Beat The Sunday Scaries | Mini Meditation For Anxiety

Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

Fiction, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Looking for a calmer end to your weekend? Tonight’s mini meditation is a gentle antidote to the Sunday Scaries, helping you release tomorrow’s worries and return to the safety of the present moment. Love Night Falls? 😊 Join Night Falls Premium on Apple Podcasts or via https://nightfalls.supercast.com/ for a rich, immersive and totally ad-free experience 🌙 Please follow and leave us a review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ How are we doing with Night Falls? Let us know 🙌 You can now listen to Night Falls on Youtube! Enjoy the latest episodes with relaxing visuals 📺 About Night Falls 🌕🦌 The Night Falls podcast has been created to gently guide you to sleep with meditation and soothing bedtime stories. Join your host, Geoffrey Austin Newland, every Sunday and Tuesday in the mystical Night Falls, where the air tingles with magic as whispers of stories drift on the breeze along with the embers of the crackling campfire. We will begin each episode with a short meditation, before Geoffrey recounts his adventures in Night Falls, or tells a peaceful bedtime story you may recognise. Looking for the brands I mention on the show? You’ll find all the latest sponsor links and offers right here:⁠ lnk.to/nightfalls ✨ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jeffrey here.
0:07.0	Welcome to Nightfall. Hey, it's Jeffrey here.
0:23.2	Welcome to Nightfalls.
0:26.5	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.
0:42.3	But you should enjoy every minute of your weekend and be ready to move into Monday,
0:51.3	because there is no need for concern.
0:55.7	You've got this.
0:57.7	You always do.
1:01.1	You're not alone.
1:05.2	That anxious swirl about what's coming tomorrow.
1:10.6	What needs to be done, fixed, remembered. it can sneak in just as the weekend starts to fade.
1:17.6	But right now, you don't have to solve anything. You don't have to brace yourself. You just have to be here.
1:31.5	Let's begin with the breath.
1:35.2	Inhale through your nose.
1:39.5	And exhale slowly through your mouth.
1:45.0	Let your shoulders just drop a little.
1:51.2	Unclench your jaw.
1:54.9	Soften the space between your eyebrows.
2:00.0	Again, a deep breath in and let it go. Let your body know we're safe. We're allowed to slow down.
2:13.6	Now gently low. slow down.
2:20.3	Now gently let these words settle in.
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