Welcome to Bedtime stories for grown-ups, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good, and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nikolai. I write and read all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.

Audio engineering is by Bob Wittersheim.

My book, also called Nothing Much Happens, is available wherever books are sold.

Thank you for your support.

Let me explain a bit about how to use this podcast.

We need to engage your mind just enough to help you unstick from

your day and slip into sleep. And I've got the perfect formula for it. It's a simple

soothing story that I'll tell twice a little slower the second time.

Just rest your mind on it and follow where it goes.

And probably before we get very far into it,

you'll be deeply asleep.

If you wake again later, you could listen again.

Or just think through what you remember from the story or even any pleasant memory.

This is brain training.

We are building up a reliable response to make sleep come easier and

last longer. And it does take a bit of time to create that habit.

So be patient if you are new to this.

Our story tonight a reset,

and it's a story about a reset scheduled for the equinox. It's also about sunrise watched from an open hatchback on a road outside of town.

Birds and squirrels ringing in the spring. birds and

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