
The Official And Now Love Podcast: www.andnowlove.com Dr. Lauren Dolinsky: www.laurendolinsky.com We all build fantasies early in life — a web of denial and idealization meant to protect us from painful truths we couldn't yet face. But those same fantasies quietly shrink our world, steering us toward relationships and patterns that reenact the very things we're avoiding. In this episode, host Cynthia Marks welcomes back Dr. Lauren Dolinsky, a Los Angeles psychotherapist who works from the teachings of the late Dr. Bernard Bail, to explore how we can gently lift the veil, return to reality, and finally make room for real love, real connection, and a life that's actually our own. Guided as always by the dream, Cynthia and Lauren walk through a series of remarkably clear dreams — a veiled ship lost at sea, a fantasy built around "the Rock," a refrigerator cleaned of moldy wine and rotten milk, and more — that show the unconscious doing its quiet work of clearing away what isn't true. Along the way, Cynthia shares her own deeply personal journey of dismantling a fantasy she once mistook for love. The message at the heart of it all: telling yourself the truth is one of the most loving things you can do, and it begins the moment you're willing to look inside. This is And Now Love. Listen to your dreams and live from your heart. Please follow, rate, and share the podcast, and pass this episode along to someone who might need it. Follow our socials: Instagram / / andnowlove.podcast Facebook / / And Now Love Podcast Youtube / / @AndNowLovePodcast TikTok / / and.now.love.podc ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 0:00 — Welcome Back, Dr. Lauren Dolinsky 4:08 — Why We Settle for a Small Life 8:43 — Dream 1: The Veiled Ship 16:09 — The "Perfect Thanksgiving" Trap 21:05 — Dream 2: "The Rock" 25:05 — Cleaning Out the Unconscious 32:52 — A Personal Reckoning 35:08 — Coming Home to Reality

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