Theresa Cheung (author)

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Theresa Cheung (born April 8, 1965) is an English author [1] who writes on the subjects of spirituality, dreams, and the paranormal.

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She has been named among the ‘100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People’ [2] and has been described in the UK media as the “British grande dame of psychic and spiritual studies”. [1]

Cheung has written more than 150 books, mostly on new age topics, and which have been translated into 40 languages. She is best known for The Dream Dictionary from A to Z (HarperElement, 2008). [1]

Early life

Cheung describes herself as having been born into a family of psychics [1] and travelling spiritualists. [3] Her mother, Joy, travelled across the UK as a clairvoyant doing psychic readings [3] and Cheung lived a “bohemian existence” growing up, living in rented accommodation and caravans. [4] Her mother encouraged her to “explore her sixth sense” from a young age and one of her earliest memories is attending a spirit meeting organised by her mother and aunt. [4] By age 14, Cheung had given her first public numerology reading. [5]

Because of her peripatetic lifestyle, Cheung's education suffered and so, aged 16, she began home-schooling herself. [4] She graduated from King's College, Cambridge University with a degree in Theology and English, having originally planned to enter the priesthood. [6] [7] [8] Instead, she became an editorial assistant at a publishing house in London before teaching English literature in secondary schools. [4] [5] She was also a health and fitness instructor. [5]

She is of mixed race; her mother is Indonesian and her father British. [9]

Writing career

Cheung's early books, written as ‘Theresa Francis-Cheung’, were health-focussed and included The PCOS Diet Book (Thorsons, 2002) and Pregnancy Weight Management (Adams Media, 2000). [10]

She is best known for her wide range of New Age books covering dream interpretation, the paranormal, and spirituality. These include the Sunday Times bestselling titles An Angel Called My Name (Harper Element, 2008), An Angel Healed Me (Simon & Schuster UK, 2010), [11] and The Dream Dictionary from A to Z (also published under the title The A to Z Dream Dictionary). [12] Other books include The Element Encyclopedia of Birthdays (Harper Element, 2007) and The Premonition Code (Watkins Publishing, 2018), written with cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Julia Mossbridge. [13]

Media career

Cheung has written for numerous UK-based and international magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Red, Grazia, Heat, Glamour, Vice and Bustle. [14] She is also a media commentator on subjects including dream decoding, spirituality, and astrology, for TV, radio, and national newspapers including Fox 32 Chicago, the Daily Mail, Daily Express, and Sunday Mirror. [15]

She is British daytime programme This Morning's regular dream decoder [1] and hosts spiritual podcast White Shores. [16]

Cheung also collaborates with The Institute of Noetic Sciences. [17] [18]

Personal life

Cheung is married and has two children. [4] She currently lives in Windsor with her husband, Ray. [3]

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