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

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai.

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

Audio engineering is by Bob Witterschheim.

My book, also called Nothing Much Happens, is available wherever you like to buy books.

And for about a dime a day, you can now subscribe to an ad-free version of our show.

You'll also get a bonus episode each month that isn't available anywhere else.

Go to nothingmuchappens.com to sign up.

Let me say a little about how to use this podcast.

When your mind wanders and then races at night, keeping you up, making you feel anxious and

exhausted, you need a way to guide it, to steer it into calm waters.

And that's what these stories are.

They are quiet, simple places to rest your mind.

Just by following along with the sound of my voice, you'll begin to train your brain

for better sleep.

I'll read the story twice and I'll go a little slower on the second time through.

If you wake in the middle of the night, think back to any part of the story that you can

remember.

Lean into whatever details you can recall or create and you'll drop right back off.

It's time.

Turn off your light.

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