Friends beyond the binary ladies and gentlemen boys and girls in my patron peeps it's time for the podcast my patron peeps my regular listeners my ample podcast supporters my a new listeners welcome to the show if you're new.

We got people that listen we got people that listen to this people are asleep into this and a lot of people are getting ready for bed and wind and down because it's time for sleep with me, especially brain bots brain bots are parts of us that are in our brains or they can be feelings physical sensations that tend to keep us awake you know they're moving around. They're always they're always they're never in sleep mode brain bots we don't have sleep mode.

We turn on but we're during the day whenever it's quiet we activate but we're never sleep brain bots or you know the other things that brain bots are a metaphor for what's a metaphor for that's a so welcome to sleep with me the podcast that's not here to put you sleep I'm here to keep you company because the deep dark night can be really lonely for a lot of us. I'm here to take your mind off of stuff.

Whatever stuff is keeping you awake it could be physical sensations thoughts feelings whatever it is. I'm here to keep you company in the deep dark night to be your friend.

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Then there's long me entering in trouble and to ease you into bedtime and then there'll be a bedtime story.

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All right everybody it's time for the sleepy supporters on what part of the podcast I need you here to pop my piece if you please I thank the listeners who supported the sponsors and people are asking me with 10 years of the show coming up 1200 episodes what's the future of the podcast and it really is in your hands that's why I have the sleepy supporters own so many people benefit from this free ad supported podcast and all is it needs is like one out of every 10 listeners for sleep with me to flourish.

So you got to ask yourself am I that one out of 10 listeners who gets so much out of the podcast that right now I'm willing to set an alarm or take action right now and do one of three things support the show directly support a sponsor or spread the word about the show like are you one of those one and 10 people that values the package if you're that one person just set an alarm or do one of those things right now don't put it off and then let me know about it so I can see thank you because there is plenty of people I see you.

Oh someone else will do it or oh you know what I don't like I don't need to do it or you know what no I've got enough going on I'm not willing to support or do anything we got those nine people covered I'm wondering if you're one of the one of those one people out of 10 because that's how the show be here for the next to 10 years and even beyond and all those other people benefit that's what's great about it that's why the sleepy supporters own other than getting your attention because I needed at this point in the show so I can put you and those other nine people to sleep every single night.

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