Hi, I'm Jessica Porter, and welcome back to Sleep Magic, a podcast where I help you find the magic of your own mind, helping you to sleep better and live better.

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I recently spent a week in Canada, and one of the first sites I saw when I arrived in

cottage country was a big flock of Canada geese. And yes they're called Canada Geese, not Canadian Geese. Don't ask me why, but every Canadian

will correct you on it, so you should know that.

This fortuitous event came almost exactly at the time that a

listener named Christie suggested an episode based on how she helps herself

get to sleep sometimes by imagining that she is a butterfly or a bird, some

sort of flying creature looking down over the landscape. So this is for you, Christie, and all the other sleepers out there.

And yes, tonight you're going to imagine that you're a goose. So when someone at work tomorrow asks you what you did last night,

you're welcome. So get yourself into a safe and comfortable position, and let's begin.

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