Beat The Sunday Scaries ✨ 5 Minute Mini Meditation For Night-Before Worries

Sleep Wave: Sleep Meditation & Sleepy Stories

Sleepiest

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Tonight's mini meditation has been written to help you with that familiar night-before flutter. Whether you're feeling a tightness in your chest, or a heaviness in your thoughts. This is a reminder that you should enjoy every minute of your weekend, and every minute of your rest. This mini meditation will show you that there’s no need to be concerned about tomorrow. You’ve got this. You always do! Join Sleep Wave Premium ✨ in just two taps! Enjoy 2 bonus episodes a month plus all episodes ad-free and show your support to Karissa. Upgrade via our show page on Apple, or via this link for all other players ➡️ https://sleepwave.supercast.com/ Love the Sleep Wave Podcast? Please hit follow & leave a review ⭐️ How are we doing with Sleep Wave? Click here to let us know 🙌 Let's get social! Follow us on Instagram 💜 How does Sleep Wave work? 💤 This show is for any one who struggles to fall asleep, or wakes up in the night. 😴 Powerful Sleep Meditations and Relaxing Bedtime Stories help you fall asleep easily. 😌 Episodes begin with calming intros to take you away from any anxious thoughts and prepare you for your wind down. Subscribe today, and next time you're ready to get sleepy, jump into bed, press play, and get sleepy, fast. Looking for the brands I mention on the show? You’ll find all the latest sponsor links and offers right here:⁠ https://lnk.to/sleepwave ⁠💜 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey.
0:01.0	Hey.
0:05.0	Hey. Hey, it's Carissa.
0:26.7	Welcome to Sleep Wave.
0:28.4	If you're listening to this, you might be feeling that familiar flutter.
0:33.2	A little tightness in your chest, a heaviness in your thoughts. The Sunday Scaries.
0:41.4	But you should enjoy every minute of your weekend and be ready to move into Monday because
0:48.2	there's no need for concern. You've got this. You always do.
0:56.1	You're not alone.
0:59.5	That anxious swirl about what's coming tomorrow,
1:03.6	what needs to be done, fixed, remembered.
1:07.9	It can sneak in just as the weekend starts to fade.
1:14.5	But right now, you don't have to solve anything. You don't have to brace yourself. You just have to be here. Let's begin with the breath. Inhale through your nose.
1:25.2	Exhale slowly through your mouth let your shoulders drop just a little unclench your jaw
1:35.6	soften the space between your eyebrows again a deep breath in and let it go. Let your body know we're safe. We are allowed to slow down.
1:59.6	Now, gently, let these words settle in.
2:05.3	You don't have to repeat them, just receive them.
2:10.9	I care about what's ahead, and I want to feel ready.
2:24.8	But I don't have to carry tomorrow today. I can handle whatever comes. I give myself permission to rest. I give myself permission to be unfinished.
2:38.5	To be human.
2:42.0	I am doing the best I can, and that is enough.
2:49.6	Let the breath continue gently now.
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