45: The Healing Power of Your Dreams with Theresa Cheung & Kelly Sullivan Walden & guests Zen Caregiving author Roy Remer, intuitive channels Stephanie Banks and Alexandra Wenman and Dr Stephen G. Post45: The Healing Power of Your Dreams with Theresa Cheung & Kelly Sullivan Walden & guests Zen Caregiving author Roy Remer, intuitive channels Stephanie Banks and Alexandra Wenman and Dr Stephen G. Post
UK Health Radio Podcast
Hosts, carers and spiritual teachers share how dreams, mindfulness and soul-level connection can support those looking after “deeply forgetful” loved ones. The conversation blends practical self-care tips with humour and heartfelt stories aimed at anyone feeling worn out by caregiving.
52:07•1 Aug 2026
Dreams, Caregiving and Finding Your Own Secret Garden
Episode Overview
- Dreams can mirror caregiver overwhelm and gently highlight the need for personal space and rest.
- Sustainable caregiving grows from small, realistic moments of self-care woven into daily tasks.
- Mindfulness does not have to be formal meditation; simple awareness during ordinary activities can calm the nervous system.
- Seeing people as “deeply forgetful” rather than “demented” helps carers notice what is still present, not only what is lost.
- Humour, music and play can soften difficult moments and deepen connection between carers and their loved ones.
“You've spent so long opening everyone else's doors, you've forgotten your own.”
Curious about how others handle the emotional rollercoaster of caring for someone they love? This episode of UK Health Radio’s dream-focused show brings together carers, dreamworkers and spiritual teachers to talk frankly about burnout, self-compassion and the strange comfort that dreams and intuition can offer. Hosted by the self-described “dream divas” Theresa Cheung and Kelly Sullivan Walden, the show opens with a powerful listener dream from Kristen, a full-time carer for her mum with severe dementia.
The image of a vast house full of doors captures that familiar carer panic: “This house isn't haunted. It's exhausted.” When a little girl hands the dreamer a key to her own secret garden, the message is clear – you can't keep opening everyone else’s doors if you’ve locked yourself out of your own.
Zen Caregiving author and long-time hospice practitioner Roy Remer picks up that theme, sharing simple “moment to moment self-care” tools for carers who barely have time to breathe, let alone meditate. He talks about using tiny pauses – a hand on the chest and three slow breaths, or paying attention while washing the dishes – as realistic ways to build calm and resilience when life feels like every door is shouting “me first”.
Intuitive channels Stephanie Banks and Alexandra Wenman bring a soulful twist, talking about communicating “soul to soul” with people living with dementia, and even keeping that relationship going after death. They weave in humour, music and playfulness as essential parts of care, not extras. Dr Stephen G. Post challenges the word “dementia” altogether, preferring “deeply forgetful people” and sharing how moments of unexpected clarity can restore hope and dignity for families.
By the end, carers are gently reminded that compassion “does belong to you, too”. If you’re caring for someone and feeling drained, this conversation might prompt a simple question: where’s your garden, and when are you going to sit in it?
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