Welcome to bedtime stories for everyone, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai.

I read and write all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.

No engineering is by Bob Witterstein.

You can subscribe to our premium feeds to listen to bonus, extra long and ad free episodes,

as well as get autographed copies of my book or some cozy merch, all at nothingmuchappens.com.

We give to a different charity each week and this week we are giving to bookaid at bookaid.org.

They work for a world where everyone has access to books that will enrich, improve and change

lives.

Now, here is how this podcast works.

I'm going to tell you a story.

And it has just enough in it to catch your busy mind and hold it still for a bit so

that you can peacefully fall asleep.

All you need to do is listen.

I'll tell the story twice and I'll go a little slower on the second telling.

If you wake later in the night, don't hesitate to start the story over.

We are training your brain to fall asleep and return to sleep quickly.

And with a bit of practice, it'll begin to happen within seconds.

Now, switch off your light.

Pull down into your favorite sleeping position and let your whole body soften.

You are being held by the earth right now.

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