1KHO 277: Navigating the Night Sky and the Night Self | Annabel Abbs-Streets, Sleepless

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Join host Ginny Yurich and returning guest Annabel Abbs-Streets as they delve into the enchanting world of the night. In this captivating episode of The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, they explore the profound connection between women and the nocturnal hours, drawing from history, biology, and personal experiences. From confronting grief and insomnia to rediscovering the magic of the night, Annabel unravels the secrets of our biological rhythms and challenge conventional notions of sleep. She uncovers the forgotten art of nocturnal creativity and the fascinating behaviors of nighttime creatures, inviting listeners to embrace the nocturnal symphony of life. Tune in as Annabel illuminates the night's wonders, from the poetry of starlit skies to the gentle lullabies of nocturnal insects. Discover why the night holds endless possibilities for reflection, inspiration, and connection, and why, amidst the darkness, we find the brightest moments of discovery and wonder. ** Purchase your copy of Sleepless here >> https://amzn.to/4d79XWe Learn more about Annabel Abbs-Streets here >> https://www.annabelabbs.com/ ** Download your free 1000 Hours Outside tracker here >> https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/trackers Find everything you need to kick off your 1000 Hours Outside Journey here >> https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/blog/allthethings Order of copy of Ginny's newest book, Until the Streetlights Come On here >> https://amzn.to/3RXjBlN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go. Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside
0:03.4	podcast. My name is Ginny Erich, I'm the founder of 1000 Hours
0:06.3	Outside and I'm so excited I've really been looking forward to this.
0:09.7	Annabel Ave streets is back. Welcome.
0:13.0	Hi, Jenny. It's very nice to be back chatting with you.
0:16.0	One of our most popular podcasts is about your book, 52 Ways to Walk, which someone had recommended to me at a conference I was speaking at, they came up and they said,
0:24.3	I love this book and I immediately grabbed a copy and I've been so honored to get to connect with you about that book.
0:32.3	But what was so fascinating about it was, how could someone make a book about 52 different ways to walk? First of all, how could you come up with that many ideas? But make it so interesting. And it was one of those books, I was like oh wow this is so interesting
0:44.9	and like the whole book I just love it 52 Ways to Walk it's been one of our most
0:48.4	popular podcast episodes with you here on the 1000 Hours Outside
0:52.0	podcast and this year 2024 you came out with a new book
0:56.0	called sleepless unleashing the subversive power of the nightself and Annabel this was so similar I mean it just like drew me in I was like this is so
1:07.2	fascinating I've never taught I've never heard about so many of these things before so I
1:12.0	guess I shouldn't have been surprised at how much I liked it, considering how much I liked
1:16.0	52 ways to walk, but it was the topic I didn't even know I should like, and it turns out that I love it.
1:22.6	Oh, good.
1:24.0	So let's talk about the story here.
1:26.5	This was not what I was expecting.
1:28.5	You start off this book by saying,
1:30.3	I went on this journey that I didn't expect to take a journey that would have once terrified me a journey into darkness and sleeplessness and
1:37.8	And so my thought was that it was going to be the story of I'm going to challenge myself I'm going to go out into the dark I'm going to sleep out in the dark and you did do some of those things but it wasn't spurred on by this thought of delving into that. It was spurred on by life circumstances.
1:58.0	Where all of a sudden you're finding that you can't sleep and there's been loss in the family and that took you on this journey of learning about I guess there's all sorts of people that thrive at night in different ways.
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