author and former Miss Spain Lorena Bernal adds a heart-centred angle, describing how "it all starts with you" and suggesting a mental camera placed inside the heart rather than the head, so actions come *from* you rather than just *for* others. She talks about emotional "seasons" and the goal of "heartfelt peace" instead of external success.
Clinical psychologist Jess Baker introduces her idea of "super helper syndrome" – helping others to the point of damaging your own wellbeing – while actor and spiritual life coach Phil Webster brings a gentle male perspective on ego, caring and the need for emotional balance between feminine and masculine. Throughout, dreams are framed as the most "selfish" practice in the best sense: created by you, for you, reflecting every part of your inner life.
If you’ve ever felt guilty for needing a break, or worn yourself out being there for everyone else, this conversation asks a simple question: what might change if you let yourself shine instead of shrinking?