The Inner Flame Speaks in Symbols: What My Dream Taught Me About Reconnection

If you read my newsletter two weeks ago, you know that I was having trouble connecting with my inner flame, and that I successfully used hypnosis to reconnect to it. Well lately, I’ve been feeling a powerful return to joy—something wild, alive, and refreshingly me. A sense of presence that feels both familiar and brand new. And just as I’ve been riding this wave of reconnection, my subconscious sent me a dream that felt like a message straight from the depths. Reaffirming my reconnection, but also shedding light on what I may need to take a closer look at.

In this dream, I was walking through the woods when two baby animals emerged—one was a lion cub, the other a tiger cub. They were dirty, vulnerable, and I felt an immediate urge to help them. But as I reached out, one of them grew aggressive. I wasn’t scared, but I could feel its defensiveness—its survival instinct. A part of it wasn’t sure if it could trust me.

I woke up knowing: this dream was a reflection of my inner world.

The cubs represented two aspects of my own inner strength—my courage, my independence, my wildness. The vulnerable parts of me that are powerful but still learning how to trust, how to be nurtured, how to exist without needing to fight.

We often talk about the "inner flame"—that spark of selfhood that lights us up from the inside. But sometimes, that flame doesn’t just speak in feelings or epiphanies. It speaks in dreams. Through symbols. Through wild animals stepping out of the woods of our subconscious.

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." — Carl Jung

Dreams are the language of your inner world. Even if they seem to be, they are not random. They are potent, poetic messages from the part of you that holds your truest wisdom. I deeply believe dreams are not meant to be forgotten. They are meant to be worked with.

If you’ve been dreaming more lately…

If your dreams feel strange, intense, or even beautiful…start writing them down.

Even the messy ones. Even the scary ones. Especially those.

Because underneath the chaos is often clarity. Underneath the symbols, truth.

Dream therapy is something I offer in 1:1 sessions, and it can be a powerful tool to uncover what your subconscious is trying to show you—especially if you’ve been feeling stuck, uncertain, or like something inside you is trying to emerge.

If you're reconnecting with your inner flame... pay attention to the way it flickers through your dreams.

They're trying to guide you home.

With Love,

Julia Viola Sokol

Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist